- UN Human Rights Council Report on Flotilla of Ships Carrying Humanitarian Assistance – By Greta Berlin Israeli troops broke international law by storming an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, according to a UN inquiry, which found that the killings of activists on-board were comparable to “summary executions”. Today the UN report was issued, a 56-page [...]
From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. With New Initiative, VA Aims To Improve Communications With Veterans. In continuing coverage, Federal Computer Week (9/23, Lipowicz) says the Veterans Affairs Department has “debuted its new Veterans Relationship Management customer service initiative, a multiyear effort aimed at improving veterans’ interaction with the VA for [...]
You Served, You Deserve From the VA: As the population of women Veterans continues to grow, VA has challenged itself to provide modern and compassionate care for our female Warriors. Watch this video to see our progress. Related Posts:No Related Posts
How could it be otherwise? Piracy is still an offence as is pre-meditated murder, both of which were committed in this instance. What is disgraceful is that such a horrific international crime has been turned into yet another fiasco when swift and decisive action should have been taken from the very beginning – a naval escort provided for the flotilla [...]
- The historic $60 billion military “aid” package between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia is a classic example of the dangers of the American war machine – By: Anthony DiMaggio in FireDogLake The historic $60 billion military “aid” package between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia is a classic example of the dangers of the American [...]
No. 861-10 September 22, 2010 —————————– CONTRACTS DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Shell Energy North America, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $74,712,323 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for direct supply of natural gas. Other locations of performance are Montana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia. Using services are Air Force, Marine [...]
“….the depth of Pollard’s info that he passed on to Russia (amongst others) was as damaging as the Rosenberg’s was during that era. Devastatingly state of the art. Virtually everything that we knew/know about nukes….” (US Navy nuclear weapons expert exclusive to Veterans Today)
Gulf War agents trigger discrete transcriptional changes in human neuronal cells Authors: G. C. Kayihana; M. Wooda; B. Mouzona; S. Fergusona; E. Margenthalera; V. Mathuraa; M. Mullana; F. Crawforda Abstract Reports on Gulf War illness (GWI) implicated the use of the pesticide permethrin (PER), and the insect repellent N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET), in its etiology, as well [...]
At some point, Lindsay Graham is going to get tired of trying to help John McCain appear sane, credible and vaguely informed, and just stop showing up at joint things. The verdict is still out, of course, but his performance with reporters on the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell debacle is really amazing. John McCain is [...]
Diagnosed Illnesses in Veterans Needs More Transparency As I compile this information from other sources, I hope that it keeps our readers updated and that they share with others that need to be kept informed. I wonder how many veterans of the Vietnam War and how many veterans of the Gulf War 90-91 have Parkinson’s [...]
It was “Christians” who enslaved and lynched Black people in the South, so does that mean that Black people should burn Bibles and prohibit Christian churches from being built in the ‘hood?
BRITISH WARTIME FASCIST LEADER PROVEN MORE THAN HE SEEMED By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Sir Oswald Moseley, baronet, 4th cousin of Queen Mother Elizabeth, was said to be the most hated man in England. Interned during the war along with his wife Diana for opposing Britain’s entry into World War II, Mosley was reviled [...]
Some of the critical players in President Obama’s national security team doubt his strategy in Afghanistan will succeed and have spent much of the last 20 months quarreling with one another over policy, personalities and turf, according to a new book. The book, “Obama’s Wars,” by the journalist Bob Woodward, depicts an administration deeply torn over the war in Afghanistan even as the president agreed to triple troop levels there amid suspicion that he was being boxed in by the military. Mr. Obama’s top White House adviser on Afghanistan and his special envoy for the region are described as believing the strategy will not work.
- Feingold Statement in Support of Ending the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy – “Discrimination has no place in American society, especially when it undermines our national security by hurting military readiness. At a time when our Armed Forces are stretched thin, it makes no sense to continue denying talented Americans the chance to serve [...]
Thousands of our kids are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan carrying the enormous weight of the emotional baggage picked up during their experience of war. This is nothing new, we brought back the same cargo from Vietnam, Korea and WW2. All wars provide their participants with a dismal tide of dark memories, the material of a lifetime of tortured nightmares.
