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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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Specter, Sestak to Speak Separately to Veterans Here
Written by Peter Mucha
Monday, 17 August 2009 10:11
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August 17, 2009 - Sen. Arlen Specter and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki were to speak with veterans at a morning forum at Drexel University. The intended focus was veteran's issues, including benefits, health care and the new Post 9/11 GI Bill.Later this morning, Specter's opponent in the May 2010 primary will also talk health care with veterans. US Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., will host a veterans' forum at the Philadelphia Veterans' Multi-Service and Education Center. Bound to come up before Specter and Shinseki: the unfolding scandal involving a Philadelphia prostate-cancer program. Ninety-two patients were notified that their radiation doses were too high or too low. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs shut down the brachytherapy program in Philadelphia, as well as at three other VA hospitals with less serious problems. The Democratic senator held a hearing on the matter here in June. Today's 8:45 event should less contentious than the senator's recent town hall meetings, where some members of the public have angrily denounced federal health-care proposals. Yesterday on ABC's This Week, Specter said that the anger witnessed at town hall meetings about federal health-care idea don't reflect the view of most Americans. Utah GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch countered on the program that the Democratic National Committee and organized labor were sending their own supporters to town halls to challenge Republicans. The forums are part of a White House-led effort to draw attention to health care reform. Later today, President Barack Obama will address veterans in Phoenix, Ariz.
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