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Aug 26, VCS Fights for Veterans’ Voting Rights: Time Running Out to Reverse VA’s Ban on Voting Assistance for Hospitalized and Homeless Veterans
“Private nursing homes conduct registration drives,” noted Paul Sullivan of the group Veterans for Common Sense, but “we are not aware of any efforts VA has taken to assist veterans with registering and voting. The goal of President George W. … Continue reading
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Dallas VA Medical Center Praised for Swift Upgrades After Suicides
August 26, 2008 – The U.S. secretary of Veterans Affairs and Sen. John Cornyn on Monday praised administrators at the Dallas VA Medical Center for what they called an “aggressive response” to four suicides by mentally ill patients earlier this … Continue reading
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Aug 26, Denver Post Part Two: Soldiering on in Pain, Deploying Unfit Soldiers to the Iraq War
August 25, 2008 – Strain of duty surfaces Military officials say there is no way to track how much pain and behavioral medication is being consumed by soldiers at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, in part because soldiers and military … Continue reading
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Aug 24, Denver Post Part One: DoD Deploys Unfit Soldiers to Iraq War, The Battle Within in a Combat Zone – Updated 9-12-2008
August 24, 2008 – In the weeks before Christmas last year, a brigade of battle-bruised soldiers left Colorado’s Fort Carson for its third round of war in Iraq. Sgt. Colin Barton was getting Botox shots in his forehead to kill … Continue reading
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Veterans Home Resident Dies from Assault Injuries
August 25, 2008 – Richard Lynn Jackson, 54, who sustained severe head injuries in an Aug. 4 assault at the Minnesota Veterans Home, Hastings, has died. He died Sunday, Aug. 24, at Regions Hospital, St. Paul, where he had been … Continue reading
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The Book They Can’t Stop – A Review
August 22, 2008 – A Review of Bugliosi’s — The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder The Prosecutor and the President Vincent Bugliosi wants George W. Bush prosecuted for murder. There are others who are complicit in the crime, … Continue reading
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Aug 24: Fort Lee May Get Statue of U.S. Founding Father Thomas Paine
You won’t find Thomas Paine’s face on a coin. You won’t find his monument in Washington, D.C. In fact, there are only five real statues to this important founding father – the most important, some would say – in the … Continue reading
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Report: Push for Iraq War Preceded Intelligence Findings
August 22, 2008 – Editor’s Note: George Washington University’s National Security Archive released a report Friday on prewar Iraq intelligence which found “the U.S. intelligence community buckled sooner in 2002 than previously reported to Bush administration pressure for data justifying … Continue reading
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PTSD Vet Gets Help from Service Dog
August 23, 2008, Billings, MT – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can cause life-long struggles with depression and flash-backs. Christina Avey was unsure when someone recommended she get a service dog. Making a mistake many do by thinking the animals only … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Why Whistle-Blowing is Patriotic
August 23, 2008 – I recently witnessed instruments of music inspire patriotism at the Chicago Air and Water show. Actor Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band — named for the character Sinise played in the film “Forrest Gump” — … Continue reading
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