Yearly Archives: 2007

November 16, 2007 – Some returning veterans are finding that their education benefits aren’t enough to cover the high cost of college. To help bridge the gap, financier Jerome Kohlberg, a World War II navy veteran, has established a scholarship … Continue reading →

HIGH AT THE MOUNTAIN POST – FORT CARSON  ABC News broadcasts their investigative report on rising drug abuse in the military among Iraq War veterans.   The news segment airs on Nov. 30.  Also during the week, ABC News will feature other parts … Continue reading →

November 25, 2007 – The doors have opened on another holiday season. Utility workers have spent hours hoisting holiday decorations to the tops of buildings and attaching lights to all the telephone poles in town. It won’t be long before … Continue reading →

November 25, 2007 – The secret flight plans of American military planes have revealed for the first time how European countries helped send prisoners, including British citizens, to the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Despite widespread criticism of alleged human rights … Continue reading →

November 20, 2007 – NAJAF, Iraq – Gravediggers uncovered the remains of at least 13 people from a mass grave on Tuesday which Iraqi officials said was the work of Saddam Hussein’s bloody crackdown on a 1991 Shi’ite rebellion. Gravediggers … Continue reading →

November 20, 2007 – We — that’s you and me — just had a Veterans Day. You might have missed it? Did you notice that we had fewer parades and TV and radio shows talked a little less about the … Continue reading →

November 21, 2007 – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad’s flirtation with those who deny the reality of the Nazi genocide has rightly been met with disgust. But another holocaust denial is taking place with little notice: the holocaust in Iraq. The … Continue reading →

KBR, Inc., the global engineering and construction giant, won more than $16 billion in U.S. government contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2004 to 2006—far more than any other company, according to a new analysis by the Center … Continue reading →

November 20, 2007 – The Bush administration’s nominee to be the next secretary of veterans’ affairs will appear before a Senate committee Dec. 5 to answer questions about what he will bring to the job if confirmed. This could be … Continue reading →

November 21, 2007 – London, United Kingdom (Reuters) – The conflict in Afghanistan has reached “crisis proportions,” with the resurgent Taliban present in more than half the country and closing in on Kabul, a report said on Wednesday. If NATO, … Continue reading →