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Wounded Troops’ Pay Overhauled
October 29, 2008 – Wounded servicemembers whose combat-related injuries are diagnosed after they return home can keep their special pays while hospitalized, Defense officials said Tuesday. The move is one of the major changes that are part of the Pay … Continue reading
Nov 1: Shoot the Messenger – VA Tries to Fire Doctor-Turned-Whistleblower in Texas
October 31, 2008 – It all began with such promise. The Brain Imaging and Recovery Laboratory, launched in January, would hunt for treatments for what has become the Iraq war’s signature ailment: traumatic brain injury. A program of the Central … Continue reading
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Iraq Wants Guaranteed U.S. Military Departure by 2011
October 30, 2008, Baghdad – Iraq wants to remove any possibility that U.S. troops could remain after 2011 from a proposed security agreement now under negotiation, a Shiite lawmaker close to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday. The current draft … Continue reading
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Military Veterans’ Benefit Claims Records Wrongly Headed for VA Shredders
October 31, 2008 – If military veterans applying for benefits either haven’t gotten a reply from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or received a different response than expected, it could mean that evidence for their claim file wound up … Continue reading
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Alaska Native Veterans Dissatisfied with Health Services
October 30, 2008 – Alaska Native veteran Walter Sampson wants to know why the U.S. government, and Veterans Affairs specifically, have not kept their promise to care for him and his veteran friends. “For the last 38 years I have … Continue reading
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Iraq War Veteran Kicked Out of Festival for Protesting War
October 31, 2008 – An Iraq war veteran who now opposes the conflict said his First Amendment rights were violated when he was removed from last weekend’s Bellmore Street Festival, where he had set up a last-minute display. The Chamber … Continue reading
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Oct 31, VA WatchDog Updates Shredder Scandal: Veterans’ Computerized Records Subject to Tampering by VA
A denied VA claim is just a click away. Altering files and changing dates all too common. October 31, 2008 – They have names like COVERS, VACOLS and MAP-D. They are just a few of the computer software programs used … Continue reading
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VA Shredder Scandal Update: 500 Files Pulled From Shredders at VA Regional Offices
October 25, 2008, Tampa, FL – A review this week of 57 regional offices of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has turned up nearly 500 benefit claim records that were set to be destroyed, agency officials said Friday. The … Continue reading
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Hate Groups Riled Up Over Prospect of President Obama
October 31, 2008 – The prospect of a Black president has America’s bastions of hate in an uproar. Leaders, including the wizard of the Imperial Klans of America, Ron Edwards, have long warned the white race is under attack and … Continue reading
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Obama Camp Wants Every Military Vote Counted
October 29, 2008 – The Barack Obama campaign is urging state election officials to make an extra effort to count all military absentee votes, even though most of those votes might be expected to support the Republican presidential candidate John … Continue reading
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