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Former Prisoner of War (FPOW) Program

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Since World War I, more than 142,000 Americans, including 85 women, have been captured and interned as POWs (not included in this figure are nearly 93,000 Americans who were lost or never recovered).

February 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Alan Dershowitz — torture, violence advocate to keynote anti-BDS event

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The IMEU shares the following op-ed from the University of Pennsylvania’s school newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian, as well as a link to today’s press briefing with Ali Abunimah and Anna Baltzer who discuss the first-ever national BDS Conference, which will bring together supporters of the movement this weekend at UPenn. The op-ed, written by UPenn [...]

February 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Americas,Editors Picks,Of Interest,World | Read More »

Military Kids Can Apply for Scholarships

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The deadline is swiftly approaching for the Fisher House Foundation’s 2012 Scholarships for Military Children Program, conducted at military commissaries worldwide.

February 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Feb. 02, 2011

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The Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $1,781,413,723 firm-fixed-price contract for a modification is a Foreign Military Sales requirement for the Indian Air Force.

February 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Economics & Markets,Economy | Read More »

Veterans Find Healing in Ride 2 Recovery

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Many Veterans have experienced the power of Recreation Therapy (RT) as a modality for healing. RT is seen as a clinical intervention, treating physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual well-being.

February 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Feb. 01, 2011

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Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corp., San Francisco, Calif., is being awarded a $359,700,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-2103) for nuclear propulsion work at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.

February 1st, 2012 | Posted in Economics & Markets,Economy | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – February 01, 2011

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Heart disease is the #1 cause of death for women and women Veterans. VA encourages all to recognize National Wear Red Day, Friday, Feb. 3, by sporting some red to help raise awareness of heart disease for all women.

February 1st, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

Baltimore Hospital Provides Pre-deployment Trauma Training

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Josh Vest and Staff Sgt. Catalina Meissner, aerospace medical technicians scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan, treat Shayne Wilson, who suffered severe leg injuries after his car ran into two deer, during the Centers for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills program at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. DOD photo by Donna Miles

Air Force Master Sgt. Charles Halcome stood at a hospital bed, laying out vials and pointing out medical instruments to be used to treat an incoming patient.

February 1st, 2012 | Posted in Military | Read More »

PACT – The Pioneering Future of VA Health Care

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In support of VA’s Universal Health Care Services Plan to redesign health care delivery, San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) has implemented Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT).

January 31st, 2012 | Posted in Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Madigan Hospital Psychiatric Team Altered Soldiers’ PTSD Diagnoses

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The Army is reviewing the actions of a Madigan Army Medical Center psychiatric team that reversed the diagnoses of more than a dozen soldiers previously found to have post-traumatic stress disorder.

January 31st, 2012 | Posted in Health,PTSD | Read More »

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Jan. 31, 2011

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Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $112,224,520 firm-fixed-price, requirements type contract for covering sustaining services including logistics support, program management support, engineering services, spares and technical data in support of the C-130J propulsion systems which include the AE2100D3 engine and R-391 propeller system.

January 31st, 2012 | Posted in Economics & Markets,Economy | Read More »

VA’s Home Loan Program Continues to Lead Mortgage Industry

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Home loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs continue to have the lowest serious delinquency and foreclosure rates in the mortgage industry.

January 31st, 2012 | Posted in VA Home Loans,Vet News | Read More »

Women’s Heart Health

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The first step toward heart health is becoming aware of your own personal risk for heart disease. Some risks, such as smoking cigarettes, are obvious: every woman knows whether or not she smokes.

January 31st, 2012 | Posted in Health | Read More »

US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats

John Gunther Dean donated his collection of personal papers to the Jimmy Carter Library in Atlanta, Georgia. The collection documents Dean’s career both during and after he left the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service.

John Gunther Dean American Ambassador reportedly a target of an Israeli assassination plot. Published in The Nation.

January 30th, 2012 | Posted in Editors Picks,World | Read More »

Program Supports Ready Reserve Soldiers, Families

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The Army Reserve, the Army Human Resources Command and the Army National Guard have joined to provide Individual Ready Reserve soldiers and their families a way to connect with the military community.

