Daily Archives: October 13, 2009

Multiple factors cited in Lexington VA deaths

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Lexington's Veterans Affairs Medical Center had a 25 percent death rate in 2008 for patients transferred into its intensive care unit from other...

A Fake Warrior and the Wall That Heals, the UPDATE!

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By Larry Stimeling, Staff WriterHere is an update on last month's story about James Richard Lyons, the driver of the truck that carries the...

8 Technical Skills Résumé Writing Tips

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Seniors Becoming More In Demand In The Workplaceby Captain Lonnie RyanWhether you want to advance in your chosen field or you're making a drastic...

VA Change Taking the Right Direction – What about Gulf War Veterans?

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Department of Veterans Affairs Makes the Right MovesDepartment of Veterans Affairs Need to Address Needs of Gulf War Veterans, Questions Remain on TimelinessIn the...

Obama at the Precipice

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Tough Guys Don't Need to Dance in AfghanistanBy William J. Astore TomDispatch.Com It's early in 1965, and President Lyndon B. Johnson faces a critical...

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

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CONTRACTS: ARMYAirborne Systems North America, Santa Ana, Calif., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $13,996,042 firm-fixed-price, 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity production...

Fighter Jet's Noise Worries Some Potential Neighbors

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The Air Force says that within a few weeks it will release a list of preferred bases for the next generation fighter aircraft, which...

Everyday Veterans Make A Difference

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Veteran's Today is committed to sharing stories, relating news of veterans, for veterans, by veterans.  Below we share another story of a gulf war...

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

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As a public service we here at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center would like to inform you of the medical benefits you have earned...

60 Years, A Tractor and a Korean War Veteran from Maine

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A Moving Testimony to a Community's Love for one of their Fallen SonsMaine Misses A Veteranby Ken Buckley, Bangor MaineI will forever be astounded at...

The ultimate simplicity of Afghanistan

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By PM Carpenter The Fifth ColumnistThese instances aren't nearly as rare as we'd all like them to be, but sometimes the childlike simplicity of...

VA Center, clinics halt child visits amid flu

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From: The SunNews.Com People who bring children to a South Carolina veteran's hospital and its seven clinics around the state are being asked to...

BEST GOVERNMENT MONEY CAN BUY

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THE INFLUENCE AUCTIONBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior EditorDoes our political system only pretend to have two sides, the imaginary Conservatives and the "would be"...

Veterans Memorial Park Project Needs Support Now!

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We need your Support for a Veterans Memorial Park Project Veteran Falls Park Granbury, TXVeteran Falls, a veterans memorial park under construction in Granbury ,...

How many troops are enough for Afghanistan strategy?

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By Ed Hornick CNNDetermining the amount of troops necessary to win a war is never an easy decision for a commander in chief...

TEL AVIV AND THE OBAMA PRIZE

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WAS THE PRIZE RIGGED?By Jeff Gates STAFF WRITERThe Nobel Committee again piqued the interest of those who marvel at the impact of an annual ritual...

THE NUCLEAR RIDDLE

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THE "WMD" LIE MACHINE PUSHING US TO ANOTHER WARBy Jeff Gates STAFF WRITERAs with Iraq, the threat of weapons of mass destruction is again...

Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 10-13-09

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What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans1. VA To Presume More Illnesses Were Caused By Agent Orange.  2. VA Named One Of "'Best Employers For Workers...

Turning Swords to Pens, and Warriors to Writers

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By Michael Cieply The New York TimesSAN ANTONIO — In a bare-walled room at the main library here, Kris Rodriguez, a military veteran, was...

Veterans Decry Abuse of G.I. Resisters in Fort Lewis Brig

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Veterans' groups call Tuesday, October 13 Press Conference at Seattle MarriottVeterans' groups are reacting with alarm to reports that two Army soldiers imprisoned...

The debacle in Western Asia is growing stranger. I wonder what the real story...

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In today's New York Times we have a veritable plethora of subdued rage over the continuing American debacle in western Asia.  In one opinion piece...