What's New
| 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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Special Message from Chairman John Hall About HR 952
Written by John Hall
Sunday, 23 August 2009 14:12
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Friends, As you know, I have introduced legislation this Congress that would dramatically improve the lives of many veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). My bill, HR 952, would lower the burdensome threshold that veterans have to meet to receive compensation for injuries incurred in service, namely PTSD. It will help clear the enormous VA disability claims backlog that is significantly delaying or denying benefit payments to veterans for their disabilities. I write to you today to ask you and your organization’s help in demonstrating just how important this legislation is to our nation’s veterans. Over the last few months, I have been asking my constituents to visit my website and become citizen co-sponsors of the bill, also known as the COMBAT Act. I now ask that you encourage your members across the country to do the same. These citizen co-sponsorships will demonstrate the broad support for providing veterans suffering from PTSD with the best care possible. People from across the country, with the full spectrum of backgrounds and experiences, now have a chance to make their voice heard. With your help, we can show other Members of Congress how important this issue really is, and put pressure on the House to pass this legislation into law. Please direct your members to http://johnhall.house.gov/veterans_combatact.asp, which will allow them to sign up as citizen co-sponsors of the COMBAT Act. Thank you for your attention to this important matter for our veterans. Sincerely, John J. Hall |









