Yearly Archives: 2008

Federal Judge Orders CIA and Defense Department to Produce Documents for Court Review FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 17, 2008, New York – A federal judge today ordered the CIA and the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide him with documents … Continue reading →

January 15, 2008 – Galesburg, Illinois – Reflecting on his first year in office, U.S. Rep. Phil Hare expressed frustration about the country’s direction. Though he has often been a critic of President Bush and his allies, Hare, D-Rock Island, … Continue reading →

January 15, 2008 – Leeds, Mass. – Peter Mohan traces the path from the Iraqi battlefield to this lifeless conference room, where he sits in a kilt and a Camp Kill Yourself T-shirt and calmly describes how he became a … Continue reading →

January 14, 2008 – This weekend, while the 24-hour primary coverage raged on, the New York Times published a very well researched and stunning report on the number of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans involved in killings, here in America. They … Continue reading →

January 13, 2008 – It’s a presidential campaign like no other. The candidates have been falling all over each other in their rush to declare the depth and sincerity of their religious faith. The pundits have been just as eager … Continue reading →

January 14, 2008 Interviewee:  Anthony H. Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for International and Strategic Studies Interviewer:  Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor Anthony H. Cordesman, a leading expert on military and security developments in Iraq and Afghanistan, says … Continue reading →

January 12, 2008 – The director of the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center told hospital employees Friday that he ordered Bibles and crosses removed from the hospital chapel to follow national VA policy. The director, Bruce Triplett, told the employees … Continue reading →

January 8, 2008 – Pundits and pols who have been tracking President Bush’s constitutional transgressions can add another to the list: his Dec. 28 “pocket veto” of the massive defense spending bill. Instead of issuing a regular veto, which allows … Continue reading →

January 12, 2008 – A leading military analyst with the Ministry of Defence’s own think tank warned that Nato was on the “precipice of failure” in Afghanistan unless it swaps throwing “money and troops” at the country’s problems for a more … Continue reading →

January 14, 2008 – Geography shouldn’t affect disability compensation to U.S. veterans. But it does. Such disparities have been a longstanding concern of the Disabled American Veterans, DAV spokesman Dave Autry said from Washington, D.C. Geographic inconsistencies in rating veterans’ … Continue reading →