Forget your opinion of Barack Obama. Love him or loathe him, the reality remains unchanged: we have but one president at a time. And but one commander-in-chief. U.S. national security is endangered—perhaps now more than at any time in history. Both the president and our military leaders are bound by an oath to defend this [...]
Danang, Vietnam April 24, 2010 Chuck Palazzo Justice Breyer but not Justice Thomas? The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday regarding a federal judge’s temporary ban on a breed of pesticide-resistant alfalfa, setting the stage for the court’s first-ever ruling on genetically modified crops. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/04/22/22greenwire-supreme-court-to-take-first-look-at-genetically-4425.html This might indeed be an opportunity to [...]
By EDWARD WONG YALONG BAY, China — The Chinese military is seeking to project naval power well beyond the Chinese coast, from the oil ports of the Middle East to the shipping lanes of the Pacific, where the United States Navy has long reigned as the dominant force, military officials and analysts say. China calls [...]
Bigoty is on the run, as the fight for a secular armed forces escalates. By DAN ELLIOTT, DENVER – The Army is considering whether to rescind an invitation to evangelist Franklin Graham to appear at the Pentagon amid complaints about his description of Islam as evil, a military spokesman said Wednesday. Graham, the son of [...]
No. 326-10 ——————————————- CONTRACTS: DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Equilon Enterprises, dba Shell Oil Products – Deer Park, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $732,943,752 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract for aviation fuel. Other location of performance is in Texas. Using service is Defense Energy Support Center. This proposal was originally Web [...]
U.S. Government Surrenders Sacred Land at National Veterans Home to Wealthy Homeowners for a Public Park By Robert L. Rosebrock STAFF WRITER How could such a brazen invasion possibly occur in America with the strongest national defense in the world? And how could the takeover happen on land that was exclusively deeded to America’s Military [...]
James H. Parke Memorial Scholarship General Information James H. Parke was the first Director of Voluntary Service and the founding father of the Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service (VAVS) National Advisory Committee (NAC). The James H. Parke Memorial Fund, comprised of VAVS NAC member organizations, was established in 1976 to serve as the non-profit [...]
RETRACTION & CORRECTION: Due to a misunderstanding, “Torn and Worn American Flags Fly in Disgrace at Brentwood VA” – published April 23, 2010 by Terry Richards, was in error as to the time-line of when these Flags were flown torn and worn. It was actually in August of 2009 when Senator Ted Kennedy died that [...]
DISCUSSIONS TO “ERASE THE SLATE” AND START AGAIN AMERICANS AND AFGHAN LEADERS LOOK FOR SUCCESSFUL COALITION MODEL By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor President Karzai is scheduled to come to Washington in May to meet with President Obama, a visit that has been “on” and “off” over the past few weeks. The tribal Jirga scheduled [...]
The racial profiling edict passed by the Arizona legislature now on the desk of their Governor will permit a police officer (on his own, without provacation) to stop you and ask “for your papers”. Don’t have ID? No problem, go to jail or at least to the intergation room probably housed next door to the water boarding gas chamber!
3 out 4 Veterans Want Green Military Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), a U.S. Military Veteran and member of the Armed Services Committee, is against a greener Energy Efficient Military so says Dr. Joseph Romm is the editor of Climate Progress and a Senior Fellow at the American Progress. Watch the video for the interview Visit msnbc.com for breaking [...]
BACKGROUND ON NATURALIZATION CEREMONY FOR ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS:
Today, President Obama will deliver remarks at a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members. This ceremony recognizes the contributions made by immigrant members of the U.S. armed forces who choose to join the American family as citizens.
Amidst the discoveries of fraud in the government procurement program for disabled vets, we ask ourselves…why? Why do companies lie about their qualifications to gain government contracts? When there are no penalties for defrauding the American public, it makes sense to pretend your company deserves the SDVOB set-asides.
VA’s Plan for Open Government
Government should be transparent, allow for citizen participation, and encourage collaboration among organizations. And that’s what VA aims to accomplish through our new Open Government Plan. At our site, you can read the just-released plan and learn more about the process. Get started!
Regional stories on veterans’ health, education and other benefits and issues today from Oroville, Callifornia, Westport, Connecticut, Manila, Philippines, Montpelier, Vermont, Livermore, California, Jacksonville, Florida, Davenport, Iowa, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, San Francisco, California, and Selma, Oregon.
