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Balad Burn Pit Update: Effects of Toxic Smoke Worry Troops Returning from Iraq – DoD Admits Problem, Then Denies Problem
December 15, 2008 – The pervasive smoke spewing from the junk heap at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq is causing many returning troops to be concerned about the effects on their long-term health. For four years, the burn pit … Continue reading
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Dec 16 Weekly Update: Vice President Cheney Admits Authorizing Torture, VCS Works to Restore Our Civil Liberties
December 16, 2008 – Spread the Word: Close Guantanamo Bay, End Torture, and End Domestic Spying This week’s update contains three important items. First, our VCS membership keeps growing. Second, we want you to let President-Elect Barack Obama know we … Continue reading
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Afghanistan War News: Pakistan Truckers Refuse to Haul NATO, U.S. Military Supplies
December 15, 2008, Peshawar, Pakistan – Pakistani truckers are refusing to haul vital supplies to NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan because of mounting attacks along the main route, a transporters association said Monday. Pakistani troops recently began escorting convoys … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Red-State Army?
December 15, 2008 – In Hopewell Township, N.J., the veterans of American Legion Post 339 have put their building up for sale. “Today’s vets don’t come out,” 82-year old Jim Hall told The Times of Trenton last month. The post … Continue reading
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Turnout in Presidential Election Hits High: 61 Percent, 131 Million Votes Cast
61.6 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, the highest rate since 1968. December 14, 2008, Washington, DC – Enthusiasm among blacks and Democrats for Barack Obama’s candidacy pushed voter turnout in this year’s elections to the highest level in 40 … Continue reading
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VA Brain Injury Research Lab in Austin, Texas Could Close
December 12, 2008 – In an ironic twist of fate, the Austin-based Veteran Affairs’ Brain Imaging and Recovery Laboratory may be getting shut down. The lab was created in 2006 to study and develop treatments for combat-related traumatic brain injury. … Continue reading
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17 Years Later, Gulf War Veterans Illnesses Linger
For war veterans backed by Boston University study, symproms all too real. December 15, 2008 – Tara Batista says she cannot ever recall her phone number. But she can remember clearly what she was like before she drove an ambulance … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Taking the First Step – Honor and Treat Veterans with PTSD
Warriors with PTSD should be honored by supporting them in seeking help. December 15, 2008 – In my position as sergeant major of the Army Wounded Warrior Program, I see every day extraordinary men and women who have sacrificed so … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: General Shinseki is the Right Man to Reform VA
December 14, 2008 – President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of retired Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to head the Department of Veterans Affairs is the smartest and best appointment he’s made so far. It sends a signal to millions of our … Continue reading
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Iraq War Legacy: Official Military History Spotlights $100 Billion in Iraq Rebuilding Blunders
December 14, 2008, Baghdad, Iraq — An unpublished 513-page federal history of the American-led reconstruction of Iraq depicts an effort crippled before the invasion by Pentagon planners who were hostile to the idea of rebuilding a foreign country, and then … Continue reading
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