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| Congressman Mitchell: Pausing to Consider People Who REALLY Matter |
Chairman Harry Mitchell is a Hero to Veterans Nationwide August 20, 2010 (Arizona Republic) - It's been a month since I spoke to Rep. Harry Mitchell about suicides among military veterans and I'm just getting around to writing something. |
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| What Obama Won't Say Tonight About US Withdrawal from Iraq |
| August 31, 2010 (ConsortiumNews) - President Barack Obama’s aides say his speech this evening marking the end of "combat operations" in Iraq will avoid the vainglorious aspects of President George W. Bush’s infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech in 2003. We’ll see. |
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| Lawsuit Update: Prudential's Half-Billion in Dirty Secret Profits |
Families of Dead Soldiers Sue Insurer Over Its Handling of Survivors’ Benefits August 29, 2010 (New York Times) - Vickie Castro’s only child was killed six years ago just before Christmas, when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside an Army mess tent in Mosul, Iraq, killing more than 20 people. |
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| Op-Ed: Cost of War Must Also Include Caring for Our Veterans |
Overlooked Cost of Iraq / Afghanistan Wars: Our Veterans' Healthcare and Benefits August 15, 2010 (San Francisco Chronicle) - Two years after an Army specialist saw half his platoon torn apart in Iraq, he hanged himself in a California backyard. |
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| VA Secretary Shinseki's Open Message to Gulf War Veterans |
| August 11, 2010, Washington, DC (VA Press Release) - August 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Gulf War, launched with Operation Desert Shield and followed by Operation Desert Storm. VA honors this milestone with a renewed commitment to improving our responsiveness to the challenges facing Gulf War Veterans. |
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U.S. Court to Hear Appeals in VCS Lawsuit Case Today
Written by CBS
Wednesday, 12 August 2009 09:11
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August 12, 2009 - A federal appeals court will hear arguments in San Francisco today in a high-profile case concerning health care for veterans. A three-judge panel will hear arguments on an appeal by two veterans' groups of a trial judge's rejection of their bid for an injunction requiring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide better mental health care and an overhaul in the claims process. Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth claim that care and suicide prevention for veterans suffering stress from combat in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq is woefully inadequate. The trial judge, U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti, ruled in San Francisco last year that the remedies sought by the groups "are beyond the power of this court." Gordon Erspamer, a lawyer for the veterans, said this week, "The appeal presents the issue of whether the federal courts are powerless to act when a huge federal bureaucracy fails to fulfill its legal duty to our returning heroes." The panel hearing the case is made up of Chief 9th Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski and Circuit Judges Procter Hug and Stephen Reinhardt. Watch the hearing live at 9:30 AM, PST on C-SPAN . |