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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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VCS Impact: Congress Announces Second Gulf War Hearing for July 30
Written by Paul Sullivan
Thursday, 18 June 2009 09:22
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June 18, 2009 - On July 30, 2009, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee will hold a second oversight hearing bout Gulf War veterans, “The Implications of VA’s Limited Scope of Gulf War Illness Research.” The hearing will be chaired by Representative Harry Mitchell (D-Arizona), the Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. In January 2009, Veterans for Common Sense wrote Committee Chairman Bob Filner and asked Congress to review the needs and concerns of Gulf War veterans. On May 19, 2009, Veterans for Common Sense testified before Chairman Mitchell and Ranking Member David Roe (R-Tennessee). Our VCS testimony, including two letters about Gulf War illness from our VCS members, can be viewed here. VCS thanks Chairman Mitchell and Ranking Member Roe for their continued interested on this issue. |