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Nov 9, Editorial Column: War Veterans with TBI Pay the Price of Waste at VA
War Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury Pay the Price of Waste at VA, Says Dr. Robert Van Boven November 6, 2008, Austin, Texas – The following was released today by Dr. Robert Van Boven, M.D., D.D.S.: A recent report from … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: More Pain to Come Treating Hundreds of Thousands of Wounded from Iraq and Afghanistan
President Bush will bequeath President-Elect Obama a national debt — $10.5 trillion and rising — that has almost doubled since he took office, even before you factor in the full costs of the financial bailout and the Medicare prescription benefit, as well … Continue reading
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Iraq War News: United Kingdom to Pull Troops Out of Iraq by April 2009
The majority of British troops will be out of Iraq by next April with final negotiations underway for a mass withdrawal, it was claimed today. November 7, 2008 – Speaking during a visit to Basra, Douglas Alexander, the International Development … Continue reading
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Mental Health Needs of Veterans Are Stressing Out Buffalo VA
November 7, 2008 – Dana Cushing is a disabled veteran who is supposed to receive an hour of counseling each week through the Buffalo VA. But she shares that hour of a psychologist’s time with 15 others in group therapy. … Continue reading
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Workers Issue Widespread Complaints About a Rudderless Government
November 6, 2008 – When President Obama takes over in January as manager-in-chief of nearly 2 million federal employees, he will need a plan to reinvigorate a frustrated and demoralized workforce, career employees warn. In numerous agencies, federal civil servants … Continue reading
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Iraq Continues to Insist on Firm U.S. Troop Pullout Date
November 7, 2008 – Reporting from Baghdad — Two days after Barack Obama’s election as president, Iraqi officials continued to insist on a withdrawal date for U.S. troops regardless of conditions on the ground, and maintained their demand that American … Continue reading
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Push to Exand Voter Rolls and Early Balloting in U.S.
November 6, 2008 – Many of the states that allowed early voting this year experienced few delays on Election Day, and now federal election officials, lawmakers and voting experts say people in every state should have the same privilege. There … Continue reading
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Nov 7, Veterans Day Message to America from VA Secretary Peake
A Veterans Day Message From VA Secretary Dr. James B. Peake November 7, 2008, Washington, DC – Ninety years ago today, the guns fell silent in Europe. World War I – the “war to end all wars” – was over. … Continue reading
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Six Recent Combat Veterans Elected to Congress
(November 6, 2008, Washington, DC) — Six veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom won their congressional races Tuesday, giving recent combat veterans their biggest presence in national government yet. In 2006 Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., was the only veteran who served … Continue reading
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A Growing Problem for Veterans: Domestic Violence
Treatments for PTSD and domestic violence are very different; effective collaboration needed Novemer 4, 2008 – “The increasing number of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) raises the risk of domestic violence and its consequences on families and children in … Continue reading
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