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VA Settles Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Involving Death of Veteran for $1 Million
October 9, 2008 – The U.S. government has agreed to pay a former Lindon family nearly $1 million to settle a medical malpractice case. William Meyer was being treated for leukemia at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Salt Lake City … Continue reading
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Making it Home – Story of Blind Iraq War Veteran’s Recovery
October 8, 2008 – Six weeks after James Fair, a 22-year-old combat engineer, began serving in Iraq in the fall of 2003, he detonated a homemade bomb while walking away from a barbed wire fence he had just erected near … Continue reading
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Perpetuating Lies: Memorial in New Mexico Incorrectly Ties Iraq War to September 11
October 14, 2008 – A plan to etch the words and images of 9/11 on a monument to Soldiers who fell in Iraq has ignited a debate about whether the publicly funded memorial links the war in Iraq to the 2001 … Continue reading
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The Biggest Untold Mortgage Crisis: Help for Families Facing Military Foreclosures
October 8, 2008 – Please send a message to Mr. Schieffer today. More and more military families are finding themselves in the middle of a mortgage nightmare. Soldiers are returning after several tours of duty, only to find they are … Continue reading
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Iraq War Veteran’s Family Seeks VA Compensation for Illness that Killed Him
September 6, 2008 – They’ll hold a fundraiser in Auburn next Friday to help pay Matt Bumpus’ medical bills. The Roseville man and his family worked on the event for months in hopes of raising money to treat his leukemia. … Continue reading
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Oct 15, VCS Legislative Update: Congress Takes Bold Leadership
VCS promotes policies to improve veterans’ lives. Please celebrate with us all the veteran-friendly legislation VCS supported this year. Our VCS mission is to raise the unique voices of veterans on issues related to caring for our service members and … Continue reading
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Oct 15, Torture News: White House Wrote Secret Memos Endorsing CIA Torture Tactics
Waterboarding Got White House Nod October 15, 2008 – The Bush administration issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the agency’s use of interrogation techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaeda suspects … Continue reading
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Oct 14: Friendly Fire in the Iraq War – And a Military Coverup
The Army says no, but a graphic video and eyewitness testimony indicate that a U.S. tank killed two American soldiers. The mother of one soldier demands answers. October 14, 2008 – Once a cop, always a cop. Asked if she … Continue reading
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Vigil Highlights Military Women’s Deaths
October 8, 2008, Fayetteville, NC – Several advocacy groups demonstrated Wednesday outside Fort Bragg to draw attention to what they see as an alarming rate of domestic violence in military families. The vigil at the Yadkin Road gate to the … Continue reading
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Bush Signs 2 Vet Benefits Bills Into Law
October 13, 2008 – President Bush signed two veterans’ bills into law Friday, an omnibus benefits bill and a package of health-related legislation. The Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act expands the VA home loan program, attempts to improve the processing of … Continue reading
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