Monthly Archives: March 2009

By Robin WrightThree decades after Iran's upheaval established Islamic clerical rule for the first time in 14 centuries, a quieter and more profound revolution...

By Sherwood RossIf President Obama plans to keep 50,000 U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely after 2010, why doesn’t he just annex Iraq as the...

Gina, the famous Pin Up for Vets Girl, just wanted to let all of you know that she made her very first hospital visit...

by Jim Davis, Veterans for ChangeMy name is Jim Davis.  I founded Veterans-For-Change in 2006 because of a promise made to my father, MGySgt....

The lawsuit alleges that a drunken Andrew Moonen shot the man for no reason after becoming lost after a Christmas Eve party in Baghdad.By...

by Lawrence Wilkerson     There are several dimensions to the debate over the U.S. prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that the media have...

Female Troops Face Threat Of Sexual Abuse By Comrades As "Moral Waivers" Increase by Katie Couric It's a potent environment, with female soldiers working...

By ETHAN BRONNERJERUSALEM — The publication late last week of eyewitness accounts by Israeli soldiers alleging acute mistreatment of Palestinian civilians in the recent...

Government left "paper trail" in build-up to war. More facts still to come to light, says former envoyby David HenckeA former diplomat at the...

Ex-Inmates Reanimate Sunni, Shiite MilitiasBy Anthony ShadidGARMA, Iraq -- The release of hundreds of prisoners from Camp Bucca, a U.S.-run prison in southern Iraq,...

As much as it needs to happen, we never expected President Obama to immediately reverse every one of President George W. Bush’s misguided and...

New York Times Editorial The men and women who serve in Iraq and Afghanistan have made many sacrifices over the last seven years, including repeated...

by Mike Griffith, Staff WriterIn the name of saving the planet from man-made global warming, the White House and Congress want to impose massive...

"SPACE A" FREE VACATIONS DENIED DISABLED VETERANS STEVE ROBERTSON, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN LEGION PROMISES ACTION By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Military retirees get free...

BETRAYED BY REPUBLICANS "THE RIGHT" IS ADVOCATING VIOLENCE, IS THAT A REASONABLE ANSWER? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER This week began with Republicans going after Democrats who...

MORE THAN 20 TYPES OF WAR CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN ASCRIBED TO EX-PRESIDENT BUSH IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN by Sherwood Roos, Staff WriterTorture has received...

General Says NATO Can't Win ControlBy Ann Scott TysonThe military commander responsible for southern Afghanistan said yesterday that he is "out of troops" to...

Israelli Army veterans reveal how they gunned down innocent Palestinian families and destroyed homes and farms  By Donald MacintyreIsrael onfronted a major challenge on Thursday...

by A Soldiers MindOne of the most unpopular programs that has been implemented after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began, was the Stop-Loss...

Khamenei: ‘We haven't seen any change’ in U.S. policy toward governmentTEHRAN, Iran - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed overtures from President Barack...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) today commended a group of Florida veterans for being awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. The award is...

by Mike Griffith, Staff Writer When it comes to the federal budget, President Obama is shaping up to be even worse than George W. Bush. ...

REFITTING OF THE WALL THAT HEALS MUSEUM TRAILER IS COMPLETE;New Trailer Begins Its Journey to Washington, D.C. for March 26 UnveilingWashington, D.C. – The...

Since the disabling health conditions caused by dioxin, found in Agent Orange, have been recognized as the signature wound of the Vietnam War, and...

Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, March 18, 2009, Chairman Bob Filner (D-CA) of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee and Chairman Daniel Akaka (D-HI) of...

Vision Center of Excellence Stalled – Veterans Suffer as a ResultWashington, D.C. – On Tuesday, March 17, 2009, the House Veterans’ Affairs Oversight and...

by Thomas D. Williams  Barack Obama is now the fourth president facing the scientific and bureaucratic conundrum around the US-created ongoing wartime hazards producing disastrous...

           The Air Force is modifying an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to Honeywell International Incorporated of Phoenix, Ariz., for a maximum of $70,000,000....

YEARS OF RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL PROPAGANDA HAS TURNED MANY SOLDIERS INTO "CULT" VICTIMS By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER America used to have "citizen soldiers," draftees, brought...

Major U.S. Trucking Company Provides Jobs to U.S. Veteransby Gordon GatesSchneider National, the leading provider of premium truckload and intermodal services, is actively hiring...

Schneider National Joins HireVeterans.comby Gordon GatesSchneider National, the leading provider of premium truckload and intermodal services, is actively hiring U.S. Veterans right now.  As North...

    * Josias Krumpf lived for years in Wisconsin before being deported to Austria    * The 83 year old admits he shot survivors during...

by Bob Hanafin, Staff Writer That about says it ALL.As the Obama administration, Congress, and the Pentagon debate the next course of action to...

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans1. Changing Course On Insurance Plan Seen As Potentially Benefiting Obama.   2. VA Soon To Begin Constructing Hospital In Colorado.  ...

By Joby Warrick and R. Jeffrey SmithAs a novice CIA case officer in the Middle East, Andrew Warren quickly learned the value of sex...

"When it got really bad, I dumped 5 tons of sand into my basement to remind me of Afghanistan."  By Penny Coleman"When it got...

A Jailed Fellow Blogger in Iran Dies     * Omid Mir Sayafi, reported to be in his 20s, dies in Evin prison    * Sayafi...

Caterpillar, Inc, Mossville, Ill., was awarded on Mar 4, 2009, a $73,196,648 cost plus, no fee, firm fixed price contract with options to service...

    * U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began on March 19, 2003    * Six years later, fledgling democracy taking hold, security situation improving    * But...

He claims they've been held in case they know something importantSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A former Bush administration official says many Guantanamo detainees...

ARRA to provide $621 million to build new military hospital for soldiers and veterans WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House today released the following...

FALSIFICATION OF HISTORY AN AMERICAN AND WORLDWIDE DISEASE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER "Mythography," the term used for the sanitized "history" taught in schools around the world...