Two scientists involved in 25-year, $140 million study say it may underestimate cancer risks for Vietnam vetsby Clark Brooks A design flaw in the federal government’s $140 million study of the health effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans has resulted in a quarter-century of inaccurate findings, two scientists involved with the study told The Greenville [...]
The Senate unanimously approved $70 billion more for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan Friday as part of a record Pentagon budget.by Andrew Taylor The bill, now on its way to the White House for President Bush’s signature, totals $448 billion. It was passed by a 100-0 vote after minimal debate. Approval by a comfortable margin came despite intense [...]
As the Pentagon weighs whether to put more boots on the ground, TIME examines the reasons behind the U.S.’s chronic manpower shortage by Brian Bennett and Sally B. Donnelly, Time The scenes almost seem lifted from a different war: On a scorching afternoon in Ur, a neighborhood in northeast Baghdad, members of the Army’s 172nd [...]
Bill also speeds up educational benefits for spouses of seriously wounded veterans A bipartisan bill which authorizes more than $2 billion in funding for numerous major medical facilities for veterans in 22 states, and which will also enable the spouses of seriously wounded servicemembers to obtain educational benefits sooner, passed the Senate Tuesday night by unanimous [...]
Get to Know Employers who Support Our Veterans U.S. Security Associates, Inc. reaches out to Hire America’s Best by Lynn Earle PPS, at HireVeterans.com U.S. Security Associates, Inc. (USA) engineers high-value security solutions for over 2,800 clients, nationwide and they are hiring and seeking U.S. Veterans to fill their important jobs. USA is an association [...]
The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service estimates that the total price tag for U.S. military activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as counterterrorism activities around the world, will significantly exceed the half-trillion-dollar mark over the next fiscal year. This projection, spelled out in a new 36-page report, is based in part on a little-noticed White [...]
Bush labels his own intelligence info ‘naive’by Richard Sisk WASHINGTON – President Bush criticized his own intelligence agencies yesterday as “naive” for saying the Iraq war was spreading terror worldwide and rallying new recruits for Al Qaeda.In heated remarks, Bush said, “I think it’s a mistake for people to believe that going on the offense [...]
Many NYC police officers and firefighters served with the U.S. military in Iraq. The city is asking these soldiers to repay their city salaries.by Ti-Hua Chang New York Veterans of the Iraq war went to City Hall on Monday afternoon for a different fight. That’s because 1,600 New York City employees, mostly police officers and [...]
Women on the Frontlines in Iraqby Lizette Alvarez The New York Times Lieutenant Emily Perez, 23, a West Point graduate who outran many men, directed a gospel choir and read the Bible every day, was at the head of a weekly convoy as it rolled down roads pocked with bombs and bullets near Najaf, Iraq. [...]
Veterans Discover Benefits They Never Knew They Had Loretta Jordan, at her Bellevue home, is “still in shock” that the VA covers the cost of her husband’s nursing-home care By Kyung M. Song Every month for most of the past decade, Benjamin “Frank” Jordan has forked over as much as $2,000 of his Social Security [...]
Get to Know Employers who Support Our Veterans LOOMIS FARGO opens it’s Job Doors to U.S. Veterans by Lynn Earle PPS, at HireVeterans.com Loomis, Fargo & Co., a world class solution company for for banks, financial institutions, retail and other commercial enterprises is actively seeking to hire U.S. Veterans. (View Jobs) The origins of Loomis, Fargo & [...]
Comprehensive US Intelligence report shows terrorism has increased The New York Times newspaper has published what it says are the findings of a classified US intelligence paper on the effects of the Iraq war. The document reportedly blames the conflict for increasing the threat of terrorism and helping fuel Islamic radicalism worldwide. Such a conclusion [...]
Army deserter will return to face consequences LEXINGTON, Kentucky– A soldier who fled to Canada two years ago after serving in Iraq said he would return home to face consequences from the U.S. Army. “I decided that I’ve got to go back and get this over with once and for all, instead of living in [...]
