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Virginia Has Issue with Some Overseas Ballots
October 27, 2008 – “I am getting e-mails from people offering to buy my tombstone,” Fairfax County Registrar Rokey Suleman said Monday about the brewing controversy over his decision to comply with a Virginia law regarding a small class of … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Army’s Continued Use of ‘Stop Loss’ Policy Reveals Failure of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
October 27, 2008 – Today, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) criticized the U.S. Army’s continued use of “stop loss” as further evidence that the discharge of over 12,500 service members based on sexual orientation since 1993 under “Don’t Ask, … Continue reading
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Actions for Restoring America: How to Begin Reparing the Damage to Freedom in America After Bush
October 28, 2008 – The next president will become chief executive of a nation that has been greatly weakened – in particular, our freedoms, our values, and our international reputation have been greatly undermined by the policies of the past … Continue reading
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Oct 28: Highly Toxic Burn Pit in Balad Raises Specter of Gulf War Illnesses Among Iraq War Veterans
Burn pit at Balad raises health concerns; Troops say chemicals and medical waste burned at base are making them sick, but officials deny risk October 28, 2008 – An open-air “burn pit” at the largest U.S. base in Iraq may … Continue reading
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Broken Promises in Iraq War Occupation: Raw Sewage Flows in Streets of Fallujah as $100 Project Fails
Official Report details missteps in costly US-backed sewage project in FallujahOctober 27, 2008, Baghdad, Iraq – Stinking sewage runs through rutted and pocked streets in the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. It was four years and nearly $100 million ago … Continue reading
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US Admits Offensive Military Attack Inside Syria
October 28, 2008 – Senior US officials claimed last night that the head of a Syrian network responsible for smuggling foreign fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq had been killed in Syria during a raid by US special forces that … Continue reading
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Another Civil War Brewing in Mosul, Iraq: Kurds Fight Against Baghdad
Fractures in Iraq City as Kurds and Baghdad Vie October 28, 2008, Mosul, Iraq — A new Iraqi military offensive is under way in this still violent northern city, but the worry is not only the insurgents who remain strong … Continue reading
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Oct 26, VCS in the News: Spokane VA Works to Reduce Veteran Suicides
Training, patient follow-ups are part of new policy October 22, 2008, Spokane, Washington – Following a marked increase in the number of veterans who killed themselves in the first half of this year, the Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center has … Continue reading
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Oct 26, VA Shredder Scandal Expands: ‘Two-Thirds’ of VA Offices May Have Shreded Veterans’ Claim Documents
October 25, 2008 – A House committee overseeing the Department of Veterans Affairs will hold hearings next month to question VA leaders about documents improperly marked for shredding at agency offices around the nation. Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., chairman of … Continue reading
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Victory for Whistleblowers: Special Counsel Bloch Forced to Resign After FBI Raids Home
Office of Special Counsel chief Scott J. Bloch resigned under pressure after meeting with White House officials yesterday, five months after the FBI raided his home and his government office as part of an ongoing obstruction of justice probe. Bloch … Continue reading
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