Monthly Archives: January 2009

An army investigator accuses KBR of negligent homicide. By ZP Heller, Brave New Films What's it going to take for the Pentagon to revoke...

U.S. Soldiers Welcome New ChiefBy Paul the Spud, ShakesvilleThere were cheers, whoops of joy and loud applause at U.S. military bases in Afghanistan today...

FOREIGN INDICTMENTS OF US LEADERS INSANITY TIME FOR STRAIGHT TALK, NOT POLITICS AND RETRIBUTION By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Legal circles in Europe are actively moving to...

How soon would the president keep his promise?

BETWEEN THE LINES WINS BEST DOCUMENTARY AT X-DANCE FILM FESTIVAL DVD COMING APRIL 15THby Ty, Scott and Troy, Film MakersHello everyone. We are very pleased to...

By Turki al-Faisal In my decades as a public servant, I have strongly promoted the Arab-Israeli peace process. During recent months, I argued that...

By R. Jeffrey Smith, Candace Rondeaux and Joby Warrick, Washington Post Staff WritersTwo remote U.S. missile strikes that killed at least 20 people at...

First Enlisted Soldier Buried Under New Cemetery PolicyBy Mark Berman, Washington Post Staff WriterJoseph M. Hernandez, 24, was a family man with a wife...

By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post Staff WriterFew words are as closely studied as a U.S. president's comments on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and President Obama...

Mountainous Region in East Especially ChallengingBy Candace Rondeaux, Washington Post Foreign ServiceKHUGA KHEYL, Afghanistan -- It was near sunset when the tire on one...

The Tripartite Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP)by Kelly Porter FranklinLike the USA and the UK, our nation has a history of using soldiers in experiments...

By Hope Yen WASHINGTON — Two years after a politically embarrassing $1 billion shortfall that imperiled veterans health care, the Veterans Affairs Department is...

          Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems Sector, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $39,987,905 not-to-exceed modification to a previously awarded firm fixed...

In this round of capital grant funding, VA expects to award funding to create approximately 1000 community-based supported housing beds.The Department of Veterans Affairs...

Alert Alert Alert: Gulf War Veterans Need to know big meetings coming outside of DCby Denise NicholsVA Gulf War illness Research Advisory Committee will...

By Kelly Kennedy - Army Times Staff writer The most severely injured service members now can head straight to the Veterans Affairs Department disability...

By Dana Priest, Washington Post Staff Writer President Obama yesterday eliminated the most controversial tools employed by his predecessor against terrorism suspects. With the stroke...

By Robert L. RosebrockMemo to President Obama:On behalf of America’s Military Veterans, this is to respectfully ask for a very small share of the...

Al-Jazeera is reporting that Dense Inert Metal Explosives -- DIME weapons -- were used in GazaDense Inert Metal Explosives in Gaza Cause Death and...

Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside1. IT Said To Be Key To Shinseki's Agenda At VA.   2. GAO: VA Is "Still Lowballing" Budget Estimates.   3. VA: Freeze...

AMERICA'S FREE PRESS RECORDED, HACKED, DESTROYED IS THE NSA BLACKMAILING CONGRESS, MANIPULATING MARKETS... SPYING FOR CHINA? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER It had been the job of the...

from Kelly Dougherty, Executive Director Iraq Veterans Against the War   The War Resisters Support Campaign needs your help to stop the imminent deportation of five U.S....

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a cost-plus-incentive fee, indefinite-delivery, requirements contract with an estimated value of $581,446,845 to provide Joint...

TO THE ENEMIES OF AMERICAN FREEDOM:  YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER For 8 long years America sunk into barbarism...

Tearing Up Washington's Middle East PlaybookBy Tony Karon    Lest President Barack Obama's opportunistic silence when Israel began the Gaza offensive that killed more than...

Critics say system is likely to punish troops rather than help them.by Alan Scher ZagierFort Leonard Wood -- Spec. Jeremiah Thomson didn't know what...

by Michael Collins PiperThe Washington Post has finally acknowledged—albeit buried in an “analysis” on its back pages—the explosive and little-known point first made by...

A Conflict that Shaped A GenerationFour decades on, the legacy of American involvement in the Viet Nam War still looms large in the lives...

Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside1. Shinseki, Six Other Cabinet Secretaries Sworn In.   2. VA Providing Assistance To Rural Vets.   3. Gould Said To Be In Running...

Uber Powerful Jewish Lobby Flexes It's Kryptonite on SuperObamaBy Michael Collins PiperTHE POWERFUL JEWISH LOBBY in Washington is already issuing marching orders to President-elect Barack...

by a Soldiers MindDeath of a loved one is very hard for any of us to handle. Anytime one deals with the death of...

By Jonathan Cook, AlterNet In the last days before Israel imposed a unilateral cease-fire in Gaza to avoid embarrassing the incoming Obama administration, it upped...

By Tana GanevaAfter weeks of denying that they had used white phosphorus in heavily-populated areas of Gaza, the IDF has admitted that Israeli forces...

The DOD focused only on Operation Homefront to show ASY preferential treatment ...

Loan Forensic Audits: How To Legally Get Out Of Your Bad Loanby John P. Allen, General Manager of the VT NetworkLeverage! Remember that...

Formerly Relevant Talk Show Host Proves in deed that He's Done!by Mark MorrisAfter years of defending Bush, is Rush Limbaugh finally over?  The answer is...

The United Nations' special torture rapporteur called on the United States to pursue former president George W Bush and former defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld...

Order expected to call for closing facility within a year, review of all casesEarlier, military judge granted Obama's request to stay cases for 120...

You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much?  Read this:Boy, was I confused.  I have been hammered with the propaganda that...

Role would involve assisting Hillary Clinton at State DepartmentWASHINGTON - George J. Mitchell, the former Senate Democratic leader, is expected to be named as...

President Obama's pick wins overwhelming majorityWASHINGTON - The Senate confirmed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state Wednesday as President Barack Obama moved to...

            United Technologies, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a minimum $120,526,032 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity, sole source contract for engines. There are...