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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).

Congressional Panel Investigates Veterans Insurance

Written by Libby Creagh

Thursday, 12 August 2010 13:59

August 11, 2010 (Bloomberg) - Representative Edolphus Towns, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said his panel will investigate the insurance benefits for U.S. soldiers provided by Prudential Financial Inc. and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Written by Andrew Frye

Thursday, 12 August 2010 13:56

August 12, 2010 (Bloomberg) - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is reviewing whether life insurers misled customers about retained death benefits, and urged companies to clearly disclose that the funds aren’t guaranteed by the U.S. government.

Written by Bob Ranney

Thursday, 12 August 2010 11:13

August 12, 2010, Springfeild, MI (News-Leader) - As a veteran I have been troubled by our nation's treatment of its military since the beginning of the Iraq war. The continuous rotation of soldiers and marines into combat zones with little or no rest is horrendous and has led to an extremely high incidence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Anyone forced to endure multiple rotations into combat situations is likely to emerge with some level of PTSD.

Veterans for Obama? Some Now Have Doubts

Written by Mark Benjamin

Monday, 09 August 2010 11:29

Leading military vets who joined the 2008 campaign now complain about White House "deafness" and inaction

August 9, 2010 (Salon) - Relations between the Obama administration and some elements of the military veterans community, a constituency the Obama campaign carefully cultivated for the 2008 election, have grown distant and, in some cases, icy. Some veterans advocates describe a tangible sense of disenchantment, even among some of Obama's staunchest veteran supporters who actively campaigned on his behalf as part of "Veterans for Obama."

Written by Libby Creagh

Monday, 09 August 2010 09:48

August 8, 2010 (The Salt Lake Tribune) - The demons would always be there. Just over his shoulder, just within earshot, just close enough to remind him that his life would never be what it was.

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