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July 28, Newspaper Editorial: VA Should Immediately End Ban on Nonpartisan Voter Registration for Veterans
Our view: Helping veterans vote – VA should immediately rescind its ban on nonpartisan registration drives If anyone deserves to vote, it’s a warrior wounded while protecting America’s freedoms. But Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake has thrown voting … Continue reading
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Letter to the Editor: Behind the Scenes in Iraq Deployment
July 26, 2008 – I want to bring to people’s attention what is going on behind the scene. I am an Iraq veteran. I spent 294 days in Iraq, came back with PTSD. I have a 50 percent disability rating from … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: The Soldier Voting Scandal
July 28, 2008, Washington, DC – Rep. Roy Blunt, the House Republican whip, on July 8 introduced a resolution demanding that the Defense Department better enable U.S. military personnel overseas to vote in the November elections. That act was followed … Continue reading
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Conference Targets War-Born Stresses
July 26, 2008 – Confronted with rising rates of suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, hundreds of Marine and Navy officers meet in San Diego next month to address ways to limit war-born physical and psychological … Continue reading
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Why We Never Need to Build Another Polluting Power Plant
July 28, 2008 – Suppose I paid you for every pound of pollution you generated and punished you for every pound you reduced. You would probably spend most of your time trying to figure out how to generate more pollution. … Continue reading
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July 28, VCS and VUFT File Appeal in Lawsuit Against VA, Citing Serious Veteran Suicide Epidemic
Veterans appeal ruling in lawsuit against VA Monday Jul 28, 2008 – As promised, the advocacy group Veterans for Common Sense has filed an appeal in a case in which it accuses the Veterans Affairs Department of putting veterans at … Continue reading
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Lawmakers Want VA Voting Drives
July 25, 2008, Washington, DC – Two Democratic lawmakers on Friday asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to rescind a policy banning nonpartisan voter registration drives in its facilities. In May, VA Secretary James Peake issued a directive saying voter … Continue reading
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Ho Hum Hamdan
July 25, 2008 – The more things change the more they stay the same. The long-awaited military trial of terror suspect Salim Hamdan, currently underway at the euphemistically-named “Camp Justice” at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, looks from the outside to be … Continue reading
Analysis: US is Now Winning Iraq War that Seemed Lost; Focus Finally Shifts from Combat
July 26, 2008, Baghdad – The United States is now winning the war that two years ago seemed lost. Limited, sometimes sharp fighting and periodic terrorist bombings in Iraq are likely to continue, possibly for years. But the Iraqi government … Continue reading
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July 26, Book Review: Bitter Homecoming – Marty Schram’s New Book Sharply Criticizes VA Bungling
Marty Schram notes one anecdotal but perhaps telling incident. In an upscale bar near the White House, a VA administrator bragged that he’d spent the afternoon immersed in medical books, extracting enough information to cast doubt on the validity of … Continue reading
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