Retired General Paul Eaton, senior adviser to the National Security Network, has hit back hard at Dick Cheney a day after the former vice president criticized the Obama administration again for "dithering while America’s armed forces are in danger." In a speech Wednesday night, Cheney said, "President Obama now seems afraid to make a decision, [...]
No. 824-09——————————————————————————–CONTRACTS: NAVYGE Inspection Technologies LP, Skaneateles, N.Y., is being awarded a $22,679,613 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of up to 1,600 common video borescope sets (CVBS), including associated technical and logistics data and training. The CVBS is used to inspect interior engine components and airframes for cracks, foreign object damage, and corrosion. [...]
On October 26, 2008, U.S. helicopters stormed a farm near the Iraq-Syria border in order to assassinate leading al-Qaeda operative Abu Ghadiya. One year later, the authors report from Syria that the raid may have been botched, and the lives of seven innocent civilians were mistakenly taken instead. By Reese Erlich and Peter Coyote for [...]
U.S. Interests vs. The Jewish State by Jeff Gates, Staff Writer Barack Obama’s recent conduct at the U.N. removed all remaining doubt as to Israeli influence inside this latest U.S. presidency. When he uttered the phrase “the Jewish state of Israel,” he provided precisely the provocation required to ensure that peace in the Middle East [...]
From Meg Jones of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel – Dick Olsen volunteered to go to Vietnam because he knew it would make him a better artist. The pictures Olsen, now 73, painted and sketched ended up at the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago. Now, Olsen’s art is among those included in an exhibit of [...]
Osama Bin Laden: Dead or Alive? Submitted by David Ray Griffin Is Osama bin Laden still alive? I have dealt with this question in a recent little book entitled Osama bin Laden: Dead or Alive?1 The present essay summarizes the main points of this book.2 Since the transference of power from the Bush administration to [...]
How Many and For How Long are Claims Pending at VA? Written by Bob Brewin The Veterans Affairs Department manages a whole bunch of claims — for disability, education and even burial benefits. Until this month, the department presented data on pending claims in a relatively straightforward fashion in a spreadsheet called the Monday Morning [...]
Veterans and BRE Properties, Inc. are now an Employment Team at HireVeterans.com by Captain Lonnie Ryan BRE Properties, Inc. is a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) that builds, acquires and manages apartment communities throughout the West’s most sought after places to live. They have now teamed with HireVeterans.com to hire our US Veteran [...]
By Ken Kupchik Air America A group of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans working to create public awareness of the dangers of global warming were called traitors by a Pennsylvania state lawmaker who compared them to Benedict Arnold. He stopped short of calling the ozone layer a terrorist group. Republican State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe sent out [...]
Four New Judges Will Speed Veterans’ Appeals WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced the addition of four new Veterans Law Judges to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA), which will enable the board to increase the number of cases being decided. “Veterans have earned the right to prompt, exhaustive and [...]
Washington, DC U.S. to Give Extra Pay to Troops Held Over Crawfordsville, Indiana Veterans Expo to kick off Friday Milford, Delaware Chief of state veterans home resigns Boston, Massachusetts Beirut Veterans Of America Related Posts:No Related Posts
Joanna Brooks in Religion Dispatches – With Glenn Beck now a mainstay in the national debate, the public is getting exposure to a peculiar strain of religious political conservatism rooted in Mormon culture. Whether or not one believes that God rewards baptism with fortune, it is clear that Glenn Beck’s conversion to and education in [...]
From Tom Lasseter at McClatchy Newspapers – Afghan opium kills more people every year than any other drug on the planet, claiming up to 100,000 lives annually, according to a United Nations report released Wednesday. Although U.S. officials have pointed to the last two years of lower production in Afghanistan, the country still produces 90 percent [...]
We must have a lot of libertarians readers here. What do people think of the GOP’s drift (followed by many lame Democrats) into a bunch of statist, dogmatic reactionaries? Writes Dionne: "Is there room in the Republican Party for genuine moderates? Truth to tell, the GOP can’t decide. More precisely, it’s deeply divided over whether it [...]
