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U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 8-31-09

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Science Applications International Corp., Fairfield, N.J. is being awarded a maximum $500,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery, prime...

RISE OF MERCENARY ARMIES MENACE WORLD, HELP WHITE HOUSE THWART PEACE MOVEMENT

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by Sherwood Ross, Staff Writer The growing use of private armies not only subjects target populations to savage warfare but makes it easier...

Battle Lines Form Up Gulf War Veterans Demand The Truth

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Veterans and Civilians your voice Must be heard on the issue of VA Cancellation of Critical contract with UTSW!Why Is This Contract So Critical...

VA Suicide Prevention Program Adds Chat Service

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New Service Expands Online Access for VeteransWASHINGTON – The Suicide Prevention campaign of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is expanding its outreach to...

BATTLEFRONT AMERICA, LOSING OUR FREEDOM

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LOS ANGELES POLICE CLOSE IN ON PROTESTING VETSSHOULD PROTESTS END? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERCovering the 2 year protest in Los Angeles has been...

UTSW Medical Contract for Gulf War Illness Canceled by VA

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As a doctor, I committed myself many years ago to helping others through medicine. Research for undiagnosed or unknown illnesses is a critical part...

Maj. Gen. Bond, USAF, a former Flying Tiger, dies – Washington Post

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The Washington Post reports today that Major General Charles Bond, USAF Retired, died yesterday at the age of 94 of dementia.  He died in...

Gulf War Illnesses and the Cover up

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by Denise Nichols, Staff Writer How Do I go on?  I am not sure.  I ask all my veterans and civilian friends to unite and further...

US FOLLOWS SOVIETS ON THE ROAD TO DISASTER IN AFGHANISTAN

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INEXCUSABLE:  AMERICAN MILITARY PLANNERS BLUNDER IN AFGHANISTAN     

ANOTHER FORGOTTEN WAR, ANOTHER FINE MESS

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FLUSHING SOLDIERS, MONEY AND COMMON SENSE DOWN THE TOILETBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERLong ago, terrorists attacked the United States.  We attacked a country some people said...

Cheney: Politics driving CIA interrogation probe – Associated Press

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In a stunning and absolutely crucial piece of American political news relative to our war on terrorism, the Associated Press reports this morning that...

A Question of Loyalties Crossing Forbidden Lines – American Baseball – N.Y. Times

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The New York Times is today runnng an article, that strangely enough, is something we should all want to read as veterans, even though...

Pakistan Alters U.S. Harpoon Missile So As To Strike India – N.Y. Times

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In today's New York Times there is an article outlining a secret Pakistani missile test this past June that went unannounced until now. American...

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 8-28-09

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Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, Wisc., was awarded on August 26, 2009 a $ 280,919,717 5 year firm-fixed-price contract to purchase 2,568 Medium Tactical Vehicles plus...

A Gulf War Veteran Salutes Senator Kennedy

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A Gulf War Veteran Salutes Senator Kennedy As we all mourn the passing of Senator Kennedy, The Lion of the Senate and Health Care and...

VA’s Disgraceful Flag Salute to Senator Kennedy

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TATTERED FLAG ON A RUSTED STAFF ANOTHER SLAP IN THE FACE FROM LA VETERANS OFFICIALS by Robert L. Rosebrock, Staff Writer Just when you thought the Los Angeles VA...

UTSWMED Center and DR Haley Credentials

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THE Critical Steps That Are NOW IN LIMBO For Gulf War Veterans Next StepsThe symptoms of veterans suffering from Gulf War illnesses are subjective, and...

Limited Scope of Gulf War Illness Research

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The Implications of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Limited Scope of Gulf War Illness Research340 Cannon House Office Building Opening StatementsHon. Harry E. Mitchell,...

The Cut in the Funding of Gulf War Research at UTSWMed

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Why can't there be a Third Way? Personal Editorial on Gulf War Illness VA Collaborative Center UTSWMED DallasHere is a brief Editorial just posted...

Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) gets recognition from Stars and Stripes.

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The following article appeared in the Mideast edition of Stars and Stripes, the Pentagon funded newspaper serving our troops and...

Veterans Demand Apology from GOP and FOX for Lies About VA

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by Veterans for Common Sense The claim that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a manual encouraging veterans to "commit suicide," made by...

