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Emergence of Hindu Taliban in India

Managing Editor - July 7, 2010 1

By Asif Haroon Raja India is the architect of terrorism and has always used terrorism as an instrument to browbeat its neighbors. It is still...

Regional Veterans News 7/07/10

Managing Editor - July 7, 2010 0

Regional Veterans News 7/07/10 Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from: ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - VA in NM expands...

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

Managing Editor - July 6, 2010 0

No. 577-10 ---------------------------------- CONTRACTS: NAVY Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded an advance acquisition contract with an estimated value...

20 Year Gulf War Veterans Reunion/Health Fair

- July 6, 2010 1

One month before the most important meeting for all veterans and especially the Gulf War Veterans 1990-1991 who are coming together in Dallas, Texas....

DR. STEVEN R. FELDMAN: A JEWISH AMERICAN’S EVOLVING VIEW OF ISRAEL

- July 6, 2010 22

A Jewish American’s Evolving View of Israel By Steven R. Feldman with introduction by Jim W. Dean STAFF WRITER/Editor (Republished from Issues, The American Council for Judaism) “...there...

Military pressing charges against helicopter strike video leaker

Managing Editor - July 6, 2010 2

By Alex Pareene in Salon Private Bradley Manning faces criminal charges for allegedly leaking a classified video to WikiLeaks. The video showed a 2007 Apache...

Turkey Threatens Israel with cut-off of Diplomatic Relations

Managing Editor - July 6, 2010 1

By Juan Cole in Informed Comment As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu flew to Washington, DC, on Monday, a further war of words has broken...

Pakistan’s Infatuation with the F-16s: Dreams & Realities

Managing Editor - July 6, 2010 3

By Raja Mujtaba The 1971 Indo-Pak War was over and the Pakistan Air Force did not perform as well as in the 1965 war with...

GOP Stumbles Over ‘Homeboy’ Steele – Again

Eric L. Wattree - July 6, 2010 9

This is a reprise of an earlier article, which refers to yet a previous article regarding the Republican party's troubles with the illustrious Michael Steele, the conservative Snoop Dog. Now the GOP desperately wants to find a graceful way to get rid of him, but to put it in Brother Steele's vernacular, 'We don't roll like that, Dawg' - and further, he doesn't have sense enough to resign. Why should he when he gets to 'boogie-down' on the world stage? 'This is better than being on Soul Train, my man.'

Chief Justice Roberts: VA routinely takes an unjustified position

Robert L. Hanafin - July 6, 2010 5

In my articles regarding questions surrounding Agent Orange on Guam, No One has proven that Agent Orange was NOT used on Guam, I noted...

Heads-up for Those Who Served at Fort McClellan

Managing Editor - July 6, 2010 9

If you served at Fort McClellan - 'the most toxic place on the planet' - and are ill, give this info to your Dr and file a...

McChrystal is Gone But the Mockery Stays On

Dr. Ashraf Ezzat - July 6, 2010 2

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in the White House political thinking General Petraeus was last week...

Regional Veterans News 7/06/10

Managing Editor - July 6, 2010 0

Veterans News 7/06/10 Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from: Buffalo, New York; U.S.A., every region; Richmond, Virginia; Toledo, Ohio; Indianapolis,...

A Message From a Friend

Eric L. Wattree - July 6, 2010 7

Then tragedy struck and grief and sadness was everywhere. Comfort could only be found in her arms. One by one, they returned home and asked for her to hold them and tell them stories of their past. Remind them of good times, mend their hearts as she had done time and time again, and she did.

Insurance Company Drs. Paid to Second-Guess Disabled Veterans and Contractors

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 2

Repulsive, corporate greed against health care. American Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan (ACIIA) report that some doctors are busy at work in the wars...

Bibi Back at the White House — The Consistency of Israeli Duplicity Comes Ever...

