Monthly Archives: February 2009
No Time for Defense Cuts
By Robert KaganPentagon officials have leaked word that the Office of Management and Budget has ordered a 10 percent cut in defense spending for...
Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 2-3-09
Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside1. Concern Expressed About Future Of VistA. 2. Official Says Obama Will Nominate Duckworth For Assistant VA Secretary. 3. VA Funding TBI...
Duckworth Tapped for VA Assistant Secretary
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate L. Tammy Duckworth, director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, to be...
Crisis at Pentagon: America Is Broke – Why are We Funding Fantasy Wars?
Americans don't usually think of the Pentagon as a scam operation -- but it's never to late to wake up and smell the rip-off. By...
Talking to Israelis, the PLO and Hamas
by Steve Weissman Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell must have wondered why he ever agreed to his latest mission impossible. On arriving for...
Why Law Schools Keep Graduating "Can't Do" Lawyers
by Sherwood RossIf your lawyer has let you down, if he or she has flubbed your case, it may be because most law schools...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 2-2-09
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Co., Bedford, Mass., was awarded on Jan. 30, 2009, a $128,150,933.68 cost plus fixed fee, level-of-effort engineering services contract award...
A Fond Farewell from Clothing of theAmerican Mind
by Caitlin Blue, Founder/Owner Clothing of the American MindIt is with great sadness and even greater satisfaction that we are retiring Clothing of the...
“Muze for our Warriors” Campaign to Help Wounded Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Call Out to All Service Members and Veterans! Send in Your Stuff and Sign Up Now!American Military Service Members and their supporters join forces...
Why I Left the Republican Party
By Amy Branham The Republican National Committee got together last week to decide on a new leader and to decide on the way...
Little Change Expected from DoD Disability Board
By Kelly Kennedy After more than a year of delays, the Defense Department has stood up a new review board meant to help service...
The Four Keys to Success in Afghanistan
by Fareed ZakariaThe war in Afghanistan is not going well; almost all trends are moving in the wrong direction. But we still have time...
IRAQ: US Troops in Iraq watch the Super Bowl
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq — With its six big-screen TVs, assorted beer and a menu of chicken wings and pizza, it looked like any bar...
Options Available To Military Victims Of Sexual Assault
by a Soldiers MindAs promised, I’m doing a follow-up on the sexual assault article from a few days ago. Hopefully, with this post, our...
Housing Crisis Pushing Up Numbers of U.S. Homeless
By Sherwood RossEvery Christmas season a large electric star visible for miles is illuminated on a mountainside overlooking Bethlehem, Pa., to commemorate the time...
Renditions as counter-terrorism tool preserved by U.S. President Obama
The role of the CIA's controversial prisoner-transfer program may expand, intelligence experts say Washington - The CIA's secret prisons are being shuttered. Harsh...
PTSD and the Purple Heart – Revised Article
At the request of author, Dr. Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D, this previously posted article has been edited to...
Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 2-2-09
Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside1. Gould Named Deputy VA Secretary. 2. House Veterans Affairs Committee To Meet Wednesday. 3. Stimulus Provision Provides Tax Breaks For Firms...
Obama Talks Troop Withdrawal
By Marcus Baram, Huffington PostIn a wide-ranging interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, President Barack Obama said that a substantial number of the 140,000 U.S....
George Bush's Final War Totals
Iraq's Shocking Human Toll: About 1 Million Killed, 4.5 Million Displaced, 1-2 Million Widows, 5 Million OrphansNow that Bush is gone, perhaps we can...
GORDON DUFF: BROAD REFORMS OF MILITARY BUDGET, RETIREE BENEFITS AND VETERANS SERVICES MUST...
AMERICA, 'WORLD POLICEMAN' LITTLE BUT A PLOY BY DEFENSE INDUSTRY SCAMSTERS
REALISTIC DIPLOMACY COMBINED WITH REALISTIC 21ST CENTURY MILITARY/RETIREE/VET SYSTEM A MUST
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PTSD and the Purple Heart
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There is a Time to Sow & a Time to Reap
Army for Freedom, LIBERTY OF CHOICE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A time came when the people begged their wise man, Samuel, to give them a king, because they would...
The Perpetual War: Why There Will Be No Middle East Peace
It's Over: Get Ready for a Jewish led Christian Crusade against an Islamic Jihad By Joseph AllenRecent Graffiti emblazoned on a wall in Gaza, by...
Alert: VA is not doing their own outreach!
Alert Alert Alertby Denise NicholsVA is not doing their own outreach! Veterans having to get the word out to the veterans, veteran representatives, congressional,...
Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans
In April 2008, the Secretary of U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs established the Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans. The purpose of the...
Route 9 Veterans Forum Cable Access TV Schedule
ROUTE 9 VETERANS 2009 GUEST SCHEDULEVeteran’s TV Show -Produced by Bill Moore and Co-hosted by Larry CorbinWinners of the 2008 Rika Welsh Community Impact...
GORDON DUFF: BUSH/MCCAIN SUPPORTERS AMONG VETS AND ACTIVE DUTY BOYCOTTING OBAMA BENEFITS
"OBAMA VA BENEFITS TOO MUCH LIKE 'UNION SHOP'"
"RIGHT THINKING" VETS AND SOLDIERS OPT FOR CONSERVATIVE VALUES
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER
A new movement among veterans...
Route 9 Veterans Forum needs assistance
Producer Route 9 Veterans Forum Cable Show I appeal to you and your organization to make a donation to help sponsor and defray the...
Obama's Veterans Agenda
VETERANS "Keeping faith with those who serve must always be a core American value and a cornerstone of American patriotism. Because America's commitment to...