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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Veterans Articles & News

Veterans Healthcare and Disability Veterans for Common Sense posts articles, news and other related items about the readjustment needs and concerns of our veterans, with a special emphasis on access to prompt healthcare and disability benefits provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Former Republican Senator Attacks Science and Agent Orange Healthcare for Our Vietnam Veterans

Written by Mike Baker

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 10:35

New VA Healthcare and Benefits for Seriously Ill Vietnam Veterans are Based on Decades of Scientific Research and Law - Rules Enacted Because the Military Concealed the Harmful Impact of Agent Orange Poisoning

August 31, 2010, Raleigh, North Carolina (Associated Press) — The system that automatically awards disability benefits to some veterans because of concerns about Agent Orange seems contrary to efforts to control federal spending, the Republican co-chairman of President Barack Obama's deficit commission said Tuesday.

Written by UTSW

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 11:35

August 21, 2010, Dallas, Texas (91Outcomes) - Dr. Robert Haley and colleagues at UT Southwestern have been conducting epidemiologic, clinical and laboratory research on the "Gulf War syndrome" and related neurologic illnesses in Gulf War veterans since March 1994.

Written by Jamie Reno

Monday, 30 August 2010 21:13

August 26, 2010 (Home Post, The Military in San Diego, KPBS) - We’re going to be talking regularly here about how the military and war are depicted in films and books. I want your input on this, and would like to start by saying that there is one movie that was made more than 60 years ago you may not have seen or even heard of that I highly recommend: “The Best Years of Our Lives.”

Written by VCS

Monday, 30 August 2010 08:30

VCS Obtains Official Facts to Prompt Overhaul of Agency

August 19, 2010 (Fierce Government IT) - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has already treated a staggering 537,000 Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran patients since their return home from combat.

Op-Ed: Iraq War Winds Down, But Costs Soar

Written by Linda Bilmes

Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:41

August 15, 2010 (San Francisco Chronicle) - President Obama announced recently with much fanfare that the number of U.S. troops in Iraq will be down to 50,000 by the end of August. All troops will withdraw by December next year.

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