Daily Archives: March 29, 2009
Double Standard on Records Release
The VA is like a two headed snake on records As mentioned in my article about illegally withheld records with the use of a...
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Let’s take a look at the issue of personality traits and how this can help you!This test has been taken 395011 times.http://www.oneishy.com/personality/personality_test.php Personalities and Temperaments We...
Obama Taps Mabus for Navy Secretary
President Obama will nominate former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus to be secretary of the Navy and has tapped six other officials for key positions...
Stimulus: veterans
Veterans received more than $15 billion from the stimulus bill. Though they make up a small segment of U.S. citizens, veterans are a large...
Retirees, veterans will get $250 in stimulus cash
White House officials said that nationally more than $13 billion would be paid out.People on Social Security and certain veterans and their survivors will...
VA hospitals in Wash. getting $23M in stimulus
Associated Press SEATTLE - Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in Washington state are receiving about $23 million in federal stimulus money. Democratic U.S. Sen....
Insurers shun those taking certain meds
What's more, you can discover that if you lie to an insurer about your medical history and drug use, you will be rejected because...
The Conficker Worm: What Happens Next?
CBS-60 Minutes..."Imagine a network of spies that has infiltrated a country and every day, all of the spies are calling in for their instructions...
Obama vows no pursuit by US troops into Pakistan
"If we have a high-value target within our sights, after consulting with Pakistan, we're going after them," the president said.But asked if he would...
Confederate holiday provokes a war between the Souths
Reporting from Atlanta -- In a cultural war that has pitted Old South against New, defenders of the Confederate legacy have opened a fresh...
Sgt. Ervin Romans dreamed of joining the Oakland Police Department
A decorated former Marine drill sergeant, Romans joined the department in 1996 In 1999, Romans received the department's highest honor, the Medal of Valor...
60 British soldiers, some bent on boozing, booted from plane
Of the sixty British soldiers from the 2nd Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment who got on a plane ready for a holiday, not all...
Military Intelligence Official Charged With Running Sex Slave Ring
An official with the Defense Ministry's intelligence branch has been charged with leading an international crime ring trafficking women as sex slaves, a senior...
US 'will not stop' N Korea rocket
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says North Korea is likely to launch a rocket soon, and Washington would not attempt to stop it. "If...
Officials Outline Veterans’ Options
More than 65 veterans are waiting for an answer to their petition to allow Re-Entry Associates to continue treating them for mental health.But the...
Building a Veteran-Friendly Campus :: Webcast
Over forty-six thousand veterans have returned from the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and are eligible for GI educational benefits. Many of them...
Obama: Afghanistan plan not 'an open-ended commitment'
President Barack Obama's plan for bringing the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan under control involves an additional 17,000 combat troops, 4,000 further troops to train...
Marine arrested in Iraq bribery probe
SAN DIEGO -- A months-long investigation led by a Camp Pendleton-based military official has led to the arrest of a Marine accused of bribing...
Some visit Pol Pot's grave looking for luck
ANLONG VENG, Cambodia -- He was one of the greatest mass killers of the 20th century, but that doesn't stop the hopeful from praying...
AFGHANISTAN: Navy nurse, civil engineer killed in insurgent attack.
A Navy nurse from Naval Medical Center San Diego has been killed while on duty in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Saturday. Also killed was...
Illegally withheld records by use of rubber stamp
Records illegally withheld for 23 years to deny claim. I first put in for my service connection for a nervious disorder in 1969, the...
Army Veteran Billed $3,000 for War Wounds
* Wounded soldier gets billed $3,000 for wounds suffered in Iraq * "I put my life on the line ... and they're not...
Hepatitis C Movement for Awareness
by HCVets.comThousands of military veterans across the South are waiting to find out if they were exposed to Hepatitis C by VA clinics that...
Obama Sets Qaeda Defeat as Top Goal in Afghanistan
by Ross Colvin Washington - President Barack Obama unveiled a new war strategy for Afghanistan on Friday with a key goal -- to...
Quadriplegic Doctor Helps Other Veterans
by Robert O'Dowd, Staff Writer (SOMERDALE, N.J.) - Dr. Craig Bash, a 1979 Air Force Academy graduate, disabled veteran and Bethesda, Maryland resident, is an...
Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries
By JOHN MARKOFFTORONTO — A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around...
Spanish Court Weighs Inquiry on Torture for 6 Bush-Era Officials
By MARLISE SIMONSLONDON — A Spanish court has taken the first steps toward opening a criminal investigation into allegations that six former high-level Bush...
Veterans for America calls for adequate dwell time and care for our troops going...
Expressing reluctant support for President Obama's plan to escalate war in SouthWest Asia, Veterans for America (VFA) has ask readers to join them in...