Monthly Archives: April 2010

New Disability Benefits Could Soon Be Available to Vietnam Vets Parkersburg, WV - April 24, 2010 -- According to attorney Jan Dils, Vietnam veterans who have developed diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease, B cell leukemia and ischemic heart disease should have an easier time obtaining disability benefits under a recently proposed change in veterans benefits. In March, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs published a proposed rule change that will add these three illnesses to the list of health problems presumed to be caused by exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Sarasota, Florida, Montpelier, Vermont, East St Louis, Illinois, Richmond, Virginia, Pahrump, Nevada, Oregon City, Oregon, Clarksville, Tennessee, Sedalia, Missouri, and Nogales, Arizona.

Forget your opinion of Barack Obama. Love him or loathe him, the reality remains unchanged: we have but one president at a time. And...

By EDWARD WONG YALONG BAY, China — The Chinese military is seeking to project naval power well beyond the Chinese coast, from the oil ports...

Bigoty is on the run, as the fight for a secular armed forces escalates. By DAN ELLIOTT, DENVER – The Army is considering whether to rescind...

No. 326-10 ------------------------------------------- CONTRACTS: DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY                 Equilon Enterprises, dba Shell Oil Products - Deer Park, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $732,943,752 fixed-price with...

U.S. Government Surrenders Sacred Land at National Veterans Home  to Wealthy Homeowners for a Public Park By Robert L. Rosebrock STAFF WRITER How could such a...

James H. Parke Memorial Scholarship  General Information  James H. Parke was the first Director of Voluntary Service and the founding father of the Department of Veterans...

DISCUSSIONS TO "ERASE THE SLATE" AND START AGAIN AMERICANS AND AFGHAN LEADERS LOOK FOR SUCCESSFUL COALITION MODEL By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor President Karzai is scheduled...

The racial profiling edict passed by the Arizona legislature now on the desk of their Governor will permit a police officer (on his own, without provacation) to stop you and ask "for your papers". Don't have ID? No problem, go to jail or at least to the intergation room probably housed next door to the water boarding gas chamber!

3 out 4 Veterans Want  Green Military Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), a U.S. Military Veteran and member of the Armed Services Committee, is against a greener Energy...

BACKGROUND ON NATURALIZATION CEREMONY FOR ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: Today, President Obama will deliver remarks at a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members. This ceremony recognizes the contributions made by immigrant members of the U.S. armed forces who choose to join the American family as citizens.

Amidst the discoveries of fraud in the government procurement program for disabled vets, we ask ourselves…why? Why do companies lie about their qualifications to gain government contracts? When there are no penalties for defrauding the American public, it makes sense to pretend your company deserves the SDVOB set-asides.

VA's Plan for Open Government Government should be transparent, allow for citizen participation, and encourage collaboration among organizations. And that's what VA aims to accomplish through our new Open Government Plan. At our site, you can read the just-released plan and learn more about the process. Get started!

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Oroville, Callifornia, Westport, Connecticut, Manila, Philippines, Montpelier, Vermont, Livermore, California, Jacksonville, Florida, Davenport, Iowa, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, San Francisco, California, and Selma, Oregon.

Netanyahu Commits to Colonizing East Jerusalem; First Palestinian Expelled under new Policy by Juan Cole The new Israeli policy of deporting Palestinians from the West Bank...

Believe everyone is with Paul Krugman on this one, except for the GOP leadership. Don’t Cry for Wall Street By PAUL KRUGMAN On Thursday, President Obama went...

No surprise to see John McCain supporting this unAmerican attempt to mandate that police demand citizens show their papers. What a phony McCain is. Where...

- Remarks by the President on Wall Street Reform -   By Jesse Lee At noon today the President spoke to an audience that included many from...

Israel rejects US demand to halt building in disputed East Jerusalem By James Hilder Israel has officially rejected President Obama’s demand that it halt all construction...

Wisconsin families of sex abuse survivors are saying to the Vatican: It's not alright, and you will not get away with this outrage. Suit against...

