ST. PETERSBURG, FL – On October 26, 2009, upon this Writer’s advice, after getting the “run-a-around” from Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) on her Administrative Appeal, Lorraine Noddin of St. Petersburg, the 85-year-old Mother of Soldier who was killed in Combat in Vietnam in 1968 and who was never told by the Government that she [...]
“It breaks my heart to see a father abandon his children for any reason. Religious bigotry, as a reason, is doubly disturbing.” – Richard Baker Military Religious Freedom Foundation The founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) has another Christian taking shots at him in the Colorado Springs daily newspaper. This would be one Paul [...]
Today, as the USA plays Ghana in the knockout round at the World Cup where the whole world is watching as the USA gains internationl prestige as a member of the world sport community, it strikes me extremely hard and reminds me how poorly we can act against our neighbors when we unleash dangerous lunatics like Gov. Jan Brewer who said yesterday that that most illegal immigrants entering Arizona are being used to transport drugs across the border, an assertion that critics slammed as exaggerated and racist.
Update: The Hill reports that Lt. General William G. “Jerry” Boykin has now been disinvited from testifying at the confirmation hearing of Elena Kagan. Looks like retired Lt. General William G. “Jerry” Boykin will be sharing his wisdom with the Senate Judiciary Committee in the hearings on U.S. Supreme Court nominee and Solicitor General Elena Kagan. Boykin [...]
Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) sent this media release at 3:30 PM today. Posted by Robert L. Hanafin, Major, U.S. Air Force-Retired, Veterans Today News Member Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) Related Posts:Military Families Say: Honor our Loved Ones Service and Sacrifice By Ending These Wars! Military Families Speak Out against the occupation of Iraq [...]
FOR RELEASE AT 5 p.m. ET No. 537-10 June 25, 2010 CONTRACTS AIR FORCE BAE Systems, Arlington, Va., was awarded a $49,775,942 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop an infrared system that provides a real-time, high-resolution, wide area video persistent surveillance capability that allows joint forces to keep critical areas of interest under constant surveillance [...]
GE Global Research proudly recognizes the talents of our US Military Veterans By Randy Miller GE Global Research enters the fifth year with HireVeterans.com and aggressively seeks US Veterans for their work force. With hundreds of challenging and rewarding careers available, at GE Global Research, you will join a team of professionals that value your [...]
Doing the three part series on Agent Orange is something that I felt had to be done, because Agent Orange is residue from the last war the American people were not committed to Vietnam. Though the reasons were different, the same failure to relate to those who carry the burdens of war remain despite the [...]
Stupid, Pointless, and Ineffective War By Henry Blodget in the Business Insider We gather that the reason the Armydecided to give a Rolling Stone reporter access to Gen. Stanley McChrystal and staff was the hope that Rolling Stone would reach the young Americans that the Army wants to encourage to enlist. That thinking backfired, obviously. But it [...]
By Simon Johnson Tim Geithner and Larry Summers are talking a good game on fiscal policy to the G20. But they are struggling with to establish traction for their “spend now, consolidate later” message. Fortunately, there is an easy and obvious opportunity to establish credibility on this issue: Bring Paul Krugman into government. Earlier this week, [...]
NEW ORLEANS – Fulfilling President Obama’s commitment to rebuild New Orleans, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki joined state and local officials for a ground-breaking ceremony for a new 1.5 million-square-foot medical center for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “This is a historic day for all of Louisiana,” Secretary Shinseki said. “With this [...]
Tim King, Salem-News.com Expert says this could be the beginning of a catastrophe; information people should know. (SALEM, OR) – Tim King in Salem-News reported that a celebrity of the science world; author and radio host Richard C Hoagland, offered a very stark review of the current situation in the Gulf stemming from BP’s Deepwater Horizon incident. [...]
(SALEM, OR) – We’re looking to interview veterans who have been in a BP tent city and decided to leave. We can talk with you anonymously – you don’t need to tell us your name if you don’t want to. But we do need to understand the conditions in the tent city. Access to medical [...]
From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. Shinseki Praises Biloxi VA Construction Project. On Thursday, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki continued his three-day tour of VA facilities in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, visiting the latter state, after having already made stops in the first two. Coverage of the Mississippi visit [...]
Regional Veterans News 6/25/10 Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from: Albuquerque, New Mexico; Washington, D.C.; Brattleboro, Vermont; Madison, Wisconsin; Corpus Christi, Texas; Winfield, Kansas; Central Texas; Lakewood, Washington and Indianola, Illinois. Albuquerque, New Mexico – Job fair targets our country’s heroes Washington, D.C. – Veterans Affairs Emergency Response Capabilities Continue to Develop [...]
