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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).

Suicide: The Undocumented Price Soldiers and Families Pay For Our Wars

Written by Camille Olive

Monday, 09 August 2010 09:38

August 8, 2010 (PennLive) - My husband left for his second deployment to Iraq in October 2008 and a stranger returned home this past February. Sometimes PTSD is about soldiers having trouble coming back to the "home front" and getting on with their lives as spouses, parents and workers.

Agent Orange Exposure News

Written by Dan Wedemeyer

Monday, 09 August 2010 09:25

August 6, 2010 (Bergmann & Moore) - On August 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ordered VA to issue final regulations within 30 days adding ischemic heart disease, Parkinson’s disease, and B-cell leukemias to the list of disabilities presumptively caused by Agent Orange exposure.

Written by nvlsp

Thursday, 05 August 2010 10:59

VA ORDERED TO PUBLISH NEW COMPENSATION RULES IN 30 DAYS
Paralyzed Veterans of America, National Veterans Legal Services Program, Non Commissioned Officers Association, & United Spinal Association/VetsFirst Win Court Order

August 2, 2010 (National Veterans Legal Services Program) WASHINGTON - Veterans organizations scored a victory today for Vietnam veterans suffering from diseases associated with Agent Orange exposure. In a court order issued this morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit instructed the VA to issue within 30 days new rules for paying disability benefits to Vietnam veterans stricken with ischemic heart disease, Parkinson’s disease, or B-cell leukemias.

Written by Tony Capaccio and David Evans

Thursday, 05 August 2010 09:13

August 5, 2010 (Bloomberg) - A half-dozen members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet sit on an advisory council overseeing life insurance for U.S. military forces, a program facing investigations of whether insurers are unfairly profiting from policies of dead soldiers and veterans.

Written by Catherine Dodge and Peter Cook

Wednesday, 04 August 2010 10:25

More fallout from the widening scandal

August 4, 2010 (Bloomberg) - Senator John McCain said Congress will examine life insurance companies that profit from accounts that hold death benefits from policies of deceased U.S. soldiers and veterans.

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