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Obama’s Human Rights Opportunity
December 10, 2008 – The advancement of human rights around the world was a cornerstone of foreign policy and U.S. leadership for decades, until the attacks on our country on Sept. 11, 2001. Since then, while Americans continue to espouse … Continue reading
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For Troops in the Military System Trying to Help Them, Traumatic Brain Injury is New Territory
December 10, 2008, Franklinton, NC – The first thing that 1st Lt. Mike McMichael felt when he regained consciousness was a stinging sensation. It was the hot coffee he had been carrying in a thermos, which split when the roadside … Continue reading
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Justice, of a Sort, for Blackwater
December 8, 2008 – For more than five years, the Bush administration’s mercenary force of choice, Blackwater Worldwide, has operated on a US government contract in Iraq in a climate that has wed immunity with impunity. Today the Justice Department … Continue reading
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Military Leaders Knew of Deadly Roadside Bomb Threat in Iraq But Did Nothing
December 8, 2008 – The Marine Corps left troops in Iraq vulnerable to deadly roadside bombs by failing to answer an urgent request from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant vehicles, according to an internal Pentagon investigation obtained by The Associated Press. … Continue reading
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U.S. Special Forces Mistakenly Kill 6 Afghan Police
December 10, 2008, Kabul, Afghanistan – U.S. Special Forces killed six Afghan police and wounded 13 early Wednesday in a case of mistaken identity by both sides after the police fired on the Americans during an operation against an insurgent … Continue reading
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New Military Programs Aim to Curb Divorce Rates Among Service Members
December 5, 2008 – Servicemembers and their spouses are flocking to a broad array of programs to help them strengthen their family relationships as the services step up efforts to curb divorce rates. Military divorce rates rose by .1 percent … Continue reading
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Shh! – – Infamous Ira Katz VA E-Mail About Veteran Suicides Featured Among Top Public Relations Blunders for 2008
December 9, 2008, San Francisco – The 14th Annual Top 10 PR Blunders List, compiled by San Francisco’s Fineman PR, features bailed out big shots, political snafus and a clueless Dept. of Veterans Affairs. 1. AIG All-Expense-Paid Retreats … Paid … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: An Action Memo for VA
December 9, 2008 – Action Memo to: President-elect Barack Obama & Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate Gen. Eric Shinseki. RE: Why We Need to Re-Name the VA — to the Department of Veterans Advocacy. America’s military veterans have every reason to be … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Mumbai Attacks Point to Needed U.S. Policy Shift
December 8, 2008 – Zbigniew Brzezinski likes to call the part of South Asia that includes the “border” between Afghanistan and Pakistan and related areas the “new Balkans,” which is an apt metaphor given the intense ethnic, religious, nationalist and … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: A Truth-Teller for VA
December 9, 2008 – In the Bush administration, General Eric K. Shinseki committed the crime of truth-telling: He told the Senate in early 2003 that maintaining order in Iraq would take far more US troops than Donald Rumsfeld planned for. … Continue reading
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