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Editorial Column: Veteran Steve Robinson Stands Tall for Sick Soldiers
An Army general said Wednesday that a “Wounded Warrior Transition Brigade” would come soon to Fort Carson. It will help soldiers with post-traumatic stress and brain injuries. As Brig. Gen. Michael Tucker spoke at Colorado’s Mountain Post, no one from … Continue reading
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Fighting the Terror of Battles that Rage in Soldiers’ Heads
COLORADO SPRINGS, May 8 — The nightmares that tormented Sgt. Walter Padilla after returning home from Iraq in 2004 prompted extensive treatment by Army doctors, an honorable discharge from the military and a cocktail of medication to dull his suffering. … Continue reading
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Iraq War Veteran Surrenders After Standoff in New York
Eden, New York – May 10, 2007 – An Iraq war veteran who triggered a tense five-hour standoff in Eden is in hot water Thursday afternoon. Police say 26 year old Eric Pedosek had been on the phone with his … Continue reading
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South Dakota Case Highlights Army’s Mental Health Challenge for Iraq War Veterans
May 12, 2007 – Spc. Ryan LeCompte of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe was on his way last week from Fort Carson, Colo., to a Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Sheridan, Wyo. The former scout with the 3rd Armored Cavalry … Continue reading
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Congressman Honda Faces Foes In Japan As He Seeks An Apology for World War II Sex Slavery
May 12, 2007 – ON a recent sunny Sunday morning, Michael M. Honda was kicking back at his 90-year-old mother’s house here, some green tea and rice crackers within arm’s reach. She was off to church, and his younger brother … Continue reading
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Disabled Iraq Veteran with PTSD Faces Fort Drum Court Martial for Seeking Medical Care
Iraq War Vet Suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Faces Court Martial Because He Went AWOL to Get Mental Health Care Contact: Tod Ensign, (212) 679-2250 or (917) 647-5676 (cell) http://www.citizen-soldier.org/Press Conference: Monday, May 14, 2007, 10:00 am Location: Different Drummer … Continue reading
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Full VA/DOD e-Health Sharing Several Years Off
May 9, 2007 – The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments may take several more years to develop modernized electronic health records systems that can seamlessly exchange medical data. The departments expected to accomplish that goal in 2011 or 2012, but … Continue reading
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Powell’s Chief of Staff Proposes Impeachment
On Thursday, May 10, 2007, Lawrence Wilkerson, speaking on National Public Radio, proposed impeaching President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Wilkerson is a Retired Army Colonel, the former Chief of Staff at the State Department from 2002 … Continue reading
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Suicide Risk Said Higher for Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans
WASHINGTON — Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are at increased risk of suicide because not all Veterans Affairs health clinics have 24-hour mental care available, an internal review says. The report released Thursday by the department’s inspector general is … Continue reading
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Veterans: VA medical system isn’t as big a success as officials have asserted
VCS Note: This story has two parts — see below for second part. WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs has habitually exaggerated the record of its medical system, inflating its achievements in ways that make it appear more successful … Continue reading
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