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| VA Secretary Pressed by Senator on High Percentage of Wrongly Denied Benefit Claims |
March 16, 2010, Washington, DC (CQ Politics) - A leading Republican senator on Tuesday asked Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to explain why so many veterans’ benefit claims are wrongly denied, resulting in a high rate of reversal on appeal. |
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| Profile of New Veterans' Courts in New York Times |
Defendants Fresh From War Find Service Counts in Court - VCS Supports Veterans' Courts March 15, 2010, Charleston, West Virginia (New York Times) — When Judge Robert C. Chambers handed down Timothy Oldani’s federal sentence for selling stolen military equipment on eBay, he gave the former Marine a break. |
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| Presdent Obama Donated $250,000 of Nobel Prize Money to Fisher House |
March 11, 2010, Washington, DC (New York Times) - President Obama made good on his promise to give his $1.4 million Nobel Prize money to charity, releasing the names on Thursday of the organizations that will benefit. |
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| Philanthropist Bobby Willis to Build New $3.3 Billion Hospital for VA in Farmington, NM for Rural and Native American Veterans |
Proposed state-of-the-art Kirtland veterans clinic could provide as many as 8,000 jobs March 14, 2010, Farmington, New Mexico (Farmington Daily Times) — A proposed veterans complex in Kirtland centered around a new hospital, backed by a wealthy entrepreneur and costing an estimated $3.3 billion promises to bring state-of-the-art medicine and other benefits to veterans, as well as 8,000 jobs to the local economy. |
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| Dr. Haley at UTSW Presents Compelling Brain Images Showing Gulf War Illness |
VCS Asks VA: Since UTSW Research Remains Vital to Understanding Gulf War Illness, Then Why Did a Handful of VA Staff in Washington Impede UTSW Contract and Then End Funding for UTSW? March 9, 2010, Salt Lake City, Utah (Science News) - Nearly two decades after vets began returning from the Middle East complaining of Gulf War Syndrome, the federal government has yet to formally accept that their vague jumble of symptoms constitutes a legitimate illness. Here, at the Society of Toxicology annual meeting, yesterday, researchers rolled out a host of brain images – various types of magnetic-resonance scans and brain-wave measurements – that they say graphically and unambiguously depict Gulf War Syndrome. |
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New Website on U.S. Military Violence Against Women
Written by Lezlie Lee-French
Friday, 21 August 2009 14:58
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August 21, 2009 - A new web site provides information, analysis, and news about the history of U.S. military violence against girls and women in Okinawa and Japan, and in numerous other locations around the world. Other related concerns include: sexual assault and violence against women within the U.S. armed forces; and militarization and violence against women as an expression of colonialism, imperialism, and war. The website is a collaborative project designed to deepen and broaden understandings of the relationships between U.S. militarism and foreign policy, imperialism, racism, and violence against girls and women. Organized by a team of faculty and students at California State University San Marcos, in collaboration with Colonel Ann Wright (retired), the project brings together information about United States military culture, historical narratives, stories of victimization, and analysis of the strategies used by Japanese activists to raise public awareness and prevent further crimes against girls and women. These activists and organizers, particularly Okinawan Women Act Against Military Violence (OWAAMV), who view the U.S. military presence as a threat to local and regional security and happiness, are now making common cause with organizers in the Philippines and Korea who harbor similar concerns, and with activists in the United States and other parts of the world who have long worked for justice and accountability. We invite you to visit the website and share it with others: http://www.usmvaw.com Please help get the word out about this continuing injustice. We look forward to collaborating with activists, organizers, and scholars with an interest in these issues. Please contact us if we can share information or find ways to work together. For information about the project, contact Project Director: Professor Linda Pershing, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it For questions about the website or to share information, contact: Lezlie Lee-French, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |