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Gulf War Vets Need to Know: Several Big Meetings Upcoming — Outside of D.C.;...

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By Mark Anderson, American Free Press corresponding editor & Host of "When Worlds Collide" on RBN, each Saturday, 7 to 9 p.m. central  Some vigilant...

Time To Set Okinawa Free

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By Sherwood RossIt’s way past time for the U.S. to get the hell out of Okinawa---and, for that matter, to take its Tokyo good...

Obama Unlikely to Widen Afghan War

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by Anne GearanSoldiers on lookout in Afghanistan. Early signs indicate that Obama will streamline US efforts in Afghanistan. (Photo: Doug Grindle)    Washington - President...

Ability to Identify Compromise

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Bleeding America DRY Federal Reserve: WHO IS RUNNING AMERICA? Click here this information could save your LIFE.   By:  Lt.  Liberty,   Staff Writer  31 Jan...

GORDON DUFF: SMACKDOWN: OBAMA TAKES THE REINS

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REPUBLICANS SUFFER "SMACK DOWN" ON STIMULUS PACKAGE OBAMA CHOOSE AMERICAN PEOPLE OVER COMPROMISE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER We had two things happen this week.  It was...

Why Are We Getting All NIMBY on Gitmo?

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By Leslie Savan The most satisfying spectacle of Barack Obama's first days as president has been the way he and his crew have gone...

Pat Tillman Deserved to be part of Arizona Cardinals Super Bowl Run

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Ex-player, Army Ranger the rare man distinguished by exemplary characterBy John WaltersHe would be 32 years old. Would Pat Tillman be playing this Sunday?...

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 1-30-09

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The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $146,156,130 cost plus incentive fee contract for a Trident II (D5) MK6...

Secretary Shinseki Announces Choice for Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs

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WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki praised President Barack Obama’s intent to nominate W. Scott Gould as next Deputy Secretary...

World War II Veteran Freezes To Death In His Home

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by a Soldiers MindWhen I first read this story after being sent a link to the story by Haole Wahine, I had many emotions...

Iraq Appears Unwilling to Guarantee Detainee Rights

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by Nick Mottern and Bill RauThe Iraqi government will make no commitment to ensure rights of due process for tens of thousands of detainees...

Obama Administration Political Overtures Divide Iran's Policymakers

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by Julian Borger and Robert TaitSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Barack Obama discuss Iran on Monday. (Photo: Saul Loeb / Agence...

Honoring an Iraq War Whistleblower

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By Ray McGovern Editor’s Note: On Jan. 26, 2009, in Copenhagen, Denmark, former Danish military intelligence officer Frank Grevil was given the Sam Adams...

Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 1-30-09

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Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside1. Lawmakers Invite Shinseki To New Hampshire.   2. US Army Announces Record Suicide Rate.   3. Rally Will Tout California's San Joaquin County...

Iraq to Deny New License to Blackwater Security Firm

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by Ernesto Londoño and Qais Mizher, The Washington Post    US Embassy's preferred contractor accused of killings.    Mosul, Iraq - The Iraqi government has informed...

The Army’s Approach To Sexual Assault Response & Prevention

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by A soldiers MindOne of the most under reported crimes in the United States and most likely the entire world is sexual assault. Sexual...

Purple Hearts: A Cold-Blooded Decision

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by Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus    Behind the recent Pentagon decision to deny Purple Heart medals to soldiers suffering from Post Traumatic Stress...

Iraq, Afghanistan VA Patients Exceed 400,000

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by Maya Schenwar   As the number of veterans seeking health care continues to rise, the VA is straining to meet demands.    Amid talk of...

Officials: Army Suicides at Three-Decade High

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by Pauline Jelinek    Washington - Suicides among Army troops soared again last year and are at a nearly three-decade high, senior defense officials told...

Veterans Groups Call for Incoming Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Cut Through Disability Benefits...

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Letter to VA Secretary General Eric Shinseki Urges Swift Action to Deliver Lifeline to More Than 600,000 American HeroesWASHINGTON, DC (January 29, 2009) –...

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 1-29-09

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            Maritime Helicopter Support Company, Woodbridge, Va., is being awarded a $326,596,424 firm fixed price, definite delivery, definite quantity Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract...

