By Mark Anderson, American Free Press corresponding editor & Host of "When Worlds Collide" on RBN, each Saturday, 7 to 9 p.m. central Some vigilant veterans are concerned that federal officials are not doing nearly enough to get the word out about important upcoming meetings concerning research and treatment of sick veterans. Former gulf war Air Force [...]
By Sherwood Ross It’s way past time for the U.S. to get the hell out of Okinawa—and, for that matter, to take its Tokyo good buddies with it. Before Japanese warlords annexed the Ryuku islands in 1879, Okinawans enjoyed more freedom than they do today. Every liberty-loving American ought to be shouting: “Okinawa for the [...]
by Anne Gearan Soldiers on lookout in Afghanistan. Early signs indicate that Obama will streamline US efforts in Afghanistan. (Photo: Doug Grindle) Washington – President Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to redirect U.S. troops and resources to Afghanistan from Iraq, but he has done little so far to suggest he will significantly widen [...]
Bleeding America DRY Federal Reserve: WHO IS RUNNING AMERICA? Click here this information could save your LIFE. By: Lt. Liberty, Staff Writer 31 Jan 2009 Compromise is an “Oxymoron for Surrender” sceti | reconstruction | The Crittenden compromise–a surren… … Verbalizations propelled on sound waves, written in terminology, circulating suggestion, OBAMA & Democratic Party [...]
REPUBLICANS SUFFER “SMACK DOWN” ON STIMULUS PACKAGE OBAMA CHOOSE AMERICAN PEOPLE OVER COMPROMISE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER We had two things happen this week. It was announced, what many of us knew or suspected all along, that at least $18,000,000,000 in taxpayer money was stolen by GOP supporters who ran their companies into the [...]
By Leslie Savan The most satisfying spectacle of Barack Obama’s first days as president has been the way he and his crew have gone about striking the theatrical sets of the terror government to reveal the real America that’s been backstage to Bush & Co. all along. But even as the backdrops come down and [...]
Ex-player, Army Ranger the rare man distinguished by exemplary character By John Walters He would be 32 years old. Would Pat Tillman be playing this Sunday? In Super Bowl XLIII? Only two Cardinals remain on the team from Tillman’s final NFL season, 2001, and both were rookies that year. One of the pair, Adrian Wilson, [...]
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $146,156,130 cost plus incentive fee contract for a Trident II (D5) MK6 Life Extension Guidance System. Work will be performed in Clearwater, Fla., (35 percent); Plymouth, Minn., (27 percent); Bloomington, Minn., (16 percent), Cambridge, Mass., (12 percent); Pittsfield, Mass., (10 percent), and work [...]
WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki praised President Barack Obama’s intent to nominate W. Scott Gould as next Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Gould is currently vice president for public sector strategy at IBM Global Business Services and a former intelligence officer in the naval reserve. He has public service experience [...]
by a Soldiers Mind When I first read this story after being sent a link to the story by Haole Wahine, I had many emotions going through me. Feelings of shock, frustration and extreme anger to name a few. Anger that the health and welfare of one of our veterans was less important to a [...]
by Nick Mottern and Bill Rau The Iraqi government will make no commitment to ensure rights of due process for tens of thousands of detainees in its jails and prisons, judging from the response this week of the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, DC, to these questions: Have all detainees, those in US and Iraqi government [...]
by Julian Borger and Robert Tait Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Barack Obama discuss Iran on Monday. (Photo: Saul Loeb / Agence France-Presse) Iran’s foreign minister said yesterday that Tehran would be "co-operative" in response to changes in US policy, following the revelation that President Barack Obama’s team is drafting a [...]
By Ray McGovern Editor’s Note: On Jan. 26, 2009, in Copenhagen, Denmark, former Danish military intelligence officer Frank Grevil was given the Sam Adams award for integrity in intelligence. The following is an extended version of the introductory remarks by former CIA intelligence analyst Ray McGovern: Thank you, one and all, for coming this evening [...]
