Monthly Archives: June 2005

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO HOLD HEARING Veterans Affairs Secretary Nicholson Will Testify Washington, D.C. Tomorrow, the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs will...

Gold Star' moms to admit non-citizens A group for mothers whose children died in war voted Monday to allow non-U.S. citizens to join, after coming...

War injured toll soars, hits veterans health costs As the numbers of U.S. war injured in Iraq and Afghanistan soared, the Bush administration admitted to...

CHAIRMAN BUYER SUPPORTS FUNDING VETERANS EMPLOYMENT H.R. 3010, Department of Labor Appropriations Bill Passes House Washington, D.C. Today, Chairman Steve Buyer of the House...

Japan emperor on Saipan to mourn WW II dead SAIPAN - Japanese Emperor Akihito began a pilgrimage to the site of one of World War...

Coming Home Homecoming is the easy part. It's the journey to come that's the challenge.  MSNBC TV premiere's "Coming Home" on Sunday at 9...

Polls finds Americans opposed The Draft7 out of 10 oppose DraftResistance.org offers 7 reasons NOT to register Americans overwhelmingly oppose reinstatement of the military draft and...

Veterans Affairs faces $1 billion shortfall The Department of Veterans Affairs told Congress that its health care costs grew faster than expected and left a...

Is it getting too late for apologies? by Robert Schneider Dear President G.W. Bush: This concerns my attempts to get an apology from Japan. It appears that Congress...

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS HEARING FINDS FLAWS IN VA HEALTHCARE COST MODELING Hearing determines VA healthcare forecasting led to funding gaps  Washington, D.C. In...

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS HELD MARKUP OF H.R. 1220 AS AMENDED H.R. 1220, the Veterans' Compensation Cost- of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005  WASHINGTON, D.C. ...

GALLANTRY AT TIME OF WAR IS GENDER-BLIND   Should Women Participate in Combat?  Is this Still an Issue? By Diane M. Grassi I'd give anything to have...

Vietnam Vet interrupts U.S.-Vietnam friendship meeting'That's life,' Vietnamese PM says after incident WASHINGTON - That's life, Vietnam's prime minister said after security officers hustled a...

Censored Japan A-bomb stories publishedBanned reports detail Nagasaki's 'disease X' TOKYO, Japan - Censored stories written by an American journalist who sneaked into Japan soon...

Schools and Military Face OffPrivacy rights clash with required release of student information When Capt. Larry Dibble wanders into Greece Olympia High School, just outside...

HOUSE VETERANS' AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS HELD HEARING Washington, D.C. Today, the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial...

BEWARE!! Career Minded, Active Duty Military Personnel, and/or Anyone wishing to join the U.S. Armed Forces by MSgt James T. North Military personnel of the all-volunteer...

Is the Department of Defense dissing the Veterans? Military Marriage Penalty?  Sound Off People! By Bob Balick Let it be known that the DoD seems to place a...

Vietnam, U.S. find common groundPrime minister discusses goals before historic visit HANOI - Once enemies in battle, Vietnam and the United States will cooperate in...

Iraq: Providing Hope - A New Book by Eric Holmes Stories you've never heard.  Direct from Soldiers and People on ground Every day for over two...

Gov. Guinn of Nevada makes statement on deaths of Marine Cpl Jesse Jaime, Cpl Stanley Lapinski, and Spc. Anthony S. Cometa CARSON CITY, NV  Gov. Kenny Guinn...

The Annual Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance  So What is Flag Day.......June 14th? Annual Pause For the Pledge of Allegiance Flag Day USA June 14,...

CONGRESSMAN BUYER DEMANDS APOLOGY FROM ILLINOIS SENATOR Comments from Senator Richard Durbin irks VA Committe Comparison of U.S. Soldiers to the Nazis is irresponsible and dangerous...

A GAME OF APOLOGY CHESS Robert [email protected] Apology chess has been played for about 60 years; it has always been taken seriously and there have been...

'Operation Babylift' orphans return to Vietnam HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Thirty years ago, they left as tiny children aboard a desperate flight...

Army deserter returns to United States 40 years later Arriving from Japan, Charles Jenkins will visit his mother in North Carolina CHANTILLY, Va. - Charles Jenkins,...

VA Home Loan mortgage rates defy expectations Borrowing levels are lower than one year ago, and dropping It's a Great Time to get a VA Home Loan By John P....

Employers not ready to fatten payrolls Employers in the South project strongest growth Employers' hiring expectations for the third quarter haven't changed much from last year,...

Soldier gets life for killing two comrades Sergeant gunned down GIs in Kansas farmhouse An Army sergeant convicted of shooting two fellow soldiers to death last year...

HOUSE VETERANS' AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS HELD MARKUP Veterans March on Washington and Meet with Chairman Buyers Washington, D.C.Today, Chairman Jeff...

Notes from the Million Veterans March in Washington by Bobby R. Price The Demonstration did not go as well as we had hoped. We did have...

CONGRESS IN ITS INFINITE WISDOM by Robert [email protected] WW II ended 6o yrs. ago but the apology needed to conclude the conflict never came. It has...

Top Secret Elvis Presely? The King of Rock N Roll gets files released Pfc. Steve McQueen was confined for being absent without leave, Lt. Clark...

Army deserter Jenkins plans visit to ailing momU.S. soldier crossed into North Korea in 1965; now lives in Japan A U.S. soldier who deserted his Army...

TechExpo announces it's June Job Fairs Top Secret Events in Maryland, Virginia, and California set for June 7, June 9 and June 14 Hiring in the...

MILITARY CHANNEL ANNOUNCES IT PROGRAMMING FOR JULY 2005 CAPTURE: P.O.W. STORIESWorld Premiere:  Thursday, July 7, 8-9 PM They endured unspeakable hardships while suffering the horrors...

NCOA SPONSORS JOB FAIRS July and August on Schedule The National Job Fair Program in San Antonio has announced it schedule of job fairs to...

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO HOLD HEARING Hearing will examine forecasting veterans' health care needs Washington, D.C.The Committee on Veterans' Affairs will hold a...

WHEN YOU THINK OF CONGRESS by Robert [email protected] To many of us, the words "Congress " and "awe" tend to be synonymous. Just take one example,...

Are United States Prior-Service Personal being mis-treated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services? A U.S. Veteran has written us with his plight My name is Raffaele...

Million Veteran March on Washington DC - 8 June 2005      This march will inform the lawmakers in Washington DC and the American Public about the...