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Concerns Grow About War Veterans’ Misdiagnoses
Brain injuries can defy easy detection June 10, 2007 – As the medical community learns more about the brain impairments afflicting troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, concern is growing back home that these battle-weary soldiers may be facing yet … Continue reading
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Congressional Hearing — Investigators: Improve VA bonus process
WASHINGTON — June 12, 2007, The VA needs to do a better job of handing out department bonuses based on performance after it awarded $3.8 million to senior budget officials who put health care at risk, investigators said Tuesday. Testifying … Continue reading
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Report: Veterans Affairs significantly overstates its success over ‘appointments’
WASHINGTON – June 12, 2007 – The Department of Veterans Affairs continues to significantly overstate its success in getting patients to see doctors for timely appointments, undercutting one of its key claims of success, according to a draft report obtained … Continue reading
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Study Says Suicide Risk Double Among Male U.S. Veterans
(CNN) — The risk of suicide among male U.S. veterans is double that of the general population, according to a study published Monday. “We need to be more alert to the problem of suicide as a major public health issue … Continue reading
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Fort Leavenworth Chaplains Accused of Anti-Semitic Publishing
June 11, 2007 – At the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Army base, military chaplains have been holding Bible classes for US soldiers using study guides that appear to be anti-Semitic. The Fort Leavenworth chaplains have posted these lesson plans on the … 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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Iraq War Veteran Pleads Guilty in Death of Infant Son
June 8, 2007 – VISTA, California —- A two-time Iraq war veteran with a history of domestic violence is likely to spend seven years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to reduced charges in connection with the death of his … Continue reading
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Blackwater Heavies Sue Families of Slain Employees for $10 Million in Brutal Attempt to Suppress Their Story
The following article is by the lawyers representing the families of four American contractors who worked for Blackwater and were killed in Fallujah. After Blackwater refused to share information about why they were killed, the families were told they would … Continue reading
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General ‘Sacrificed’ to Clear Decks on Iraq
Chairman of joint chiefs of staff to stand down. Senate hearings would have been controversial. June 9, 2007 – The Bush administration yesterday attempted to wipe the slate clean on the Iraq war and chart a new way forward with … Continue reading
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Beyond PTSD – The Moral Casualties of War
June 4, 2007 – According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, during the Iraq war, 56 percent of soldiers and Marines (henceforth I will use the term “soldiers” to include members of all branches, both … Continue reading
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