Yearly Archives: 2003

The deployment will begin next week with movement of the 3rd Brigade from Fort Benning, Ga., through Robins Air Force Base, Ga., officials said. The rest of the division is expected to follow in a deployment from Hunter Army Airfield, … Continue reading →

January 10, 2003 Honorable Anthony Principi (00) Secretary Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20420 Dear Secretary Principi: As a veteran and veterans’s advocate, I strongly encourage you to investigate the conduct and utility of the … Continue reading →

Dear friends and veterans, As many of you know, President Bush is expected to decide on war within weeks. In your efforts to prevent this war, many of you have come into contact with military families who fear for their … Continue reading →

January 2, 2003 Tokyo, Japan — The government plans to draft a new law to pave the way for Tokyo to provide noncombatant support to the U.S. military in case of a U.S. attack on Iraq, a national newspaper said … Continue reading →

December 27, 2002 When a nemesis such as Osama bin Laden speaks, one would expect his words to be of great interest. But this is apparently not the case. The latest audiotape of a voice purporting to be bin Laden’s … Continue reading →

Steve Robinson’s phone rings all the time these days. Usually, the callers are soldiers who want to know what they should do to prepare for chemical or biological attacks if there is a war with Iraq. He tells them to … Continue reading →

And should those soldiers suffer the huge number of disabilities that Gulf War I vets do, they can expect their government, in the words of U.S. Rep. Christopher Shey (R-N.C.), to have “a tin ear, a cold heart and a … Continue reading →