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Downrange Health Hazard? Military Faces Rare Pneumonia in Combat Zones

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Team VCS

October 2, 2008, Landstuhl, Germany – Military doctors are seeing a resurgence of a rare and sometimes fatal type of pneumonia that is striking young troops who started smoking while deployed downrange. In the past five months, six U.S. servicemembers … Continue reading →

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Red Cross: Pakistan ‘is Now a War Zone’

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Team VCS

October 3, 2008, Peshawar, Pakistan – War has come to Pakistan, not just as terrorist bombings, but as full-scale battles, leaving Pakistanis angry and dismayed as the dead, wounded and displaced turn up on their doorstep. An estimated 250,000 people … Continue reading →

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U.S. Soldier Guilty in Connection to Iraqi ‘Blindfold Killings’

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Team VCS

October 3, 2008, Berlin – A US soldier was sentenced to eight months in prison Thursday for his role in the killings of four blindfolded Iraqi detainees last year, an army spokeswoman said. The defendant, Specialist Steven Ribordy, denied a … Continue reading →

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Suspected U.S. Missile Strike Kills 6 People in Pakistan

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Team VCS

October 1, 2008, Islamabad, Pakistan – A suspected U.S. missile strike on a Taliban commander’s home in Pakistan killed six people, officials said Wednesday, a possible indication that Washington was moving ahead with cross-border raids despite protests from the new … Continue reading →

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ACLU Seeks Data About Government Spying Upon 32 Groups in U.S.

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Team VCS

October 1, 2008 – The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland yesterday demanded that the state police disclose under public information laws whether 32 grass-roots advocacy and political activist groups that have held large public protests in recent years have … Continue reading →

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British Envoy Says Mission to Afghanistan is Doomed, According to Leaked Memo

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Team VCS

October 2, 2008 – Britain’s Ambassador to Afghanistan has stoked opposition to the allied operation there by reportedly saying that the campaign against the Taleban insurgents would fail and that the best hope was to install an acceptable dictator in … Continue reading →

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Significant Improvements Coming to VA Disability Claims Process

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Team VCS

October 2, 2008 – Lawmakers have high expectations that they can reduce the backlog and processing time for veterans’ benefits claims through a combination of new procedures, including two pilot projects. The Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2008, which passed … Continue reading →

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New Jersey Guard Families Fight War of Their Own While Troops Fight in Iraq

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Team VCS

October 5, 2008, Teaneck, NJ – More than anything, John and Adriana Roldan love each other and their two little boys, Brandon, 5, and Samuel, 1. And so now that Mr. Roldan, a mechanic and a building superintendent and a … Continue reading →

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Bush Signs Spending Bill that Includes Money for VA

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Team VCS

September 30, 2008 – President Bush on Tuesday signed a sprawling, stopgap spending bill to keep the government running for the next 12 months. The president’s move, which came on the last day of the government’s budget year, was expected … Continue reading →

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Disabled Veterans Must Seek Form to Keep Tax Break in Connecticut

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Team VCS

October 1, 2008 – Thousands of disabled state veterans will lose a tax break if they don’t contact the federal Department of Veterans Affairs requesting proof of their disability. The VA on Monday told Gov. M. Jodi Rell that because … Continue reading →

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