Monthly Archives: August 2008
Are Oil Profits Going to Terrorists?
Oil Profits or Oil Prophets?America is Ripe for Social Revolution Against the Global Elite (Watch Video)by Johnny Punish, Musician, Artist, and Poet ThinkerWell if...
Exposure to Agent Orange linked to prostate cancer in Vietnam veterans
Exposure to Agent Orange linked to prostate cancer in Vietnam veterans(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - UC Davis Cancer Center physicians today released results of research showing...
Early Bird Brief from the U.S. Department of Defense
Early Bird Brief from the U.S. Department of DefenseToday's top military newsExclusive summaries of military stories from today's leading newspapers, as compiled by the...
Top 10 News For Veterans from Around the Country 08-06-08
Today's Local News for Veterans from around the Country What's Inside: A Summary Green Bay To Get Vet Center In 2009. VA Considering Proposal To Open...
Widows of Military Veterans Forgotten?
Widows of Military Veterans: Forgotten? by Robert F. SawalleshSeveral months ago I attended a conference sponsored by a major military organization at Ft Bragg, NC....
Compensation Panel Recommends TRICARE Changes
Compensation Panel Recommends TRICARE ChangesBy Jim GaramoneThe Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation has recommended fee changes to Tricare, the military’s health care system. The...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 8-05-08
EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc., of Hunt Valley, Md., is being awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for a maximum of $3 billion. This...
Scruggs to Speak at 2nd Battalion 7th Cavalry Reunion
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Founder and President Jan Scruggs will be a featured speaker at the reunion of members of the 2nd Battalion of...
AFTERDEPLOYMENT.ORG Offers Behavioral Health Self-Help for Veterans
AFTERDEPLOYMENT.ORG Offers Behavioral Health Self-Help for VeteransFALLS CHURCH, Va. – The U.S. Army, with oversight by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA), has created an interactive...
VFW WASHINGTON WEEKLY
VFW WASHINGTON WEEKLYIn This Issue:1. VA Funding Passes House2. New Housing Bill has Vet Provisions3. House Passes Vet Bills 4. Congress on August Recess 1....
Violations rife in hospital's studies on veterans
Violations rife in hospital's studies on veteransby Audrey HudsonAn investigation of research conducted at an Arkansas veterans hospital has uncovered rampant violations in its...
A War of Self-Destruction by Chris Hedges
by Chris Hedges An attack on Iran, which Israeli and Bush administration officials appear set to carry out if Iranian uranium enrichment is not halted,...
Author: Bush knew Iraq had no WMD
Author: Bush knew Iraq had no WMDJournalist Ron Suskind says Bush ordered forgery linking Saddam, al-QaedaPresident Bush committed an impeachable offense by ordering the...
Top 10 News For Veterans from Around the Country 08-05-08
Today's Local News for Veterans from around the Country What's Inside: A Summary House Also Approves Increase In VA Mileage Compensation. Plan Would Allow New...
DOL Announces Bold Initiatives to Get Veterans Hired and Employed
U.S. Department of Labor announces two new initiatives aimed at promoting hiring of veterans and applicants with disabilities The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 8-04-08
Navistar Defense LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded an $84,832,901 firm-fixed-priced modification to delivery order #0004 under a previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for...
Dept. of Labor OFCCP Office Unveils 2 Initiatives to Get Veterans Hired and Employed
U.S. Department of Labor announces two new initiatives aimed at promoting hiring of veterans and applicants with disabilities The U.S. Department of Labor's...
Top 10 News For Veterans from Around the Country 08-04-08
Today's Local News for Veterans from around the Country What's Inside: A Summary Bush Taps VA’s Hager To Head OPM.VA Seeks Proposals For IT Development....
PATROITS REVOLT FOR AMERICA
An Open Letter to Veterans from Patriots Revolt for America by Bob Thompson My fellow American's, this message is especially for News Anchors, Editors, Publishers and...
Senate OKs 2.8 percent hike in vets COLA
Senate OKs 2.8 percent hike in vets COLAVeterans’ disability and survivor benefits would increase by 2.8 percent on Dec. 1 under a cost-of-living bill...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 8-01-08
Red Star Enterprises Limited, Gibraltar is being awarded a maximum $720,568,375 fixed price with economic price adjustment, sole source contract for fuel deliveries. ...
Action Needed to Reduce IT Equipment Losses and Correct Control Weaknesses
Veterans Affairs: Continued Action Needed to Reduce IT Equipment Losses and Correct Control WeaknessesIn July 2004, GAO reported that the six Department of Veterans...
RAND STUDY: Stop Using the Phrase "War on Terror."
In response to a query I sent out to various anti-Iraq War Veterans groups and even those that only QUESTION various aspects of the...
Is There a War On Terror – Continued.
by Bobby Hanafin, The Mustang MajorThis is a continuation of the feedback that I received from various members and activists in the anti-Iraq War...
Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) has not reached a consensus on the U.S. Milit
Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) has not reached a consensus on the U.S. Military Role in Afghanistan. Sean...
Crawford Texas 2005: Cindy Sheehan and I
Gold Star Mom of Sgt. Jeremy R. Smith Looks Back at the Long Days of Protest in Crawford CRAWFORD, TEXAS, AUGUST 2005By Amy BranhamFor me, it began...
Veterans History Project allows people to share experiences
Veterans History Project allows people to share experiencesSAN ANTONIO (AFRNS) -- The Veterans History Project collects and preserves the remembrances of American war veterans...
Top 10 News For Veterans from Around the Country 08-01-08
Today's Local News for Veterans from around the Country What's Inside: A Summary 1. GAO: Project Management Plan Needed For VA's HealtheVet Program. 2. VHA...
Veterans Groups Appalled at White House Veto Threats
Veterans Groups Appalled at White House Veto ThreatsWASHINGTON, Aug. 1-A coalition representing millions of America's veterans today expressed outrage at a White House claim...
DOL-VETS Grants for Stand Down Support
DOL-VETS Grants for Stand Down Support Approximately $400,000 Available for Stand Downs The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Veterans' Employment and Training ...