January 30th, 2012 | Posted in Of Interest | Read More »

The Villages VA Outpatient Clinic Hosts Women Veterans Health Fair

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This year’s theme is “Health, Healing and Harmony: Reducing Stress and Promoting Health.”

January 30th, 2012 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

VAPHS Director Honored for Leading Quest to End Homelessness

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The Pennsylvania American Legion has recognized VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) Director and CEO Terry Gerigk Wolf for her support in the nonprofit’s quest to end homelessness among Veterans.

January 30th, 2012 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – January 30, 2011

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The National Salute to Veteran Patients program encourages all Americans to visit and volunteer at VA medical centers and to send letters of thanks or valentines to those who have protected our nation.

January 30th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

VA Announces Changes to Emergency Care Payment Policy

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The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today a change in regulations regarding payments for emergency care provided to eligible Veterans in non-VA facilities.

January 29th, 2012 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

The Fruit that Did Not Fall

It's never too late to learn.

Current news from Spain, France, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Syria, England, the Malvinas and several other parts of the planet are serious and all foretell political and economic disaster due to the foolhardiness of the United States and its allies.

January 29th, 2012 | Posted in Americas,Editors Picks,Middle East,World | Read More »

Israel: End of a Dream

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Certain wars are slow. So slow, that the results of their single battles are reported with intervals of years between them. So slow, that if not actively searching for them, these results would probably pass unperceived.

January 27th, 2012 | Posted in Editors Picks,Living | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – January 27, 2011

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The National Veterans Small Business Conference, the government’s premier event for Veteran-owned small businesses, is coming to Detroit’s Cobo Center June 25-29.

January 27th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

Local Veterans Groups Join Forces to Help Fellow Vets

To learn more about the Task Force and how you can support their efforts, you can contact Don Harshey, 502-609-3863.

On Tuesday, January 10, 2012, the Veterans Task Force of Kentuckiana, a group that has actively supported Veterans and the Robley Rex VA Medical Center for the past five years, presented Medical Center Director, Wayne L. Pfeffer, with a check for $12,833.22.

January 27th, 2012 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

Taking Care of Pets While Deployed

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Although the wars are drawing down, the deployment schedules for our men and women in uniform aren’t easing up. Troops continue to meet multiple operational needs, such as theater security exercises with partner nations, Navy ship cruises and other training requirements.

January 27th, 2012 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

New York Veteran Benefits from Excelsior Education Partnership

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The New York VFW’s educationpartnershipwithExcelsiorCollege, forged in early 2011 to help engage younger veterans with the VFW, has begun to show results for VFW members seeking to complete college degrees.

January 26th, 2012 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

Excelsior VFW Partnerships Expanding to California

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VFW spouses and domestic partners are also eligible for Excelsior degree programs, with reduced tuition and fees under new statewide education partnership

January 26th, 2012 | Posted in Education,Living | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – January 26, 2011

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All 152 VA medical centers are now actively represented on Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site.

January 26th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Jan. 25, 2011

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The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $687,484,033 ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee multi-year procurement contract (N00019-09-C-0019) for 14 additional fiscal 2012, Lot 36, F/A-18E aircraft and one additional fiscal 2012, Lot 36, F/A-18F aircraft contained in the F/A-18 multi-year III production contract.

January 25th, 2012 | Posted in Economics & Markets,Economy | Read More »

US Presidential Candidates’ Positions on Israel – Palestine, War, and Civil Liberties

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CNI summarizes the policy positions of President Obama and the top Republican nominees.

January 25th, 2012 | Posted in Americas,Editors Picks,Israel,Middle East,Palestine,World | Read More »

Sharp-Elbowed Politics in the New Arab World

From left to right: Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi, the head of the Arab League monitoring mission to Syria, Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi Nabil al-Arabi and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani at the Arab League meeting in Cairo on January 22, 2012

What are the big stories in the Arab world today?

January 25th, 2012 | Posted in Americas,Middle East,Syria,World | Read More »

 

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