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Iraq Wants Guaranteed U.S. Military Departure by 2011
October 30, 2008, Baghdad – Iraq wants to remove any possibility that U.S. troops could remain after 2011 from a proposed security agreement now under negotiation, a Shiite lawmaker close to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday. The current draft … Continue reading
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Military Veterans’ Benefit Claims Records Wrongly Headed for VA Shredders
October 31, 2008 – If military veterans applying for benefits either haven’t gotten a reply from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or received a different response than expected, it could mean that evidence for their claim file wound up … Continue reading
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Tagged backlog, VA Claims Crisis
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Nov 1: Shoot the Messenger – VA Tries to Fire Doctor-Turned-Whistleblower in Texas
October 31, 2008 – It all began with such promise. The Brain Imaging and Recovery Laboratory, launched in January, would hunt for treatments for what has become the Iraq war’s signature ailment: traumatic brain injury. A program of the Central … Continue reading
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Tagged TBI
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VA Shredder Scandal Update: 500 Files Pulled From Shredders at VA Regional Offices
October 25, 2008, Tampa, FL – A review this week of 57 regional offices of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has turned up nearly 500 benefit claim records that were set to be destroyed, agency officials said Friday. The … Continue reading
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Oct 31, VA WatchDog Updates Shredder Scandal: Veterans’ Computerized Records Subject to Tampering by VA
A denied VA claim is just a click away. Altering files and changing dates all too common. October 31, 2008 – They have names like COVERS, VACOLS and MAP-D. They are just a few of the computer software programs used … Continue reading
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Iraq War Veteran Kicked Out of Festival for Protesting War
October 31, 2008 – An Iraq war veteran who now opposes the conflict said his First Amendment rights were violated when he was removed from last weekend’s Bellmore Street Festival, where he had set up a last-minute display. The Chamber … Continue reading
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Alaska Native Veterans Dissatisfied with Health Services
October 30, 2008 – Alaska Native veteran Walter Sampson wants to know why the U.S. government, and Veterans Affairs specifically, have not kept their promise to care for him and his veteran friends. “For the last 38 years I have … Continue reading
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Tagged mental health
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Hate Groups Riled Up Over Prospect of President Obama
October 31, 2008 – The prospect of a Black president has America’s bastions of hate in an uproar. Leaders, including the wizard of the Imperial Klans of America, Ron Edwards, have long warned the white race is under attack and … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Fears for Safety of Senator Obama – Neo-Nazi threats as great a worry as Al Qaeda?
Neo-Nazi threats as great a worry as Al Qaeda? October 29, 2008 – With the presidential election only days away, federal officials are looking closely for any uptick in threats to presidential candidates from white supremacist or other extremist groups. … Continue reading
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Tagged terrorism
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Editorial Column: The Republicans’ Dirty Secret…Torture
October 28, 2008 – So what will be left of the Republican Party after next week’s US election? The answer lies in the sands of Florida, where the sunshine-state Republicans have nominated an unrepentant torturer as their candidate for Congress. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Civil Liberties Articles & News, Guantanamo, torture, tribunals
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