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Former VA Secretary Principi Prodded VA on Chantix, Experimental Drug Linked with Suicide
July 9, 2008 – Former Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony J. Principi contacted colleagues at his old agency as the chief lobbyist for drug maker Pfizer Inc. earlier this year, looking for updates on whether his company’s smoking-cessation drug Chantix would … Continue reading
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Whistleblower Says Pentagon Putting KBR Over Soldiers
July 10, 2008, Washington, DC – The Pentagon’s oversight of Houston-based KBR’s work in Iraq and Afghanistan has been “irregular and highly out of the ordinary,” a former Army contracting official told Senate Democrats Wednesday. Charles Smith, the former chief … Continue reading
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July 10 Media Advisory: Military and Veteran Advocates Invite Senators Obama and McCain to Fort Hood Texas
Media Advisory: Military and Veteran Advocates Invite Senators Obama and McCain to Fort Hood Texas Presidential Town Hall to Focus on Military and VeteransFor Immediate Release: July 10, 2008 Contact: Carissa Picard, Managing Director, 2008 Fort Hood Presidential Town Hall Consortium, … Continue reading
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Misinformation Clouds New GI Bill
July 9, 2008 – Full-tuition educational benefits included in a new veterans’ program signed into law on June 30 will not take effect until Aug. 1, 2009, unless Congress approves a change in the new law. There will be a … Continue reading
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Doctors Worried by Chantix in ’07
July 8, 2008 – Department of Veterans Affairs doctors began raising red flags last year about whether the smoking-cessation drug Chantix was causing severe psychotic episodes among veterans, prompting a quiet investigation last fall but no warning for many months … Continue reading
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Dollars and Sense
July 2, 2008 – There has been much talk of late about the cost of the Iraq War, due in no small part to the huge estimates postulated by Nobel Prize–winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Together with his colleague Linda Bilmes, … Continue reading
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Injured Iraq War Veterans Pay More for Health Care, Report Says
July 9, 2008 – Former U.S. soldiers who were disabled fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and live far from government hospitals and rehabilitation centers pay more for health care than other veterans, a government report found. To address this “inequity,” … Continue reading
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July 8, Torture Update: US Torture Used at Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp Tied to Chinese Torture Used Against US During Korean War
July 4, 2008 – The military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of “coercive management techniques” for possible use on prisoners, including “sleep deprivation,” “prolonged … Continue reading
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Rescuing an Iraqi Family
June 24, 2008 – On a warm day last summer, new father and Marine Corps Capt. John Jacobs got an e-mail from a buddy he’d served with in Iraq. “I do need help in get(ting) out of home for awhile, … Continue reading
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Obama: I need to Earn Troops’ Trust
July 7, 2008, Colorado Springs, CO – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama knows that to win the vote of current and former military members and their families, he has to prove himself. “Precisely because I have not served in uniform, … Continue reading
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