by HCVets.com Thousands of military veterans across the South are waiting to find out if they were exposed to Hepatitis C by VA clinics that performed colonoscopies and other procedures with equipment that wasn’t properly sterilized.,, Veterans Affairs officials won’t say if mistakes that may have exposed patients to infections at medical centers in Tennessee [...]
by Ross Colvin Washington – President Barack Obama unveiled a new war strategy for Afghanistan on Friday with a key goal — to crush al Qaeda militants there and in Pakistan who he said were plotting new attacks on the United States. "The situation is increasingly perilous," Obama said in a somber speech [...]
by Robert O’Dowd, Staff Writer (SOMERDALE, N.J.) – Dr. Craig Bash, a 1979 Air Force Academy graduate, disabled veteran and Bethesda, Maryland resident, is an expert at conducting Independent Medical Evaluations (IMEs), allowing the veteran to meet the VA’s well-grounded claim requirements. Over the past 22 years, he has conducted hundreds of IMEs. Medically retired [...]
By JOHN MARKOFF TORONTO — A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, Canadian researchers have concluded. In a report to be issued this weekend, the researchers said that the system was being controlled from [...]
By MARLISE SIMONS LONDON — A Spanish court has taken the first steps toward opening a criminal investigation into allegations that six former high-level Bush administration officials violated international law by providing the legal framework to justify the torture of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, an official close to the case said. The case, against [...]
Expressing reluctant support for President Obama’s plan to escalate war in SouthWest Asia, Veterans for America (VFA) has ask readers to join them in demanding that any and all future troops deployed to Afghanistan be required to have adequate dwell (rest) time between deployments and taken care of both medically and psychologically BEFORE being allowed [...]
By Mike Griffith, Staff Writer MYTH: We can only cut taxes if we cut spending by the same amount; otherwise, tax cuts will reduce revenue and cause deficits. FACT: Historically tax cuts have always paid for themselves. Federal revenue increased after the JFK tax cuts, after the Reagan tax cuts, after the Clinton-Gingrich [...]
TWO STOLEN ELECTIONS, CORRUPTION, ILLEGAL WAR AND ECONOMIC COLLAPSE WHY NO TRIALS? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER In 2000, we watched the polls heavily favor Vice President Gore against the inexperienced and virtually unknown George Bush, part time governor of Texas. Election night, exit polling showed Gore to have an easy victory. This polling method [...]
by Rees Lloyd Although most of the media appear unaware of it, by Act of Congress two years ago, March 30 has been designated "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day." This is belated recognition by Congress, and hopefully by the nation, that veterans of the Vietnam War should be recognized and thanked for their [...]
For “Freedom We Fight” By D. C. Liberty staff writer, 28 Mar 2009 Four Soldiers of the “Socialists Occupation Police Army of California” have been killed while on duty, (My condolances) very sad and devastating loss for their families and children. When “One chooses” to venture into the profession of Civilian American Law Enforcement, each chooses [...]
A dramatic, multimedia presentation is intended to get troops’ attention. Suicide rates have shown an alarming increase.By Tony Perry Reporting from Camp Pendleton — Forty-one Marines marched on command to the front of the hall and stared at hundreds of their comrades assembled Friday for a presentation ordered by top generals to try to stem [...]
LIFE, BELIEFS AND REALITY MAKE STRANGE BEDFELLOWS GROWING OLDER IN AN AMBIGUOUS WORLD By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Media can define life. We were warned of this by Marshall McLuhan years ago. Our real culture, the one replacing Chopin, James Joyce Walt Whitman and Dizzy Dean is CSI, Monster Trucks, “Final Four” basketball, internet games [...]
Former counsel says Bush administration overreacted after 9/11 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A former State Department lawyer responsible for Guantanamo-related cases said Friday that the Bush administration overreacted after 9/11 and set up a system in which torture occurred. Vijay Padmanabhan is at least the second former Bush administration official to publicly label “enhanced [...]
