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Retired SF 2-Star Campaigning for Obama
August 6, 2008, Charlotte, NC – A retired Green Beret general plans to campaign in North Carolina for Democratic president candidate Sen. Barack Obama. Obama’s campaign announced that retired Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Lambert would campaign Tuesday in Charlotte and Fayetteville … Continue reading
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Army Recruiter Suspended for Threatening High School Student with Jail Time, Sparks Bipartisan Call for Investigation
August 6, 2008 – A story involving an Army recruiter in Texas last week has led to a bipartisan call for an investigation. The recruiter from the Greenspoint Recruiting Station in Houston was suspended after a recording of his threats … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Supporting Our Troops – Swift Passage a Must for Veterans’ Bill
August 5, 2008 – They put their lives on the line to protect us — our country, our freedoms, our way of life. The least we can do is make sure they receive the appropriate and necessary care they — … Continue reading
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A Surgeon’s Guidebook to the Horrors of Battle
August 5, 2008 – The pictures show shredded limbs, burned faces, profusely bleeding wounds. The subjects are mostly American GI’s, but they include Iraqis and Afghans, some of them young children. They appear in a new book, “War Surgery in … Continue reading
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August 6, VA Research Scandal: Violations Rife in Hospital’s Studies on Veterans
August 5, 2008 – An investigation of research conducted at an Arkansas veterans hospital has uncovered rampant violations in its human experiments program, including missing consent forms, secret HIV testing and failure to report more than 100 deaths of subjects … Continue reading
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Aug. 6 Representatives in Action: House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Priorities for the 110th Congress
What Congress has done for Veterans. Below is a comprehensive list of priorities and actions of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs for the 110th Congress. Priority: Adequate & Timely Funding for Veterans * The House of Representatives approved the funding … Continue reading
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Coffee House by Fort Lewis Would Support Veterans
August 6, 2008 – A group of local veterans hopes to launch a coffeehouse near Fort Lewis where soldiers – both active-duty and out of the military – could brew both good java and good company. The coffeehouse would be … Continue reading
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Aug 6, Whistleblower Update: VA Doctor Responds to VA IG Report About Wasted TBI Research Money
Dr. Robert Van Boven, hired by the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct research into traumatic brain injuries to develop treatments for veterans, filed a whistleblower complaint with VA’s Office of the Inspector General in February 2008. Dr. Van Boven’s … Continue reading
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CIA Veteran Rips Agency, Tests Limits of Right to Publish Without Permission
August 2, 2008 – A 25-year veteran of the CIA’s clandestine service has written a scathing — and unauthorized — account of the spy agency’s management, setting up an unprecedented legal test of former employees’ rights to pen tell-all books. … Continue reading
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War is Rough, but Returning’s Rougher, Says Iraq War Vet
August 5, 2008, Port Angeles, WA – After death and destruction were your daily diet in Iraq, civilian life seems hard to swallow. Certain things also stick in your craw. “Why are you so angry all the time?” is one … Continue reading
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