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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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US, NATO Military Commander Offers Review on Afghanistan
Written by VOA News
Monday, 31 August 2009 10:53
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August 31, 2009 - The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has completed his long-awaited strategy review and has delivered his assessment to U.S. and NATO officials.
U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal says the situation in Afghanistan is serious, but success is achievable and strategic changes must be made. Further details were not immediately available. U.S. President Barack Obama had called for a thorough review of the U.S. strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan to battle a growing insurgency of Taliban and al-Qaida militants. Earlier this month, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, said he believes the situation in Afghanistan is "serious and deteriorating." And, last week The New York Times reported that U.S. military commanders with the NATO mission in Afghanistan said they do not have enough troops to do their job. The newspaper did not identify its source, but said commanders emphasized to U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke in recent meetings that they needed more troops.
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