Send the Marines to Wall Street, Bring Back Our Money

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by Bob Higgins, Staff Writer Banks, brokers, their insurers and accountants, hell, the whole corrupt financial industry now constitutes the "distinctly native American criminal class"...

How the Best Leaders Build Trust

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By Stephen M. R. Covey, keynote speaker at Linkage’s Eleventh Annual Best of Organization Development Summit in Chicago, IL, May 12-14, 2009 Almost everywhere we turn, trust is...

Making the Change Tiger Purrrr

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by Jane MoranIn light of current US economic woes, OD professionals now face the daunting task of trying to do more with less, as...

Surgical Tool Developed by U.S. Military Saves Life of Brain Tumor Patient

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CNN story helps surgeon perform 'lifesaving' operation    * Surgeon unsuccessfully attempts to remove patient's brain tumor    * Later that day, he reads CNN.com story...

Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 1-29-09

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Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside1. Veterans Groups Dismiss Burr's Automatic Budget Proposal.  2. Congressional Spat Delays Eye-Trauma Center For Wounded Troops.   3. US Army To Report...

MOVIE REVIEW: Waltz with Bashir

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Inside an IDF's Veterans NightmareOne Man's Memory of a Massacre By A. O. SCOTT“Waltz With Bashir” is a memoir, a history lesson, a combat...

BOOK REVIEW: Jimmy Carter, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land

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In this urgent, balanced, and passionate book, Nobel Peace Laureate and former President Jimmy Carter argues that the present moment is a unique time...

O’Reilly Ignorant About Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan

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FOX continues to distort the realities of the war in Afghanistan. By ZP Heller, Brave New FilmsFOX continues to distort the realities of the war...

Obama Could Issue an Executive Order to End the Wars Tomorrow (Yes, It's That...

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In a wide-ranging interview, veteran Paul Sullivan discusses Bush, Obama and the legacies of the Gulf War.  By Nora EisenbergPaul Sullivan is a veteran of...

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 1-28-09

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            General Dynamics—Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $37,750,000 basic ordering agreement for Post-Shakedown Availability (PSA) on the Littoral Combat Ship,...

Cycles of Slavery

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Extracting Value from Life  By:  Lt.  Liberty    Staff Writer 28Jan2009    Mastering Storage of Wealth and Power a true art of control, throughout time human instinct, induces...

VA USES NAS/IOM In Illegal Manner that Minimizes All Efforts To Get Gulf War...

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by Montra Denise Nichols, MAJ, USAFR(ret)Urgent!!!!  This demonstrates the VA using NAS IOM illegally!  There is no legal requirement to have VA tell IOM...

Calling All Veterans, Let's Amend the Constitution NOW!

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by  Donald W. Dunaway, Capt., USAF, (Ret) I am inviting all Veteran's groups and organizations to assist me in providing publicity and exposure for a...

Obama, Gates Argue Over New Nuclear Weapons

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By Jim MeyersPresident Barack Obama is at odds with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and others in the military over America’s need for a new...

Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 1-28-09

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Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside1. VA Agrees To Settle ID Theft Exposure Lawsuit.   2. VA Offering PHR-Like Services.   3. Blind Iraq Vet The Subject Of Documentary.  ...

Controversial Bestseller Shakes the Foundation of the Israeli State

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By Joshua Holland, AlterNetWhat if the Palestinian Arabs who have lived for decades under the heel of the modern Israeli state are in fact...

Top 5 Myths About Closing Guantanamo

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by The Progress ReportOn his second day in office, President Obama took a bold step away from the Bush administration and signed an executive...

Gates Predicts 'Slog' in Afghanistan

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U.S. Military Can Achieve Limited Goals in Conflict, Defense Secretary TestifiesBy Ann Scott Tyson, Washington PostDefense Secretary Robert M. Gates yesterday signaled sharply lower...

War on Terror? Torture? Prosecute Us?

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by Bob Higgins, Staff WriterThere is an ongoing debate over the closing of America's most notorious detainment/torture center at Guantanamo and the legality and efficacy...

IRAN: A Circular Negotiations Game?

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By John R. Bolton, Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute (AEI)  Iran's nuclear weapons program will necessarily be high on the foreign-policy agenda for newly...

TORTURE: A Message from the Ghost of General George S. Patton!!

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by G. SuttonPerhaps this is how General George S. Patton would sum things up.... and then catch holy hell from Ike. He sure had a FOLKSY way...