Military deaths in Iraq, Afghanistan reach 2,974 Left, Flag-draped coffins of U.S. war casualties are seen aboard a cargo plane in Dover, Del., in a recent but undated photo made available by the U.S. Defense Department. WASHINGTON – Now the death toll is 9/11 times two. U.S. military deaths from Iraq and Afghanistan now surpass [...]
It’s Next To Impossible To Communicate With Washington Dear Vice President Cheney: You may think that I’m picking on you with my letters; the truth is that you have been the only one to respond. I have a few points which I feel obligated to pass along. (1) In the last ½ year, no one in [...]
‘Truth’ of troops in Iraq gets past politicsby Claudia Puig, USA TODAY The Ground Truth is a cinematic call to arms. It asks that we not only support the troops but also bear witness to their anguish, no matter what position we may have on the war in Iraq.It is a documentary for those who proudly [...]
Soldiers and Veterans Take a Hit From Entitlement Politics In Americaby Rush Limbaugh I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September 11 casualty and those who die serving our country in Uniform are profound. No one is really talking about it either, because you just don’t criticize anything having to do [...]
VA knew budget was off by billions WASHINGTON – Nearly a year before they asked Congress for another $3 billion in funding, Veterans Affairs officials knew in late 2004 that their budget was seriously out of whack, congressional investigators said in a report released yesterday. The Government Accountability Office also found that the VA badly [...]
Deal comes as House, Senate wrangle over how to treat enemy combatants WASHINGTON – President Bush and Republican negotiators led by Sen. John McCain have reached an agreement on legislation covering tribunals for enemy combatant suspects, NBC News has learned. Details on the deal were not immediately available, but Rep. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said it [...]
Military Veterans Suffer Dramatic Increase in Tinnitus, Other Hearing Damage from Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan; American Tinnitus Association Calls for Boost in Funding, Research for Cure Military veterans are suffering a dramatic increase in tinnitus and other hearing damage anddeserve much more research funding to find a cure, the American Tinnitus Association said today. “We [...]
Take the Following Quiz and You Decide if Congress and Our President Support our Troops: A Marine loses their eyesight in a bomb blast in Afghanistan . After they receive a medical discharge they need blind rehabilitation from the Veterans Administration. How does that work?: They go to the local VA hospital and work with [...]
Bush Owes Us An Apologyby Keith Olbermann, MSNBC.com The President of the United States owes this country an apology. It will not be offered, of course. He does not realize its necessity. There are now none around him who would tell him or could. The last of them, it appears, was the very man whose [...]
VA should focus on meeting medical needs of former soldiers While the precise nature of illnesses among veterans of the Gulf War remains unclear, one certainty is that the veterans who have medical needs deserve treatment. A formal study conducted by the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences that contracted with [...]
Wounded Warrior Project Raises Funds for Permanently Disabled Combat Veterans October 7th Our army reserve unit recently returned from a tour in Iraq. It was our combat support hospital’s responsibilty to clean up the ethical mess in the infamous Abu Ghraib. We did this well and made history in the process. The detainees received better care [...]
Get to Know Employers who Support Our Veterans The OLIVE GROUP opens it’s Job Doors to U.S. Veterans by Lynn Earle PPS, at HireVeterans.com Olive Group, an industry leader in security and risk management, is offering qualified U.S. Veterans outstanding jobs in the field of security. In today’s world, the challenges faced by multi-national organizations [...]
Identifying the enemy can be difficult; mistakes can be costly, in lives, allegiances.by Andrew Maykuth Left: A boy peers from behind a house post in the Afghan village of Bar Shultan, near the border with Pakistan. His father and brother were among eight people killed last month when a U.S. team conducted a raid at [...]
Veterans with PTSD Can Enroll in Study Combining New Drug and Virtual Reality Emory University researchers are embarking on a study they hope will enhance the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and help soldiers who are affected get better faster. PTSD is a serious condition that can become a chronic problem, with devastating life-altering effects [...]
Military Lawyers Caught in Middle on Tribunals by Mark Mazzetti and Neil A. Lewis On Wednesday evening, the night before a crucial Senate vote on the Bush administration plan for the interrogations and trials of terrorism suspects, the Pentagon general counsel, William J. Haynes II, summoned the senior uniformed lawyers from each military service to [...]
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