VA Counsel Unilaterally Declares Law Protecting Vets ‘Obsolete’ in Gov Brief Can an attorney from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) declare a federal regulation obsolete because it interferes with the VA denying benefits to a veteran? No. Yet this is what attorney Carolyn F. Washington, VA deputy assistant general counsel, proposes in the [...]
Drug war's latest achievement: Boosting global terrorism Afghanistan War Is Evidence that U.S. Failing in The War on Terror, Iraq, and the Drug War. by Neal Peirce / Syndicated columnist Thirty-eight million arrests, most for simple possession. Lives ruined, families disrupted. America turned into the most prison-happy nation on the face of the earth. Illegal [...]
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR 2ND ANNUAL 9-11 FREEDOM WALKSubmitted by Debbie Gregory, MilitaryConnection.com About the America Supports You Freedom Walk The America Supports You Freedom Walk was created in 2005 to establish a national tradition of remembrance of the lives lost on September 11, 2001, to renew our commitment to freedom and the values of our [...]
On Body Counts, Dead Zones, and an Empire of Stupidityby Tom Engelhardt On August 22nd, breaking into his Crawford vacation, the President addressed the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, giving what is already known as his "Vietnam speech." That day, George W. Bush, who, as early as 2003, had sworn that his [...]
Transition Period Needed for War Veterans and Familiesby Doug Finke SPRINGFIELD — When Major Frank Bart was preparing to return to Illinois from Iraq in May, he wasn't sure exactly what to expect. The Springfield native had gone through redeployment in 2000 after a National Guard assignment in Kuwait, but this time was different. In [...]
Nicholson: Single Inoculation Provides Protection for War Veterans WASHINGTON—A vaccine for shingles, which Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers helped develop, is available to veterans who are patients at VA medical facilities nationwide. “Shingles can seriously degrade the quality of life for those who suffer from this disease,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson. [...]
VA Cancer Data Blockade May Imperil Surveillance By Michael SmithSenior Staff Writer, MedPage Today LOS ANGELES, — Stonewalling by the Veterans Administration is putting U.S. cancer surveillance and research in jeopardy, according to many of the researchers involved in those fields. After decades of sharing data freely and allowing researchers to get in touch with [...]
Active-duty US troops become outspoken critics of Iraq warby Brad Knickerbocker, The Christian Science Monitor A recent op-ed about the war in Iraq charged that upbeat official reports amount to "misleading rhetoric." It said the "most important front in the counterinsurgency [had] failed most miserably." And it warned against pursuing "incompatible policies to absurd ends." [...]
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