Netanyahu Commits to Colonizing East Jerusalem; First Palestinian Expelled under new Policy by Juan Cole The new Israeli policy of deporting Palestinians from the West Bank on arbitrary grounds has kicked in with Ahmad Sabah, who has just been deported to Gaza and separated from his family in the West Bank. The measure contravenes the [...]
Believe everyone is with Paul Krugman on this one, except for the GOP leadership. Don’t Cry for Wall Street By PAUL KRUGMAN On Thursday, President Obama went to Manhattan, where he urged an audience drawn largely from Wall Street to back financial reform. “I believe,” he declared, “that these reforms are, in the end, not [...]
No surprise to see John McCain supporting this unAmerican attempt to mandate that police demand citizens show their papers. What a phony McCain is. Where does he think is: The Occupied Territories. From The Progress Report: Arizona’s Radical Bill Arizona has often been referred to as “ground zero” of the nation’s immigration fight. It’s the [...]
- Remarks by the President on Wall Street Reform – By Jesse Lee At noon today the President spoke to an audience that included many from the financial sector at Cooper Union in New York City, a place where he spoke about reforming Wall Street and financial institutions two years ago: As I said [...]
Israel rejects US demand to halt building in disputed East Jerusalem By James Hilder Israel has officially rejected President Obama’s demand that it halt all construction in east Jerusalem, deepening the diplomatic deadlock between the allies just as the US regional envoy is due to renew efforts to resume indirect peace talks. Officials said that [...]
Wisconsin families of sex abuse survivors are saying to the Vatican: It’s not alright, and you will not get away with this outrage. Suit against pope, Vatican details Wisconsin abuse Man allegedly molested by priest accuses pontiff, senior Vatican officials of failing to protect children By DINESH RAMDE and ERIC GORSKI, Associated Press New documents [...]
No. 321-10 ——————————————– CONTRACTS: ARMY American Science and Engineering, Inc., Billerica, Mass., was awarded on April 20 a $48,818,439 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is to procure up to 37 backscatter van military trailer scanner systems for entry control points in Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Billerica, Mass., with an estimated completion date [...]
If you’ve ever wondered why the public tolerates politicians who lie to them it’s likely that they “don’t have a high expectation that they’ll tell the truth” in the first place, a noted ethicist says. As a result, explains Michael Josephson, “when they lie we are generally less offended in principle. That doesn’t make their lying acceptable; it just explains why there is a high tolerance level for it.”
Under pressure: German troops are calling on Chancellor Angela Merkel to tell them why they’re at war in Afghanistan By Daily Mail Foreign Service (UK) German soldiers are wearing their hearts on their sleeves – in the form of a badge that protests their country’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan. Some troops have taken [...]
MEMORIAL SLATED FOR NEW VAMC AT RISK CONFUSION AND MASSIVE FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES UNCOVERED By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Rep. Marcy Kaptur (Dem. OH) approached local vet activist Nick Haupricht months ago, to set up a committee to build a veteran’s memorial which would include some unknown piece of the WW2 Memorial she [...]
The duplicity of dovish drug détente By Col. Khrushchev (ret) STAFF WRITER/Editor Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, who is in charge of strategic communication & info ops in Afghanistan, has valiantly tried to present the past of the Operation Moshtarak as another Iwo Jima or Stalingrad battle – with a little help from designated imbeds. Under [...]
During National Volunteer Week, VA salutes Joyce Brown, the Voluntary Service Chief from the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) in San Antonio, Texas, who is the latest winner of the Award for Excellence given by VA Voluntary Service’s National Advisory Committee. Brown and her staff pursued numerous community outreach avenues to obtain programs and donations improve Veteran’s quality of life under VA care.
Regional stories on veterans’ health, education and other benefits and issues today from Wentzville, Missouri, Watertown, Connecticut, Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, Fort Richardson, Alaska, Columbus, Georgia, Houma, Louisiana, French Camp, California, Beaufort South Carolina, Dayton, Ohio, and Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
Finding it difficult to see Goldman’s point of view. But the slime deserve due process. By Henry Blodget Yesterday, Lloyd Blankfein attacked the SEC’s fraud suit in calls to Goldman clients–describing it as a political hit job that will ultimately hurt the country. He also brought up the exculpatory evidence that the SEC left out [...]
Camp Lejeune’s contaminated wells are now closed but the an estimated 500,000 veterans and dependents may have been exposed to the contaminated water. (REDDING, CAL) – A number of veterans and dependents of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina continue to suffer from cancer linked to their exposure to organic solvents like trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, and [...]
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