No. 321-10 -------------------------------------------- CONTRACTS: ARMY             American Science and Engineering, Inc., Billerica, Mass., was awarded on April 20 a $48,818,439 firm-fixed-price contract.  This contract is to procure...

If you've ever wondered why the public tolerates politicians who lie to them it's likely that they "don't have a high expectation that they'll tell the truth" in the first place, a noted ethicist says. As a result, explains Michael Josephson, "when they lie we are generally less offended in principle. That doesn’t make their lying acceptable; it just explains why there is a high tolerance level for it.”

Under pressure: German troops are calling on Chancellor Angela Merkel to tell them why they're at war in Afghanistan By Daily Mail Foreign Service (UK) German...

    MEMORIAL SLATED FOR NEW VAMC AT RISK CONFUSION AND MASSIVE FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES UNCOVERED By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Rep. Marcy Kaptur (Dem. OH) approached local vet...

The duplicity of dovish drug détente By Col.  Khrushchev (ret) STAFF WRITER/Editor Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, who is in charge of strategic communication & info ops...

During National Volunteer Week, VA salutes Joyce Brown, the Voluntary Service Chief from the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) in San Antonio, Texas, who is the latest winner of the Award for Excellence given by VA Voluntary Service’s National Advisory Committee. Brown and her staff pursued numerous community outreach avenues to obtain programs and donations improve Veteran’s quality of life under VA care.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Wentzville, Missouri, Watertown, Connecticut, Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, Fort Richardson, Alaska, Columbus, Georgia, Houma, Louisiana, French Camp, California, Beaufort South Carolina, Dayton, Ohio, and Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Finding it difficult to see Goldman's point of view. But the slime deserve due process. By Henry Blodget Yesterday, Lloyd Blankfein attacked the SEC's fraud suit...

Camp Lejeune’s contaminated wells are now closed but the an estimated 500,000 veterans and dependents  may have been exposed to the contaminated water.    (REDDING, CAL)...

OBAMA THOUGHT HE HAD BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT MILITARY WARNS PRESIDENT TO "STEP UP TO THE PLATE" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor The powers, factions and conspiracies...

No. 315-10 CONTRACTS: ARMY                  Federal Program Integrators, LLC, Indian Island, Maine, was awarded on April 16 a $73,999,215 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for one transmission test system...

Up to $ 4800 in Tax Credits Available to Employers who Hire Veterans President Barack Obama shakes hands with lawmakers after he signs the HIRE...

Up to $ 4800 in Tax Credits Available to Employers who Hire Veterans The following Veteran Categories will qualify your company for a $4,800 Federal...

Once every month I meet with a men's group at Villa Springfield on Villa Road, in Springfield, Ohio. I have been volunteering to do...

MORE A "BOWEL" MOVEMENT THAN A PATRIOTIC ONE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor What kind of group protests when their taxes are cut, their freedoms...

BENEATH THE SPIN • ERIC L. WATTREE   The United States Postal Service: An Assault on the American Middle Class The federal law is clear. 18 U.S.C....

VA salutes June Valdivia during National Volunteer Week. She is the recipient of the Female Volunteer of the Year Award, given by VA Voluntary Service’s National Advisory Committee. Valdivia, who will be 89 years old in June, serves as the American Gold Star Mothers representative at the VA Medical Center of the Miami VA Healthcare System. Her first job at the hospital was filing, but she soon gravitated to the nursing home unit where she was a dedicated volunteer for years.

Jonathan Guyer at the Washington Note has an item on Israel's settlers' religious nationalism. Guyer's piece includes links to Eyal Press' feature on settler nationalism in the current issue...

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Kalama, Washington, Silver Bay, Minnesota, Madison, Wisconsin, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Cincinnati, Ohio, Kinston, North Carolina, Clovis, New Mexico, Destin, Florida, Greenville, South Carolina, and Dayton, Ohio.

Update: For more information, see White House blog knocking down Wall Street Talking Points and Norm Scheiber's  Head Lock: The inside story of how Goldman and...

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