WWII Invasion of Poland, 70th Anniversary

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September the first, 1939, marks the start of Nazi Germanys invasion of Poland and the beginning of the Second World War.Without a declaration of...

Secretary Announces Millions for Veterans Cemeteries

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Secretary Announces $7 Million for Mississippi Veterans CemeterySecretary Shinseki Announces $7 Million for Mississippi CemeteryFirst State Veterans Cemetery to be Established in NewtonWASHINGTON –...

Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 8-28-09

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What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans1. Shinseki Takes "Tough Questions" From Vets In Nebraska.2. VA Estimates 600 Vets Were Mistakenly Told They Had ALS.   3. IG...

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 8-27-09

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    Air BP a division of BP Products North America, Inc., Warrenville, Ill. is being awarded a maximum $112,125,808 fixed price with economic price...

NGWRC Issues Press Release on UTSWMED Gulf War Research Contract Failure

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National Gulf War Resource Center Responds to UTSWMED Contract Cancellation on Gulf War Illness Research NGWRC in reviewing both sides of the Contracting Failure for the...

Veteran Students Pinched by Aid Delay

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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is telling university officials nationwide there will be a six- to eight-week delay in processing payments under the...

PROSECUTING BUSH AND CHENEY COULD PREVENT FUTURE CRIMES

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By Sherwood Ross, Staff WriterAllowing today’s leaders to get away with war crimes will send a dangerous signal to future leaders that they can...

VA’s statement and Q&A’s relating to ALS notification letters sent to Veterans and Survivors.

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Last September the Secretary of Veterans Affairs made amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) a presumptively compensable illness for all Veterans with 90 days or more...

BOOK REVIEW: Embedded by Wesley Gray

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In this illuminating memoir called "Embedded", Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Gray recounts his eight-month tour as part of a Military Transition Team, working as...

Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 8-27-09

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What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans1. Shinseki Gets Demonstration Of How VA Black Hills Is Reaching Out To Rural Vets.   2. VA Seeking To Make...

VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS: SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY

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TOO MANY ENSLAVED BY IGNORANCE INTO TURNING ON THEIR OWN VETERANS RIGHTS ADVOCATES UNDER ATTACK BY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND MEMBERSBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERWhile a...

Abraham Lincoln Brigade Member Given Spanish Citizenship

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Today's New York Times has an article about 92 year old, Massachusetts born and Brooklyn, New York resident Matti Mattson being granted Spanish citizenship...

NEW Research on Mortality of Gulf War and Vietnam Conflict Veterans Shows EXCESS Mortality...

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EXCESS Mortality Rates in Shorter Time Period after Gulf War vs Vietnam War In the publication just available on pubmed entitled,  A systematic review of post-deployment...

Breaking NEW RESEARCH FROM BOSTON VA Confirms Gulf War Veterans Health Changes Related to...

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Breaking NEW RESEARCH FROM BOSTON VA Confirms Gulf War Veterans Health Changes Related to Sarin GasGulf War Syndrome Researchers Blame Sarin Gas and Toxic...

IRS and Justice Department Illegally Release Citizens Tax Returns to Alleged Criminal

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The Office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), in case number 62-0907-0071, is investigating the release of over 970,000 documents by...

Walk to Defeat ALS – Call For Support from Gulf War Veterans Community

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Walk to Defeat ALS  - Call For Support from Gulf War Veterans Community Since the community of Gulf War Veterans were the ones that...

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 8-26-09

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    Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Palmdale, Calif., was awarded a $3.44 billion modified (ceiling increase) contract to increase the ceiling and support the B-2...

SECRETARY NAPOLITANO HIGHLIGHTS DHS’ STRONG COMMITMENT TO VETERANS AT AMERICAN LEGION CONFERENCE

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LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks at the 2009 American Legion National Conference, highlighting the Department’s ongoing outreach...

VA Pledge to Women Veterans on Women’s Equality Day

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WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki pledged today on Women’s Equality Day that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will work...

Another Drug MS and Other Immune Problems

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NATIONAL LDN AWARENESS WEEKOctober 19 – 25th, 2009an old drug, a controversial treatment, successful across a range of diseases, linked by immune system dysfunction...