Gene Lyons in Salon poses the obvious question regarding Afghanistan: "The country poses no threat to the U.S., but the war costs lives, drains the treasury and makes enemies. Why are we still in Afghanistan?" We are at a defining moment for the Obama administration and all of the lives that depend directly on this decision of [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. Webb Calls For Investigation Of VA Hospital. 2. Ex-Postal Clerk Sentenced To Probation For Stealing Meds From Disabled Vets. 3. VA Expanding Agent Orange Coverage. 4. Act Would Provide Post-Deployment Mental Health Screenings. 5. Construction Begins On Two VA Projects In Florida. 6. VA Unveils New Mobile Vet Center. 7. DOD To Pay Retroactive [...]
How Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal Endangers Us All By Jeff Gates STAFF WRITER On September 24th, U.S. President Barack Obama presided over a U.N. Security Council session on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. In March 2010, Moscow will host a Global Nuclear Summit that the U.S. has agreed to attend. The next five months could prove [...]
No. 818-09——————————————————————————–CONTRACTS: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee / Cost-Plus-Award-Fee contract with a total value of $1,034,550,502. The contract is for Lockheed Martin to serve as the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Combat System engineering agent and the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Weapon System design, [...]
AMERICA WON TERROR WAR IN 2001 BIN LADEN’S DEATH NEWS SUPPRESSED TO SUPPORT IRAQ WAR INTEL LIES By Gordon Duff and Raja Mujtaba STAFF WRITERS Osama bin Laden died during or immediately after the Tora Bora attack in December 2001. The cause is believed to have been wounds complicated by advanced kidney disease. This fact [...]
Law and Orders, The Horrible Misadventures of Deborah Scott at the VA by Deborah Scott, U.S. Veteran This is part 3. To the feature story "Deborah Scott, VA Horror Story, Part 1, dated August 12, 2009, and Part 2, dated April 6 2009. Let’s call this "Laws and Orders" "Duty to assist"- to provide assistance [...]
In an OP ED that was written by attorney Gordon Erspamer, who is leading the fight to attempt to get a little bit of justice for veterans that have been used in classified chemical weapons experiments, LSD and other illicit drugs, and biological weapons at bases spread across the nation, Fort Detrick MD, Edgewood Arsenal [...]
PAKISTAN SEES BUSH RULE IN US AS LOW POINT IN OUR HISTORY By Dr S. M. Rahman Senior Research Scholar, FRIENDS The glory of a great power has a propensity to diminish, if its leader loses the quintessential value that sets the direction of history, which according to Nixon ‘requires a great vision, one that inspires [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will sign a memorandum of understanding to officially announce their new partnership. VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki and USOC Chief of Paralympics Charlie Huebner will be joined by Paralympians, veterans and Members of the [...]
The Associated Press Baghdad – An American soldier accused of killing five fellow troops at a counseling center in Iraq had been unraveling for nearly two weeks but the U.S. military lacked clear procedures to monitor him or deal with the deadly shooting spree once it began to unfold, a military report found. The [...]
Maybe we just need a little more guidance from the Pentagon on this major policy decision; they’re never wrong. From Dan Balz and Jon Cohen in the Post, a poll shows sharp objection from the American public to an escalation in Afghanistan. President Obama is consulting his war cabinet, but how about the skeptics vested only [...]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Not Across the Board Fort Scott, Kansas Saturday event offers info for veterans Princeton, West Virginia ‘Mobile Vet Center’ Unveiled in Princeton Manila, PhilippinesPalace: CLEEP inclusion of veterans’ kin ordered Washington, DC U.S. Sen. Grassley: Grassley asks for administration commitment to address pre-existing conditions for some vets Related Posts:No Related [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. First Lady Praises VA Employees. 2. VA Engineer, Some Local Residents Differ On Need For Security Upgrades At VA Hospital. 3. VA To Call Students, Ask About Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits. 4. VA Announces Grave-Locator Service For Mobile Devices. 5. US Military’s Handling Of Camp Liberty Shooting Criticized. 6. Obama Asked To Review [...]
By Donna Teresa The Monterey Herald Many of the e-mails I receive are from troops and other military personnel stationed all over the world. Some drop a line just to say hi, others just to say thanks for not forgetting them. I can’t help but be especially touched by the notes I receive from our [...]
From Susie Madrak in Crooks and Liars comes word that famed journalist Sy Hersh reports top brass are actively working against President Obama. The Pentagon works the president? Some in the military need to get their asses kicked by the Commander-in-Chief who runs the military in this democracy. Writes Madrak: So many of the saner people were driven out [...]
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