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Taking Care of Our Vets
May 15, 2008 – Etched onto the wall of a sentry box in Gibraltar is an unsigned indictment from an unknown soldier. You imagine him there many wars ago, keeping watch and weighing his prospects for a normal life. God … Continue reading
NPR News Continues Investigations Into Treatment of Soldiers Suffering from PTSD
May 16, 2008; Washington, D.C. – In its continuing coverage of military treatment of soldiers returning from war, NPR News reports that spouses of troops with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other serious mental health problems have made it their … Continue reading
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May 17, VCS in the News: Furor Continues Over VA Psychologist’s Anti-PTSD E-Mail
What’s at stake is veterans’ ability to get disability and health care benefits from the VA. A diagnosis of “adjustment disorder” doesn’t deliver the same level of benefits as would a diagnosis of PTSD, Paul Sullivan, the executive director of … Continue reading
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Senator Leahy Schedules Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Right to Vote
May 13, 2008, Washington, DC – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has scheduled a hearing to examine the constitutional underpinnings of voting rights and to investigate obstacles that impede access to the ballot box for all Americans. Several … Continue reading
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Akaka Uses Oversight Authority to Formally Request Suicide Data from Department of Veterans Affairs
May 15, 2008, Washington, DC – Today U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) invoked his oversight authority as Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee to formally request data from VA on veterans’ suicides that is not otherwise available to the … Continue reading
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Bath VA Offers New Program for Veterans
May 15, 2008, Chemung County, NY – May is Mental Health Awareness month in Chemung County and in honoring that tradition, the Bath VA Medical Center is teaming up with county leaders to inform war veterans of available programs. “What … Continue reading
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Reclaiming the Forgotten Veterans
May 15, 2008 – They wait in dusty basements, long forgotten on darkened shelves. Some have been neglected for 100 years or more. They served their country, then died, and were never claimed. Urns holding the cremated remains of war … Continue reading
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Dems Derail McCain Bill to Boost Veterans’ College Aid as Not Enough Help
May 15, 2008, Washington, DC – Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill by John McCain that would have increased college aid for military veterans because they said it doesn’t go far enough and would serve only as political cover … Continue reading
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Akaka Calls VA Employee’s Suggestion to Misdiagnose Veterans Disturbing and Disappointing
May 16, 2008, Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, issued the following statement this morning regarding an email sent by a Department of Veterans Affairs employee suggesting that in order to … Continue reading
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Judge Backs US Conscientious Objector
May 14, 2008 – The Army should grant conscientious objector status to Michael Barnes, a Fort Richardson, Alaska-based paratrooper who had his request for that designation denied last year, US magistrate John D Roberts concluded yesterday. In a 26-page recommendation … Continue reading
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