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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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Blunt Federal Letters Tell Students They’re Security Threats
May 13, 2008 – A German graduate student in oceanography at M.I.T. applied to the Transportation Security Administration for a new ID card allowing him to work around ships and docks. What the student, Wilken-Jon von Appen, received in return … Continue reading
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New Audio of Rumsfeld Discussing Iraq War Creates Buzz
May 14, 2008 – The blogosphere has been abuzz about the Internet posting of audio of a luncheon former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld held with media military analysts that provides insight into the relationship between those analysts and the Pentagon. … Continue reading
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May 16, VCS in the News: VA E-Mail Discourages PTSD Diagnosis for Veterans
Temple, Texas, May 15, 2008 (CBS) – A Department of Veterans Affairs team leader in Texas suggested mental health professionals should diagnose patients with “adjustment disorder” rather than post traumatic stress disorder in order to save time and money treating … Continue reading
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May 14 VCS Torture Lawsuit Update: Military Releases Documents About Prisoner Torture and Deaths
May 14, 2008, New York – The American Civil Liberties Union has obtained previously withheld documents from the Defense Department, including internal investigations into the abuse of detainees in U.S. custody overseas. Uncensored documents released as a result of the ACLU’s … Continue reading
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VA Names Members of Gulf War Veterans Advisory Committee
May 13, 2008, Washington, DC – Veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during 1990–1991 will have their own special advocates before Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake, thanks to a new advisory committee Peake … Continue reading
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Pentagon Biggest Obstacle to Democrats’ GI Bill
May 13, 2008, Washington, DC – Veterans groups say it’s time to expand college aid for GIs, and Democrats want to use an election year to do it. Their biggest obstacle? The Pentagon. The Defense Department is lobbying against legislation … Continue reading
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Tillman Mom: Account of Death May Not be True
May 13, 2008, San Francisco, CA – The mother of a former professional football player who died while serving in the Army Rangers suspects the military’s account of how fellow soldiers shot and killed her son in Afghanistan is still … Continue reading
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Former Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing Two Journalists in 2003
May 13, 2008 – Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the US military shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. The attack killed two journalists: Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Jose Couso, a cameraman for the Spanish television network … Continue reading
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