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Yearly Archives: 2008
Anti-War Soldier Jonathan Hutto: People, Not Politicians, Will End the War in Iraq
June 25, 2008 – Active-duty sailor Jonathan Hutto signed up to join the Navy in December 2003, at the age of 26. Previously a college activist fighting police brutality in Washington, D.C., and later an organizer with the ACLU, he … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, Gulf War
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Veterans Share Concerns With Top VA Official
June 24, 2008 – Air Guard members often do short tours of duty overseas, but still may experience the stress and brutality of war, said Cathy Cook, a retired member of the Vermont Air National Guard. Because of their short … Continue reading
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‘Who Do They Talk To?’ Executive Director of SVAS to Head National Initiative for Wounded Soldiers
June 25, 2008 – A consortium of high-ranking officials from all four military branches has asked Tom Iselin, executive director of Sun Valley Adaptive Sports (SVAS), to help create a comprehensive national program for reintegrating wounded war veterans into society. … Continue reading
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Iraq Vet Driven by Friend’s Death
June 25, 2008 – On the eve of last month’s Senate vote on Sen. Jim Webb’s GI Bill, Patrick Campbell clicked “send” on one last lobbying e-mail to staffers. Then he broke down and cried. Campbell, the legislative director for … Continue reading
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Reporters Say Networks Put Wars on Back Burner
June 23, 2008 – Getting a story on the evening news isn’t easy for any correspondent. And for reporters in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is especially hard, according to Lara Logan, the chief foreign correspondent for CBS News. So she … Continue reading
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First Female Poised to Become 4-Star
June 24, 2008 – Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, deputy commander and chief of staff of U.S. Army Material Command, is poised to become the first female four-star general in the U.S. military, according to an Army press release. Defense … Continue reading
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How Boris Johnson Became a War Criminal
June 24, 2008 – Well, I suppose we should be grateful for one thing. It seems that a Western politician is finally going to pay the price for his involvement in the Iraq war. After five years of disaster and … Continue reading
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Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Calls Homeless Veterans ‘Hugely Important Issue’
June 23, 2008, Washington, DC – Calling the issue “hugely important,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today said the nation must fully integrate efforts to help homeless veterans. “How do we reach out to them, and how do … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Big Oil and the War in Iraq
June 24, 2008 – It took five years, the deaths of 4,100 US soldiers, and the wounding of 30,000 more to make Iraq safe for Exxon. It is the inescapable open question since the reasons given by President Bush for … Continue reading
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June 23 VCS Update: Administration Experiments on Our Veterans and Tortures Enemy POW’s
June 23, 2008 – This week’s update contains four critical news articles, including VA’s failure to provide oversight of drug experiments on our veterans, VA’s rejection of nearly all claims for veterans exposed to secret germ warfare tests, how doctors … Continue reading
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