As Obama begins winding down the war in Iraq, he is building up his own war farther east. Like Bush, he will depend on private military contractors By Jim Hightower Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to war we go! As President Barack Obama begins winding down the Bush war in Iraq, he is building up his [...]
by Tom Barnes, Staff Writer How hard can it be to get out of debt? At the risk of being accused of being incredibly naive, I pose a question to my brother and sister veterans. That is 25 million people, give or take a few hundred thousand. Can’t we just buy our way out of [...]
by President Barack Obama Good morning. Today, I am announcing a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. This marks the conclusion of a careful policy review that I ordered as soon as I took office. My Administration has heard from our military commanders and diplomats. We have consulted with the Afghan and Pakistani governments; [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense; Donald Remy, General Counsel of the Army, Department of Defense; J. Randolph Babbitt, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration; Jose D. Riojas, Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security and Preparedness, [...]
WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt made the following opening statement at the committee’s mark-up of the FY 2010 Budget Resolution. President Bush has left President Obama a hard hand to play: an economy in crisis and a budget in deep deficit — in deficit this year alone by $1.752 trillion according to [...]
Lance Cpl. Brady Gustafson is set today to receive the Navy Cross for bravery at a ceremony at the Marine base at Twentynine Palms. Gustafson, 22, from Eagan, Minn., is credited with saving Marine lives by continuing to fire at the enemy during an insurgent ambush in Afghanistan in July, despite being seriously wounded. He [...]
Aeronautical Radio Incorporated, Annapolis, Md., was awarded on Mar. 7, 2009, a $80,600,000 firm fixed price contract for the procurement and delivery of (22) Mi-17CT helicopters in support of the Iraqi Government. Work is to be performed at Warner Robins, Ga., (15 precent), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (20 precent), and Ulan Ude Russia, (65 [...]
By Robert L. Rosebrock, Staff Writer MIA, “Missing In Action,” is a status assigned to United States military personnel who are reported missing during active duty service. The U.S. Department of Defense also classifies military personnel who have been MIA for ten days or less as “DUSTWUN” (Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown) While it’s a frightening [...]
By Michael Reagan It’s an old tactic — when you are in trouble, create a crisis and then create a straw man to blame for the crisis. We are now seeing it played out as a giant insurance company, AIG, is given the role of straw man. It’s working. I’m mad, you’re mad, and our [...]
By Ted Jarvi "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion." 1 — Parkinson’s Law The reason the VA takes so much time to complete its appointed task of adjudicating veterans’ disability claims is because it HAS so much time to do so. As C. Northcote Parkinson pointed out, work expands [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. Shinseki Attends Stimulus Meeting. 2. Professor Sees Upcoming Problems In Civil-Military Relations. 3. Paper Says New VA Hospital In Colorado Could Lead To Increased Development. 4. Obama Pledges Support For Iraq, Afghanistan Vets. 5. Overton Brooks VAMC Offers Help To Struggling Vets. 6. VA Agrees To Pay For Iraq Vet’s Surgery. 7. Task Force [...]
By Tom Hayden, Huffington Post The Center for American Progress has positioned itself as a "progressive" Washington think tank, especially suited to channel new thinking and expertise into the Obama administration. It therefore is deeply disappointing that CAP has issued a call for a ten-year war in Afghanistan, including an immediate military escalation, just as [...]
By DAVID BROOKS Khyber Pass, Afghanistan – I came to Afghanistan skeptical of American efforts to transform this country. Afghanistan is one of the poorest, least-educated and most-corrupt nations on earth. It is an infinitely complex and fractured society. It has powerful enemies in Pakistan, Iran and the drug networks working hard to foment chaos. [...]
by Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe President Obama will deploy as many as 4,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, beyond the 17,000 he authorized last month, as trainers and advisers to the Afghan Army, according to a senior Pentagon official who has seen the new Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy Obama will unveil Friday. Obama briefed House and [...]
by Roger Cohen Pressure on President Obama to recast the failed American approach to Israel-Palestine is building from former senior officials whose counsel he respects. Following up on a letter dated Nov. 6, 2008, that was handed to Obama late last year by Paul Volcker, now a senior economic adviser to the president, [...]
by William Rivers Pitt There was the battle of Mazari Sharif, and the battle of Qala-i-Jangi, and the battle of Tora Bora, and the massacre at Dasht-i-Leili, and the Tamak Farm incident and the slaughter of a wedding party in Uruzgan Province. There was the Damadola airstrike in Pakistan made by US forces, and there [...]
A simple mistake in your records can cause a thirty year fight with the VA and leave you with a severe injury that can’t be cured or treated. In my case it all started in Nov 66 when I was in an accident on a US Army base. A young soldier lost control of [...]
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