Today’s Local News for Veterans What’s Inside 1. Lawmakers Invite Shinseki To New Hampshire. 2. US Army Announces Record Suicide Rate. 3. Rally Will Tout California’s San Joaquin County As Best Site For New VA Facility. 4. VA Agrees To $20 Million Lawsuit Settlement.5. GAO Concerned About Skill Level Of VA’s Employment Counselors.6. Local Officials Express Desire For New VA Clinic [...]
by Ernesto Londoño and Qais Mizher, The Washington Post US Embassy’s preferred contractor accused of killings. Mosul, Iraq – The Iraqi government has informed the US Embassy in Baghdad that it will not issue a new operating license to Blackwater Worldwide, the embassy’s primary security company, which has come under scrutiny for allegedly [...]
by A soldiers Mind One of the most under reported crimes in the United States and most likely the entire world is sexual assault. Sexual Assault is also one of the most horrendous crimes to be committed against a person and one that can have lasting and devastating effects on it’s victim, and often their [...]
by Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus Behind the recent Pentagon decision to deny Purple Heart medals to soldiers suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a cold-blooded calculation: It saves money. The official rationale for refusing to honor what is widely considered the "signature wound" of the wars in Iraq and [...]
by Maya Schenwar As the number of veterans seeking health care continues to rise, the VA is straining to meet demands. Amid talk of a drawdown of troops in Iraq, new statistics from the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) show that US casualties are still climbing quickly. [...]
by Pauline Jelinek Washington – Suicides among Army troops soared again last year and are at a nearly three-decade high, senior defense officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. At least 128 soldiers killed themselves in 2008, said two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the data has not been formally released. [...]
Letter to VA Secretary General Eric Shinseki Urges Swift Action to Deliver Lifeline to More Than 600,000 American Heroes WASHINGTON, DC (January 29, 2009) – As General Eric Shinseki takes office as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, two veterans service organizations representing more than 63,000 veterans called upon the incoming Presidential Cabinet member to move quickly [...]
Maritime Helicopter Support Company, Woodbridge, Va., is being awarded a $326,596,424 firm fixed price, definite delivery, definite quantity Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract for support for Navy H-60 weapons repairables assemblies (WRAs) and shop replaceable assemblies covering various airframes and avionics systems in support of the H-60 series helicopters. Work will be performed at [...]
by Bob Higgins, Staff Writer Banks, brokers, their insurers and accountants, hell, the whole corrupt financial industry now constitutes the "distinctly native American criminal class" designation that Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson ascribed to the congress a century ago. It seems that not a day passes without revelations that fraud, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, or other [...]
by Marlo Thomas, author of Free to Be . . . You and Me Dear You, Well, hello! How marvelous to see you (again). If you are a grown-up who first read this book 34 years ago — and are now opening to this page, possibly with your own child snuggled on your lap — [...]
By Stephen M. R. Covey, keynote speaker at Linkage’s Eleventh Annual Best of Organization Development Summit in Chicago, IL, May 12-14, 2009 Almost everywhere we turn, trust is on the decline. Trust in our culture at large, in our institutions, and in our companies is significantly lower than a generation ago. Research shows that only 49% of employees trust [...]
by Jane Moran In light of current US economic woes, OD professionals now face the daunting task of trying to do more with less, as resources are cut, budgets slashed and business goals are recalibrated. Indeed if you were to survey OD leaders generally regarding what was top of the ‘professional wish list’ for 2009, [...]
CNN story helps surgeon perform ‘lifesaving’ operation * Surgeon unsuccessfully attempts to remove patient’s brain tumor * Later that day, he reads CNN.com story on a groundbreaking new surgery tool * He contacts makers of the tool that could help in removing his patient’s tumor * Three days later, the patient is re-operated on [...]
Today’s Local News for Veterans What’s Inside 1. Veterans Groups Dismiss Burr’s Automatic Budget Proposal. 2. Congressional Spat Delays Eye-Trauma Center For Wounded Troops. 3. US Army To Report Record Number Of Suicides. 4. Survey: Dissatisfaction More Likely For Surgeons Outside University Or VA Settings. 5. Discussion Focuses On Priorities For Veterans. life."6. New Marching Orders For Wounded Vets. 7. Freezing Death [...]
Inside an IDF’s Veterans Nightmare One Man’s Memory of a Massacre By A. O. SCOTT “Waltz With Bashir” is a memoir, a history lesson, a combat picture, a piece of investigative journalism and an altogether amazing film. Directed by Ari Folman, an Israeli filmmaker whose struggle to make sense of his experience as a soldier [...]
In this urgent, balanced, and passionate book, Nobel Peace Laureate and former President Jimmy Carter argues that the present moment is a unique time for achieving peace in the Middle East — and he offers a bold and comprehensive plan to do just that. by Michael D. Evans Former President Jimmy Carter has just released [...]
FOX continues to distort the realities of the war in Afghanistan. By ZP Heller, Brave New Films FOX continues to distort the realities of the war in Afghanistan. A couple of nights ago, Bill O’Reilly called Afghan President Karzai’s appeal for US forces to limit civilian casualties in Afghanistan “insulting.” He was referring specifically to [...]
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