Weak Oversight Efforts Fail to Protect Veterans Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, the House Veterans’ Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, led by Chairman Harry Mitchell (D-AZ), conducted a hearing to evaluate the safety standards of the brachytherapy program administered by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. Baker Says VA Will Publish Summary Of Every Major IT Investment. 2. VA To Take Wait-And-See Approach On Rio Grande Valley Hospital. 3. Healthcare Forum Attendees Question Shinseki, Three Other Agency Heads. 4. Three New Jersey Schools Participating In New GI Bill. 5. VA Planning To Open New Clinic In Jacksonville, Florida. [...]
Marshall: Fox News analyst crossed line by suggesting Taliban should kill U.S. soldier by Jim Galloway U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall (D-Macon), a former Army ranger, has signed onto a bipartisan letter from members of Congress condemning Fox News for an analyst’s suggestion that a captured U.S. soldier should be killed by his Afghan captors. Read [...]
We consider this statement made by Lieutenant Colonel, Margaret D. Stock Attorney & Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Reserve, Military Police Corps before the Congressional Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, & International Law to be but one part of the many legal challenges of Immigrants serving in our Armed Forces today. She gave this [...]
In today’s Washington Post, we have an article showing that North Korea’s foreign minister has called Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "vulgar and stupid". Although I am a Democrat and in fact, I backed Hillary Clinton for President in the primary, I wonder where the North Korean government was in the general election? The Republicans [...]
Few options for veterans who await deportation Some say their military service merits special consideration By Steve Liewer, Union-Tribune left: American Veteran Fernando Cervantes held a bill that would spare the Army veteran from being deported. (Hiram Soto / Union-Tribune news) As a 7-year-old, Fernando Cervantes emigrated legally from Mexico to Texas with his mother in [...]
Prophecy is fulfilled! On National Tv Brocast Fox News ! By D. C. Liberty Staff Writer Total Eclipse of the Sun July 21-20, 2009. Mayan calendar accuracy is refined in perfection once again. What does this have to do with Veterans? Veterans are the Citizen Soldiers when we choose not to fight, WE choose to be [...]
Now here is an insight one rarely gets. A European woman who is half Spanish – half Belgian marries a Muslim from North Africa and they live in Belgium. Then she finds out he is constantly flying to the Middle East for terrorist acitivities only after the police raid her apartment and almost arrest her. [...]
This was originally stringed out by the Associated Press and posted online by AOL News. This young airmen lost his legs, or parts of them, as a result of a botched gall bladder surgery at Travis Air Force Base. The Air Force is being mostly closed mouthed. This is incredible. This is a must read. [...]
One of the things I cannot wait for, coming in 2010. More affirmation of Vietnam veterans coming from the grassroots. During the past few years, Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) has been an innovative leader in public television as it has told the stories of Wisconsin soldiers through the groundbreaking and award-winning Wisconsin World War [...]
by Bob Hanafin, Staff Writer This will be a multi-part expose of the plight of anywhere from a low of 300 to a high of possibly 3,000 American Veterans are being held in U.S. Immigration & Customs Holding Cells awaiting deportation by Homeland Security. About two years ago, we at Veterans Today did an expose [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. Shinseki, Baker Praised For Suspending IT Projects. 2. Study Reveals "Striking" Increase In Mental Illness For Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans. 3. Stimulus Provision, Canandaigua VA Offer Employment Assistance To Veterans. 4. Athlete Featured On Cheerios Box Wins More Wheelchair Games Gold. 5. DOD Looking To Expand Personal Health Records Pilot Test, Collaborate With [...]
Veterans Affairs Helps Veteran Small-Business Owners WASHINGTON – More than 1,000 Veterans who own small businesses and seek to do more contracting with the federal government recently heard Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki extol the importance of small businesses and reaffirm the commitment of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to help veterans [...]
In today’s New York Times there is an article quoting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as saying that the U.S. will erect a nuclear defense umbrella over the Persian Gulf States if Iran goes nuclear. Yeah, that is really going in a new direction. Way to go Hillary! Here is the article. Ummm….errrr….ahhhh….is it me? [...]
