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Yearly Archives: 2008
U.S. Mulls Unusual Tactic as Blackwater Charges Loom
December 4, 2008 – Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a deadly Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians in 2007 could face mandatory 30-year prison sentences. People close to the case say the Justice Department could prosecute the guards under an anti-drug … Continue reading
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Murray Calls for Increased TBI Screening and Research After Study Reveals Long Term Toll on Service Members
December 4, 2008, Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee and a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released … Continue reading
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Deciphering Today’s Signature War Injury
December 2, 2008 – The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan brought the American military some unpleasant surprises, prominent among them the vicious effectiveness of cheap, small armaments such as mines, roadside bombs, and rocket-propelled grenades. But the soldiers, commanders, and … Continue reading
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Scenarios – How Could Mumbai Attack Affect Afghanistan War?
December 5, 2008 – Attacks on Mumbai have fueled concerns that rising tension with India will divert Pakistan’s attention from fighting insurgents in its western tribal areas who are infiltrating Afghanistan to stage attacks on U.S., NATO and Afghan forces. … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, terrorism
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Dec 5, VCS on the Radio: Paul Sullivan Discusses Gulf War Illnesses
December 5, 2008 – This week on CounterSpin: For years veterans claiming to suffer from Gulf War Syndrome were derided as cranky and hysterical by the department of defense and even by some journalists. Will that change now that a … Continue reading
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Tagged Gulf War
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Editorial Column: Veterans Deserve Better
December 5, 2008 – At first glance, the reports of document shredding and consequent dismissal of the director and five top managers from the New York regional office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs might appear to be simply … Continue reading
Posted in VA Claims Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News
Tagged backlog, TBI, VA Claims Crisis
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Requirements Identical for Defense, VA Health Record System
December 3, 2008 – Development of a joint inpatient electronic health records system will satisfy almost all the requirements of the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments, according to a long sequestered report obtained by Nextgov. The report, prepared by Booz … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Bush’s Interview With Charlie Gibson Marks the Start of His Effort to Revise History
December 3, 2008 – The inevitable campaign to revise the history of the George W. Bush presidency has apparently begun. In an interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson broadcast on Monday, the soon-but-not-soon-enough-to-be ex-president made several eye-roll-inducing statements that feel like … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties Articles & News, torture
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Divorce Rate Increases in Marine Corps, Army
December 3, 2008 – The divorce rate among soldiers and Marines increased last year as military marriages suffered continuing stress from America’s two ongoing wars. There were an estimated 10,200 failed marriages in the active duty Army and 3,077 among … Continue reading
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For Bush – and Obama – A Gut Check
December 2, 2008 – George Bush’s candid interview with ABC News’ Charles Gibson has one moment of awful truth – when the president, asked if he’d have gone to war had he known there were no weapons of mass destruction … Continue reading
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