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Mystery Illness Still Plagues 210,000 Gulf War Veterans
A scientific panel chartered by Congress released a report in November acknowledging the Gulf War Syndrome for the first time in 17 years. Gulf War. December 21, 2008, Lawton, Oklahoma — Recollections are increasingly harder for Gulf War veteran Gary … Continue reading
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Tagged Gulf War
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Harvard University Sends Basic Necessities to Marines in Iraq
A contact drawn by a Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) faculty member’s research has led to the filling of an unmet need for U.S. Marines in Iraq: Harvard-insignia gear. Linda Bilmes, an expert on government budgeting and public finance and co-author … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Cheney Throws Down Gauntlet, Defies Prosecution for War Crimes
December 19, 2008 – Dick Cheney has publicly confessed to ordering war crimes. Asked about waterboarding in an ABC News interview, Cheney replied, “I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared.” He also … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Civil Liberties Articles & News, Guantanamo, terrorism, torture
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Dec 19: Dr. Phil Show Highlights CBS Investigation with VCS into VA’s Failures on PTSD and Suicide
December 19, 2008 – On Friday, the Dr. Phil television program became the first national mainstream talk show to devote an entire hour to the plight of veterans featuring an investigative report by CBS Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian that … Continue reading
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Tagged backlog, PTSD, VA Claims Crisis
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Editorial Column: 8 Years on the Dark Side
December 20, 2008 – Vice President Dick Cheney said this week that he directly approved waterboarding to torture terror suspects. “I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared,” Cheney told “ABC News.” Asked … Continue reading
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UK Prime Minister Brown Says ‘Not Right Time’ for Inquiry into Iraq War
December 19, 2008 – An inquiry into the invasion of Iraq will not start until at least late 2009, Gordon Brown told MPs yesterday. In the wake of his announcement that Britain’s mission to Iraq will formally end next May, … Continue reading
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VA to Pay Surviving Spouses for Under Payment Error
A Maui widow’s plight highlights a computer error that wrongfully denied certain benefits. December 20, 2008 – The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin issuing retroactive payments this month to eligible surviving spouses of war veterans who have been wrongfully … Continue reading
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Editorial Blog: Hard Lessons: -The Iraq Reconstruction Experience
December 17, 2008 – Now for your reading pleasure, Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience, a 500-plus page tome that comprises interviews with “hundreds of individuals” and a “review of thousands of documents.” It is an official history that essentially … Continue reading
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Helicopter Pilot: War Hero Faces New Adversary
December 15, 2008 – With a Silver Star medal clipped to his Air Force jacket, 1st Lt. Thomas Cahill spoke humbly about his efforts to pilot a rescue helicopter through enemy fire while flying low over eastern Afghanistan’s snow-capped mountains. … Continue reading
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Dec 19, VCS Special Update: Fighting for Our Veterans in 2009
On December 14, 2008, the Houston Chronicle published a scathing editorial, “Since the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and all of the resulting harms to soldiers, civilians, economies and constitutional principles, no segment of society has been … Continue reading
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