Monthly Archives: February 2009

By Emptywheel, FiredoglakeWhen the Arizona Cardinals took the field last week, the most famous Cardinal was not with them. I speak, of course, of...

Purple Heart, Purple Haze By Simon Maxwell Apter: “By honoring the psychological wounds of soldiers--not shaming them--the armed forces...

TIME FOR SOME STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT TORTURE THIS IS NOT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER I feel like an idiot, writing to thousands of...

by John F. Harris, Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei  Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a “high probability” that terrorists will attempt a...

Dems angered by Cheney warningsby David S. CloudFormer Vice President Dick Cheney’s warnings about the risks of closing Guantanamo Bay prison and changing other Bush-era...

                Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded a maximum $11,760,286 firm fixed price contract for snow blowers. There are no other locations of...

New Book Illuminates the Loneliness and Isolation of Women at WarSince March of 2003, more than 160,500 women have served in the war in Iraq....

by Hal Donahue, veteran and political activistOur fallen warriors' families should NEVER need a United States senator to find out how their loved one...

    * German broadcaster reports Nazi hiding in Egypt died in 1992    * Aribert Heim known to inmates as "Dr. Death" performed experiments on...

Law School Dean Caught in Madoff Swindle Describes SEC as "Horribly Negligent," Suggests Remedial Action by Sherwood RossA Massachusetts law school dean that lost money...

IS TAMMY DUCKWORTH READY FOR THE JOB? by A Soldiers MindOne thing that I feel is very important as President Obama continues to pick key...

by Steve Weissman    "Our greatest military challenge right now is Afghanistan," said Defense Secretary Robert Gates in his recent testimony to the Senate Armed...

Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside1. Shinseki Says Major Change Is Needed At VA.   2. Duckworth To Be Nominated For Leadership Position In VA.   3. Colleges Form...

Samira Ahmed Jassim claims to have arranged the rapes of her recruits, then persuaded them to blow themselves up  By Deborah HaynesA middle-aged woman suspected...

By David IgnatiusWhom should President Obama appoint as his emissary to Iran, to take on what may be the most important diplomatic mission in...

Why Obama may be abandoning Bush's favorite phraseby Michael Isikoff and Mark HosenballIn another effort to undo the legacy of George W. Bush's presidency,...

    * Martin Schur, 93, froze to death in his home last month; leaves estate to hospital    * Attorney won't disclose amount; relative says...

           P&L General Contractors, Inc.*, Oak Harbor, Wash.; RMA Land Construction, Inc.*, Seattle, Wash.; Southwest Construction*, Bremerton, Wash. ; Newton Severson JV*, Bremerton, Wash.;...

In April 2004, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl, USMC, came across the name of 19-year-old Lance Corporal Chance Phelps, a young Marine who had been...

Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside1. Obama Taps Duckworth For VA Post. 2. Illinois Hospital Treating PTSD Patients With Virtual Reality Simulator.   3. Blind Iraq Vet Stays...

With the wars simultaneously occurring in Iraq and Afghanistan, our Troops, including our National Guardsmen are constantly training and preparing for deployments. Almost as...

By DIAA HADIDJERUSALEM – Hamas police seized thousands of blankets and food parcels meant for the needy in Gaza, the U.N. said Wednesday, a...

by Aaron David MillerJews worry for a living; their tragic history compels them to do so. In the next few years, there will be...

by Robert Burns and Pauline Jelinek    Washington - A classified Pentagon report urges President Barack Obama to shift U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan, de-emphasizing...

Cut and Run: The Rell administration quietly kills a program to track the health of sick war veteransBy Andy Bromage The tanks came rumbling...

by Ben Hubbard and Alfred de Montesquiou    Gaza City, Gaza Strip - Human rights groups are seeking to build a case that Israel and...

by Mike Eckel    Moscow - Kyrgyzstan's president said Tuesday that his country is ending U.S. use of a key airbase that supports military operations...

    Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised a sustained US diplomatic effort aimed at creating "an independent and viable" Palestinian state...

Healing for the Blind By Lt. Liberty Staff writer  3Feb2009Inattentional blindnessInattentional blindness, also known as perceptual blindness, is the phenomenon of not being able to...

Falls Church, Va.— Myth: Smokeless tobacco products are a safe alternative to tobacco smoking. Fact: Mouth cancer, cancer of the pancreas, and tooth loss...

by Norman Solomon    The United States began its war in Afghanistan 88 months ago. "The war on terror" has no sunset clause. As a...

by Rees LloydFebruary 3 every year is “Four Chaplains Day” in America by the unanimous resolution of the U.S. Congress in 1988, although millions...

Successful Loan Modificationby John P. AllenMany Military Veterans have adjustable subprime mortgages and are now desperately seeking solutions to their increased payments.  I take...

           AM General, LLC, South Bend, Ind., was awarded on Jan. 30, 2009, a $510,781,157 firm fixed price contract to add 3,401 each High...

U.S. Prepares to Go to War for the United Nations, Obama Asked to Order U.S. Troops to Serve U.N. and Join the International Criminal...

Congressman Eric Massa may be a new Congressman from the great state of New York, but he is no new comer to military and...

by Helen Thomas George W. Bush admits to some ``disappointments'' during his eight White House years but he hesitates to call them ``mistakes.''At his last...

Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) provided hurricane relief services to approximately 8000 people in the New Orleans area starting in October 2005. The free community...

THIEVES AND LIARS USE THE DEFENSE BUDGET AS THEIR PERSONAL "PIGGYBANK" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Looking at the Bob Kagan article "No Time for Defense Cuts"...

by Richard Lardner    Washington – Waste and corruption that marred Iraq's reconstruction will be repeated in Afghanistan unless the U.S. transforms the unwieldy bureaucracy...

 The Pentagon wrote in 2007 that Blackwater Worldwide contractors in Iraq are not subject to U.S. civilian criminal laws, a position that undercuts the...