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Civil Liberties Defeat: Senators Schumer and Feinstein Support Bush Nominee Who Refused to Call Waterboarding Torture
November 2, 2007, WASHINGTON, DC (AP) – Michael Mukasey drew closer to becoming attorney general Friday after two key Senate Democrats said they would vote for him despite his refusal to define an interrogation technique that stimulates drowning as torture. … Continue reading
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Must Watch CNN News Clip: 1.8 Million Uninsured Veterans
CNN’s Jack Cafferty: 1.8 million veterans without healthcare ‘a national embarrassment’ Filed by Mike Aivaz and Jason Rhyne, Raw Story October 31, 2001 – CNN’s Jack Cafferty says it’s a “national embarrassment” that US military veterans are among the 47 … Continue reading
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Scandal: Tampa Bay VA hospitals forced to turn away patients
Overloading is the reason for denying services. Critics say it’s a national crisis. The Associated Press, October 29, 2007, Saint Petersburg, Florida – Two Tampa Bay veterans hospitals turn away critically ill patients for huge chunks of the year because … Continue reading
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Senator Biden Opposes Mukasey Nomination, Calls for End to Bush’s Waterboard Torture Policy
Senator Biden Issues Statement on Mukasey Nomination Following Refusal to Unequivocally State that Waterboarding is Torture. Senator Biden to Oppose Mukasey Nomination, and Biden Reiterates Call on Colleagues to Support his Legislation Banning Waterboarding and Other Forms of Torture. October … Continue reading
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VA Watchdog: Five Reasons to Oppose Peake to Lead VA
November 1, 2007 – I’m going to make this short and sweet. Dr. James Peake (Lt. Gen. Ret.) should NOT be confirmed as the new VA Secretary. Just like the candied-apples that get handed out at Halloween, we have a pretty, … Continue reading
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Poplar Bluff VA Responds to Plight of Local Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran
June 13, 2007 – The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo., took several steps in the last week to make sure newly discharged veterans don’t miss out on promised medical benefits, hospital administrator Nancy Arnold said … Continue reading
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Were the Problems at Walter Reed Identified in 2004?
Meet Michael Kussman, the man Bush is slated to promote to Undersecretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Today Salon’s Mark Benjamin takes a look at a survey, designed to identify problems in veterans’ health care, … Continue reading
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When Indians’ War Duty Ends, Battle is Just Beginning
June 11, 2007 – PRESCOTT, Ariz. – Albert Laughter kneels near the fire pit in the center of the tepee, arranging his ceremonial arrowheads, bowls and pipes. He lays out the all-important eagle feathers, reverently unwrapping them from an American … Continue reading
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How the U.S. Is Failing Its War Veterans
March 5, 2007 issue – After returning from Iraq in late 2005, Jonathan Schulze spent every day struggling not to fall apart. When a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic turned him away last month, he lost the battle. The 25-year-old … Continue reading
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The War Comes Home: Covering the Plight of the Badly Wounded
When a local service member dies in Iraq newspapers cover the family and community reaction. But what happens — or should happen — when the victim is horribly injured but survives? A former embed, editor, and father of an Iraq … Continue reading
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