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Yearly Archives: 2008
Akaka Uses Oversight Authority to Formally Request Suicide Data from Department of Veterans Affairs
May 15, 2008, Washington, DC – Today U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) invoked his oversight authority as Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee to formally request data from VA on veterans’ suicides that is not otherwise available to the … Continue reading
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Bath VA Offers New Program for Veterans
May 15, 2008, Chemung County, NY – May is Mental Health Awareness month in Chemung County and in honoring that tradition, the Bath VA Medical Center is teaming up with county leaders to inform war veterans of available programs. “What … Continue reading
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Dems Derail McCain Bill to Boost Veterans’ College Aid as Not Enough Help
May 15, 2008, Washington, DC – Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill by John McCain that would have increased college aid for military veterans because they said it doesn’t go far enough and would serve only as political cover … Continue reading
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Akaka Calls VA Employee’s Suggestion to Misdiagnose Veterans Disturbing and Disappointing
May 16, 2008, Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, issued the following statement this morning regarding an email sent by a Department of Veterans Affairs employee suggesting that in order to … Continue reading
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May 16, VCS in the News: VA E-Mail Discourages PTSD Diagnosis for Veterans
Temple, Texas, May 15, 2008 (CBS) – A Department of Veterans Affairs team leader in Texas suggested mental health professionals should diagnose patients with “adjustment disorder” rather than post traumatic stress disorder in order to save time and money treating … Continue reading
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New Audio of Rumsfeld Discussing Iraq War Creates Buzz
May 14, 2008 – The blogosphere has been abuzz about the Internet posting of audio of a luncheon former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld held with media military analysts that provides insight into the relationship between those analysts and the Pentagon. … Continue reading
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Judge Backs US Conscientious Objector
May 14, 2008 – The Army should grant conscientious objector status to Michael Barnes, a Fort Richardson, Alaska-based paratrooper who had his request for that designation denied last year, US magistrate John D Roberts concluded yesterday. In a 26-page recommendation … Continue reading
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Blunt Federal Letters Tell Students They’re Security Threats
May 13, 2008 – A German graduate student in oceanography at M.I.T. applied to the Transportation Security Administration for a new ID card allowing him to work around ships and docks. What the student, Wilken-Jon von Appen, received in return … Continue reading
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May 12 VCS Weekly Update: Iraq and Afghanistan Wars By The Numbers
Shh . . . ! (Headline Now Appearing in Newspapers.) (VCS has the numbers the government doesn’t want you to see, the statistics the press frequently neglects to report . . .) VCS spent the past two years sending Freedom of Information … Continue reading
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New Wing at Veterans Home Sits Empty, No Money for Staff as Wait List Grows to 400
May 13, 2008, La Salle, Ill – A brand new wing of the LaSalle Veterans Home is sitting empty and unused – with more than 400 veterans on a waiting list. WBBM’s Steve Miller has the story. The funding was … Continue reading
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