Could this situation get any more Byzantine? This entire western Asian war effort would make Machiavelli green with envy. Virtually everybody is lying, manipulating, back stabbing and undermining everybody else that is involved in this "War on Terror". And that goes for the allies and does not even take into account the enemies in this [...]
In today’s Washington Post there is a fine article on the changed and still changing relationship between Iraq and the U.S. There are no useful precedents to use to guide this "work in progress" that is the connection between the two countries. Americans feel used and abused from an ingrate that they consider that they [...]
As veterans fight for justice from our government, a critical victim of a banana-republic political persecution fights on—Don Siegelman, former governor of Alabama (1999 to 2003). Veterans and advocates need to stand with Don Siegelman, a victim of Karl Rove and the Bush Department of Justice. Siegelman was convicted on a charge of being a [...]
Today’s Washington Post has run a fine article on where we are relative to several issues in Afghanistan. I am not sure what we are doing there, what the mission is, or what constitutes ‘victory’. The entire drill is a little vague for my liking. I wish somebody would explain to me exactly what the mission [...]
CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS – EDUCATION Amendments Would Extend Tuition Aid to Non-Traditional Students By Karoun Demirjian The House Education and Labor Committee on Tuesday began marking up a bill to dramatically change the system of student lending by adopting a series of amendments to extend tuition assistance to non-traditional students, including members of the [...]
Springfield, VA – The Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) and the Ladies Auxiliary of the MOPH are pleased to announce that the national convention will be held this year in Rogers, Arkansas during the week of 11-15 August 2009. This annual event brings together the Commanders and delegates of the Order’s Regions, Departments, [...]
McKeon Makes Gains for California Veterans Committee Passes Congressman’s Amendment to Ensure California Veterans Receive Equal Educational Benefit WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an ongoing legislative battle on behalf of veterans in California and a number of other states, Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) today successfully included an amendment during an Education and Labor Committee markup [...]
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $154,100,000 Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) for the upgrade of six Taiwan Air Force (TAF) E-2C aircraft from Group II configuration to Hawkeye 2000 (H2K) export configuration under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Bethpage, N.Y. (40 percent); St. Augustine, Fla. (22 [...]
The Washington Post today posts an article outlining the various deployment times of the different types of units being sent to Southwestern Asia. It is very uneven and is causing tension. The article is here. Related Posts:No Related Posts
The Associated Press reports that a PFC who recruiters knew was autistic when he entered the Marine Corps has pleaded guilty to desertion. I am not exactly sure where to start wondering about this situation. The article speaks for itself and it is here. Related Posts:No Related Posts
Teksouth Corporation Joins HireVeterans.com Global IT Firm Based in Alabama Hiring U.S. Veterans by Gordon Gates Teksouth Corporation is a twenty-six year old, privately held firm with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, with strategically located program offices in the U.S. and around the world. Their primary services include Performance Management, Business Intelligence and Decision Support, Custom [...]
American Academy of Pediatrics Joins HireVeterans.com by Marcy Bulstrom The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), an organization of 60,000 pediatricians committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults, is seeking to hire and train U.S. Veterans for jobs now! The AAP is [...]
by Gordon Gates With over 600 branch offices in the United States, Randstad is one of the largest recruitment agencies in the country. And for employment and recruitment agencies, being big has definite advantages for jobseekers. Their extended network of branch offices nationwide provides talent with a large pool of available jobs and allows Randstad [...]
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, July 16, 2009, Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Chairman John Hall (D-NY) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Michaud (D-ME) conducted a joint hearing to assess the ability of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide care and services to the country’s 1.8 million women veterans. In general, medical [...]
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, July 16, 2009, Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Chairwoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) conducted a hearing to discuss the purpose and the evolution of State Approving Agencies (SAA). The authority of SAAs was established by Congress in 1947 to ensure that veterans and eligible dependents can use the G.I. Bill educational entitlement [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. Progress Temporarily Halted On 45 IT Projects At VA.2. "Skeptical" Audience Questions Shinseki, Other Cabinet Members On Healthcare. 3. Montana Schools Teaming Up With VA On Education Benefits. 4. Caregivers Hope For Training, Compensation From VA. 5. Machine Allows Blind Iraq Vet To Identify Shapes. 6. VHA Evaluating Potential Of Natural Language Processing. [...]
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