Monthly Archives: June 2009

 By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff WriterA proposal to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to counter drug trafficking has triggered a...

Bill addresses unfair tax on Disabled VeteransWashington, D.C. – Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-07) continued to advocate for increased benefits for our nation’s Veterans by...

San Antonio Business Journal-Disabled military veterans may be eligible to for more tax relief under a bill passed by the Texas Legislature.House Bill 3613...

The Olympian-Veterans and military families can get assistance making home repairs or improvements under two initiatives from the Veterans Housing Initiative. Heroes at Home...

AP-New laws taking effect in several states Wednesday:Alabama:-Makes more women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer eligible for treatment through Medicaid     California:-Bars schools from serving...

COVER STORY: The Intelligence Of Animals A monkey who taught himself to pick locks, an elephant with a sense of self awareness, the creative...

They say the action at a VA medical facility is a sign of distress. But federal police interpret the symbol differently. by Bob Pool This...

By John Marzulli -DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER A federal appeals court upheld a conscientious objector discharge to an Army doctor from Brooklyn whose view...

WASHINGTON - President Obama Friday warned of rising violence as U.S. troops pull out of Iraqi cities and urged Baghdad to do more to...

by  W. Thomas Smith Jr. -This Week in American Military History:June 22, 1944: Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944...

Researchers link a chemical in children's urine to appendicitis. Emergency rooms could test for it, preventing unnecessary surgery and increasing the chance of removing...

PROVIDENCE — House lawmakers on Friday approved legislation to create a new Department of Veterans Affairs within the Office of Health and Human Services,...

RAVE: For the opening of a much-needed national veterans cemetery in Montevallo.The first burial services for veterans and spouses were held at the new...

The Veterans Airlift Command uses a national network volunteer aircraft owners and pilots to provide air transportation for medical and other compassionate purposes to...

Calling All VeteransAs Veterans, we are generally accustomed to being independent, self-sufficient, responsible citizens willing to volunteer for many good causes, but often times...

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has requested the Department of the Treasury to make $250 payments to eligible Veterans as part...

ALEXANDRIA, VA: Today, the Catholic War Veterans of the United States offer our consolation and our prayers of support and peace for Army Chaplain...

Washington D.C. - On Wednesday, June 24, 2009, the House Veterans’Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, led by Chairman John Hall (D-NY),...

by Rees Lloyd Lest we forget the American veterans who served, over 35,000 giving their lives: The Korean War began on June 25,...

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans1. Shinseki The Guest Of Honor At Party Thrown By Former Marine.   2. Levin Hired As VA's Chief Technology Officer.  ...

                Nammo Talley Defense Inc., Mesa, Ariz., is being awarded a $136,482,000 ceiling firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the procurement of the M72A7 Light...

Herseth Sandlin Commends VA’s Progress with Setting and Meeting Key Milestones Necessary for Administering New Educational BenefitWashington D.C. – On Thursday, June 25th, 2009,...

PHILADELPHIA -- An oncologist involved in treating veterans who received botched prostate cancer therapy in Philadelphia has taken a leave of absence from the...

Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. – Thirty-five Purple Heart recipients will make Fort Leonard Wood history by becoming charter members of the “Heart of Missouri,”...

On Tuesday, I will face a panel of colonels who will decide whether or not to fire me -- to discharge me for "moral...

Stew Says Read This News Now and Get the Info You NeedH1N1 'swine' flu has infected an estimated 1 million in U.S. Jailed homeless...

The virus is also spreading rapidly through the Southern Hemisphere. A French company announces large-scale production of a vaccine.By Thomas H. Maugh II At...

In a mass mailing to all of VVA's 60,000 members, VVA President John Rowan told us how the VA is not doing its...

THE DECLINE OF AMERICAN CHARACTERTHE "CRINGING WIMP" GENERATIONBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERFor years we hear little else, "But he kept us safe."  The "but"...

"We want to reduce the constant flow of the homeless population to the jail,"  By Tonya Root - [email protected] Carolina-The state's first correctional program to...

Posted by Tammy DuckworthWhitehouse.gov-As a Veteran, a former State Director of Veterans Affairs and now as Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans...

By Nancy Walsh, Contributing Writer, MedPage TodayReviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM,...

QUINCY, Ill. (WGEM) -- Illinois lawmakers were back at work Wednesday, but they made little progress toward closing the state's massive budget gap. The...

By STEVE MORRIS [email protected] ON ST. CROIX - A Washington County gem received an extra coat of polish this week as members of the...

Baltimore, MD (Vocus/PRWEB )Researchers at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine are conducting research using...

By Amy SchenckAlaska Star In some ways climbing Denali was exactly what a team of injured veterans expected - it was an arduous climb...

BY ROBIN MERO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TIMESState Sen. Sue Madison joined military veterans Wednesday at the Fayetteville National Cemetery and asked the public to attend...

By ROBERT MITCHELL-Veterans' Corner-Future Events RoundupSaratoga County-The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is reaching out to inform wartime veterans and surviving spouses of deceased...

By Thomas H. Maugh II -L.A. Times-A defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization apparatus cuts fatalities by 29% in patients with mild heart failure, study shows....

In our first story, you will meet professional poker players who became suspicious when some of their Internet opponents never seemed to lose. They...

by CWO3 Tom Barnes, USCG (Ret.), Staff Writer The following story from Friday's Washington Post is chilling in a way that I cannot quite describe. ...

The USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) operated in the Gulf of Alaska on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, in support of the joint military...