Turkey is the Key By Israel Shamir Bombs go off in Turkey, a great spree of terrorist bombings and attacks. Practically every day Turkish soldiers and civilians are being killed. The killings are done ostensibly by the Kurd terrorists of PPK, but this is a new step in Israel’s warfare against Turkish independence. Encouraged by [...]
By Asif Haroon Raja Hamid Karzai is walking on a tight rope. Ever grateful to Washington for getting the prized post of president of Afghanistan , he has been pursuing American dictates faithfully. He agreed to give all the major portfolios to non-Pashtun Northern Alliance members in his government and to sideline his own Pashtun [...]
No. 530-10 ————————– CONTRACTS: ARMY Daimler Trucks North America, LLC, Portland, Ore., was awarded on June 23 a $74,562,100 firm-fixed-price contract. This delivery order is to add additional vehicle variants of 70 M915A5 to the contract. Work is to be performed in Portland, Ore., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2011. One [...]
For three rugged days beginning Friday, June 25, nine teams of five athletes—three able-bodied and two disabled athletes, many of whom are wounded veterans—will compete in the fourth annual “Adventure TEAM Challenge,” hosted by World T.E.A.M. Sports in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The Adventure TEAM Challenge incorporates rafting, hiking, climbing and biking under adverse conditions.
WATCHING DARKNESS DESCEND IN THE INFORMATION AGE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Today the Israeli news service sent out an email broadcast, 87 US Senators affirmed unquestioning support for Israel in the wake of worldwide condemnation for Israeli actions against the Freedom Flotilla. In Australia, Prime Minister Rudd, after strongly admonishing Israel for counterfeiting Australian [...]
National average for a 30-year fixed VA loan dips to 4.69 percent
Mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest level on record, giving consumers added incentive to lock in low payments for home purchases and refinanced loans. The average rate for 30-year fixed VA loans sank to 4.69 percent, from 4.75 percent last week, mortgage firm Equity VA Loans said Thursday.
George Will writes of Afghanistan that “America’s longest war is entering a surreal stage.” Have we forgotten the Vietnam War already? That 20-year police action? Joe ‘Ragman’ Tarnovsky sets the record, and George Will straight. By Joe ‘Ragman’ Tarnovsky Dear Mr. Will (georgewill@washpost.com): In your column today, where are you and other journalists getting your [...]
By Alan Hart I want to begin by saying that though I covered wars wherever they were taking place on Planet Earth in my television reporting days – it was in Vietnam as a very young correspondent that I first started to ask myself questions about why things are as they are in the world – [...]
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By Kevin Secor ATM Skimming You have probably heard about phishing, medical identity thefts, and credit card thefts but how many of you have heard about skimming frauds, particularly ATM Skimming? This relatively new term is another innovation by fraudsters to get hold of your very personal information from a source you think is completely [...]
From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. Shinseki Visits VA Facilities In Tennessee, Alabama. On Wednesday, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki began a three-day tour of VA facilities in Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama, stopping first in Tennessee and Alabama. Both visits received extensive, mostly positive coverage from local media, which [...]
by Dave Hughes in Media Matters This past Saturday, ignoring rampant corruption among military contractors, Glenn Beck and Andrew Napolitano endorsed the idea of a “private army” taking charge of the war in Afghanistan, with Beck specifically claiming that there are “private individuals that could probably take care of things in Afghanistan better.” In statements [...]
Regional Veterans News 6/24/10 Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from: Knoxville, Tennessee; New Bedford, Massachusetts; Annapolis, Maryland Franklin, Georgia; Washington D.C.; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; New York, New York; Calabash, North Carolina; Southern Maine and Las Vegas, Nevada. Knoxville, Tennessee – Obama thanked for supporting veterans New Bedford, Massachusetts – New Bedford [...]
By Khalil Nouri STAFF WRITER / EDITOR Observers were split over the insubordination and mocking comments by General McChrystal and his staff towards the Vice President, senior Whitehouse officials, and Mr. Obama that was recently published in an article by a Rolling Stones Magazine writer. Some viewed this as an unimportant matter and thus we [...]
DID PAT TILLMAN REACH OUT FROM THE GRAVE? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Why would a general want to leave a command, especially one as challenging as Afghanistan? Think of it, no more meetings with President Karzai. Picture yourself, sitting in Kabul. Still in Kabul, looking south at failure. Long ago, when Paul Wolfowitz [...]
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