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Bush Administration Plans to Privatize Part of GI Bill at VA
September 9, 2008 – Transcript of “Morning Edition” Radio Broadcast from September 9, 2008 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Possibly the most cherished veterans program in America is the GI Bill. Now the Bush administration has announced plans to turn over parts … Continue reading
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U.S. Military Keeping Secrets About Female Soldiers’ ‘Suicides’?
August 26, 2008 – Since I posted on April 28 the article “Is There an Army Cover Up of the Rape and Murder of Women Soldiers,” the deaths of two more U.S. Army women in Iraq and Afghanistan have been … Continue reading
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Sep 9, VCS in the News: In Policy Reversal, VA to Allow Voter Signup at Facilities
“The real question now,” said Paul Sullivan, the executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, “is whether the V.A. will implement the new policy in time for the November election and whether local and state voting officials will take proactive … Continue reading
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Iraq War Reality: Filthy Iraqi Drinking Water Raises Cholera Fears
September 8, 2008, Baghdad – Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest. Nearly three years later, the plant remains an abandoned … Continue reading
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Sep 9, Suicide Epidemic News: VA Reports Suicides Among Iraq and Afghanistan Era Veterans Hits Record High
September 9, 2008, Washington, DC – Suicide rates for young male Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans hit a record high in 2006, according to statistics to be released Tuesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs. In 2006, the last year for … Continue reading
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Fort Hood Soldiers Killed in Iraq/Afghanistan
September 8, 2008 – The Defense Department announced Monday the deaths of four Fort Hood soldiers who were supporting Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. Pvt. Vincent C. Winston Jr., 22, of St. Louis, Mo., died Thursday in Afghanistan, of wounds … Continue reading
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Statement of Senator Barack Obama on the VA’s Decision to Allow Veterans Access to Voter Registration Services
September 8, 2008 – U.S. Senator Barack Obama today released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reversed its earlier decision to deny voter registration services to veterans in the Department’s facilities throughout the country. In July, … Continue reading
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‘Hurt Locker’ A Soldier’s-Eye View of the Iraq War
September 8, 2008 – Much has been made of the lack of success — both at the box office and artistically — of the topical movies that have come out since the American invasion of Iraq. “The Hurt Locker,” a … Continue reading
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Fort Hood Soldier Kills Officer, Then Himself in Killeen
September 8, 2008 – Killeen police are investigating a murder-suicide in which a Fort Hood specialist killed his lieutenant and then himself this morning. According to a press release from the Killeen Police Department, the lieutenant and a staff sergeant … Continue reading
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Voter Rights Victory in Ohio – Voter ‘Caging’ Effort Declared Unconstitutional
September 7, 2008, Columbus, Ohio (AP) – Republicans passed an unconstitutional law when they allowed Ohio counties to cancel a voter’s registration solely because some election notices mailed to a home address come back undeliverable, the state Democratic elections chief … Continue reading
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