- The irrational ban on openly gay members of the military wasn’t repealed this year thanks to acrimony and mistrust in the Senate – Ultimately, it is Christian-inspired bigotryat work, the type of insanity that would have you believe that gays face hellfire and rivers of blood from a vengeful god. From the NYT: The [...]
The cadets don’t harass other cadets under religious pretext on their own; they take their cues from officers, junior and senior, a core of whom believe, or at least behave as if, the USAFA is the seminary of God’s Air Force
From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. VA Officials Launching Veterans Relationship Management Initiative. The Air Force News Service (9/22) reports, “Department of Veterans Affairs officials are launching a multi-year initiative called Veterans Relationship Management, or VRM, that will greatly improve veterans’ access to health care and benefits information. ‘VRM will transform [...]
From the VA: Mass marketing fraud includes any plan, program, promotion, or campaign that is conducted through solicitation by telephone, mail, the Internet, or other means (e.g., mass meetings) to induce multiple persons to (1) purchase goods or services; (2) participate in a contest, sweepstakes, or lottery; (3) invest for financial profit; or (4) otherwise [...]
Iran’s president takes centre stage at the United Nations but his attack on the “unjust” west failed to be heard. A calm and self-assured Iranian President, on his seventh trip to the United States, showed every sign of being in command of himself. By Debbie Menon via My Catbird Seat Ahmadinejad Lost in Translation — [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) today released a statement following the Senate’s failure to end a filibuster and move to a final vote on the Department of Defense Authorization bill that would fund our troops, repeal the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy, and pass into law the DREAM Act which provides a path [...]
By Anne Flaherty WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked legislation that would have repealed the law banning gays from serving openly in the military. The partisan vote was a defeat for Senate Democrats and gay rights advocates, who saw the bill as their last chance before November’s elections to overturn the law known as [...]
No. 858-10 September 21, 2010 ————————————— CONTRACTS DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY SupplyCore, Inc.*, Rockford, Ill., is being awarded a maximum $525,000,000 firm-fixed-price, prime vendor, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for maintenance, repair and operations. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was [...]
Telmek LLC is a Support Services company owned and operated by Mike Williams. Mike Williams is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces and his company is registered as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOSB). The purpose of the company was to have a professional team providing quality customer services in a number of areas.
- Veterans for Common Sense thanks VA Secretary Shinseki for moving forward with presumptives for Vietnam War veterans – Via Veterans for Common Sense Veterans for Common Sense strongly supports laws and regulations that establish what are called “presumptives,” as this means long-awaited benefits for our Vietnam War veterans sick due to Agent Orange poisoning. Presumptives [...]
“….the depth of Pollard’s info that he passed on to Russia (amongst others) was as damaging as the Rosenberg’s was during that era. Devastatingly state of the art. Virtually everything that we knew/know about nukes….” (US Navy nuclear weapons expert exclusive to Veterans Today)
The 16 U.S. airmen of the 1st Combat Evaluation Group were stationed atop a 5,600-foot mountain that towered above the Laotian jungle. Before daybreak on March 11, 1968, the first rocket dropped. Then grenades were hurled and gunshots came whizzing by. North Vietnamese soldiers had infiltrated the Air Force’s secret “Lima Site 85” – and few Americans would leave alive.
- One and a Half Cheers for American Decline. The Future’s Not Ours — and That’s Good News - By Tom Engelhardt Compare two assessments of the American future: In the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll in which 61% of Americans interviewed considered “things in the nation” to be “on the wrong track,” 66% did “not feel [...]
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — A person opened fire Monday at a small grocery store on Fort Bliss, injuring two people before being killed by responding officers, the commander of the West Texas Army post said. Col. Joseph A. Simonelli Jr. declined to discuss the conditions of the victims or other details of the Monday [...]
While the United States military can claim that it did not lose the war in Iraq, it will have a hard time backing up any claims of victory. By Scott Ritter “The time has come to set aside childish things.” With these words, President Barack Obama, in his inaugural address on Jan. 20, 2009, pushed [...]
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