Jeff Gates - July 5, 2010 20

The Israel-as-victim storyline was stage-managed by Zionist extremists to make both Israeli citizens and foreign observers believe that the Jewish state was endangered. As with the phony intelligence that induced the U.S. to war in Iraq in March 2003, the facts in June 1967 differed dramatically from the geopolitical narrative.

BP and Corrupt Southern Cops Work Together to Block BP-Disaster Coverage

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 1

By Glenn Greenwald in Salon Last week, I interviewed Mother Jones' Mac McClelland, who has been covering the BP oil spill in the Gulf since the first...

My Private Obama

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 1

"You can't live half-humanistic, half-fascist." Perhaps the most perceptive comment I have heard on world politics, in this case a disgusted commenter stating his feelings...

An American “Terrorist” in London

Ken O'Keefe - July 5, 2010 24

Welcome to Orwell’s ‘1984’ ladies and gentlemen, where black is white, white is black, and the truth is nothing but a word. My 1984 reality...

GOP Senators Still Blocking Homeless Women Veterans’ Bill

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 7

GOP Senate Still Blocking of Homelss Women Veterans' Bill This outrage bears repeating. Sen. Patti Murray calls bill up for unanimous consent on Senate floor, tells...

Veterans Disability Protection Act of 2010 (VDPA)

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 10

By Don Holland The Veterans Disability Protection Act of 2010 (VDPA), could very well be one of the most significant pieces of veterans’ affairs legislation...

GOP Says Punish the Jobless; GOP Senators Take Break, Tells Jobless ‘Too Bad’

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 7

By Paul Krugman There was a time when everyone took it for granted that unemployment insurance, which normally terminates after 26 weeks, would be extended...

As Israel Lays Down Smoke, Stay Human

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 5

By Vittorio Arrigoni, Gaza City, Gaza Ketchup, mayonnaise, thread and needles are the items that were included last week by Israel on the list of...

VT Says: Lift the Blockade of Gaza Now!

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 2

Lift the Blockade of Gaza Now! Independence for Gaza. Targeting: The President of the United States, Susan Rice (US Representative to the United Nations) and Hillary...

Nevada Office Candidates’ Interviews by Veterans in Politics

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 0

The Veterans In Politics International has video recorded their interviews in the primary election of all the candidates that are willing to meet the...

Civil Rights Groups Not as Hot for Elena Kagan as She Is for Thurgood...

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 14

By Naima Ramos-Chapman If you've tuned in to Elena Kagan's Senate confirmation hearings, you may have found it odd that the GOP has tried to...

Regional Veterans News 7/05/10

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 0

Veterans News 7/05/10 Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from: Bryson City, North Carolina; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Washington D.C.; Pell City, Alabama;...

HR 5175 — The bill to silence citizens

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 1

By David Morris Congress is currently attempting to ram another bill down our throats that will silence groups (and bloggers) that speak on political matters...

Self-defeating attitude of the Taliban, Pakistan’s Vagueness and Uncertainty Are Additional Problems

Managing Editor - July 5, 2010 0

By Usman Khalid Among many stories that come out of Afghanistan I read one which is remarkably similar to the experience of the people of...

GORDON DUFF: MUNICH AND THE FIVE “9/11’s”

- July 4, 2010 25

WHY REMEMBERING ELEVEN DEAD MAKES US ALL LESS HUMAN By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor As much as Israel tries to remind the world, few remember...

On July 4th, from What Did America Declare Its Independence?

Jeff Gates - July 4, 2010 7

If waging war on false beliefs is not proof certain of a Dark Age, what is?

Q.E.D. Systems, INC. Joins The Hire Veterans Network

Managing Editor - July 4, 2010 0

An engineering firm based in Virginia Beach VA, with regional office locations in CA, WA, HI, FL, LA, PA and ME., provides the highest quality competitively priced engineering and industrial services to all customers by constant innovation, effective processes, quality control and a never ending quest for improvement. Their customers include The U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, MSC, Naval Shipyards and various other shipyards located throughout the United States.

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