Monthly Archives: July 2010

By Sylvia L. Ramsey I am a widow of a veteran, a child of a veteran and a mother of veterans.  I saw the article...

- Taxpayers own 60 percent of GM, and GM now sells more cars in China than it does in the US, but makes most of...

- Why is Obama hesitating on nominating Elizabeth Warren to head the  new consumer agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, that banks and the GOP...

- Testimony before VA Committee on Oversight and Investigation, July 27, 2010 - Submitted by Denise Nichols, Maj, USAFR(ret), RN(ret health), MSN, Gulf War Veteran, Vice Chairman...

- The U.S. military has become increasingly excited about positive psychology techniques. Maybe a better route would be to offer soldiers respect for their...

- It is clear to many Veterans, Widows, and Damaged Offspring you obviously have no idea what you are talking about - By Charles Kelley Camp...

By Defensebaseactcomp Never attend any medical or psychiatric evaluation on behalf of the DBA insurance company without your lawyer or an advocate that your attorney...

- “Big Science,” Continued collaboration between stakeholders and VA, and VA leaders holding VA staff accountable are required - By Anthony Hardie, 91outcomes.com (91outcomes.com) - Yesterday's Congressional...

By Asif Haroon Raja War diary is an account of daily events occurring during war. Each HQ/unit/intelligence agency maintains this diary which subsequently helps in...

By Alan Hart In one sense they are right. When the Palestine file was closed by Israel’s victory (ethnic cleansing and all) on the battlefield...

Regional Veterans News 7/28/10 Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania - Help becomes easier for Franklin...

By Stacey R. Hopwood According to a recent Department of Veterans Affairs news release, $2.8 million has been approved to fund three new research projects...

WSI which is known for its non profit leadership is currently running a campaign, “Investing in America” which is aimed towards American veterans. The program offers the chance to purchase a WSI franchise at half the price. The campaign will run for a limited time.

The struggle patriots now face is titanic. It will require a Herculean effort to win, and the struggle is not relegated solely to Americans. All those throughout the West who love freedom and the resplendent values upon which it stands are inescapably drawn into this conflict whether they realize it or not. Words: 2261

Unless Americans hold their leaders accountable for their criminal conduct, even if it means the death penalty, future leaders will commit crimes as well, a prominent law school dean warns. “Unless and until this starts being done, and I stress the need for the gallows when the crime warrants it, we will never be without major crooks, without causers of major disasters, in big business, in government, in economics and in war,” writes Lawrence Velvel, dean of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover and an award-winning essayist.

The movement to rehabilitate the former president’s image is misguided, former Texas GOP Chair Tom Pauken tells Lloyd Grove. Instead, party faithful should be...

- Oil funds were 'vulnerable to inappropriate uses and undetected loss'- By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, TAREK EL-TABLAWY BAGHDAD — A U.S. audit has found that the Pentagon cannot...

No. 663-10 July 27, 2010  ---------------------------------------  CONTRACTS ARMY                 Harris Corp., Rochester, N.Y., was awarded on July 22 a $78,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Foreign Military Sales radio base stations,...

Will John McCain resign and attempt to fade into obscurity? Or will he remain and be disgraced? Will he escape indictment? Or will informed Americans force him from office?

"Israel acts completely unacceptable" Press TV Report "Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp. The Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla...

Many don’t know about tower 7, it collapsed in 6.5 seconds. It’s routine to look for thermite after fire, FBI didn’t. World trade center collapse is...

Commentary: Elvis bin Laden  (and editorial response from VT) By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE FOR UPI AND GORDON DUFF FOR VETERANS TODAY "WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) --...

- "ot everybody is hurting. While the middle class disappears and poverty increases the wealthiest people in our country are not only doing extremely...

- Tax Cuts for the SuperRich; Privatize Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid - By Allen McDuffee, t r u t h o u tRoadmap for...

- Weight of Pages, but the Best Is Yet to Come on Unwinnable War Killing Countless Civilians - by Paul McGeough in by The Sydney...

By Megan Trent FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - A staggering statistic for our men and women in the military - about one in six...

-  Rhode Island-based Veterans Support Organization operates in Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, and several states in the Northeast; claimed to offer assistance with housing, jobs, bus...

Regional Veterans News 7/27/10 Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from: Cheyenne, Wyoming - Ride 2 Recovery to Raise Funds...

THE AFTERMATH OF AFGHANIFEST By Colonel Eugene Khrushchev STAFF WRITER/Editor The latest international conference in Kabul didn’t have any suspense or surprise, but it came up...

By Sherwood Ross Sugar Ray Robinson, ranked by the Associated Press as the greatest boxer of the 20th Century, also exhibited a caring and compassionate...

- Spend your life working for peace and justice, then you criticize Israel and its propaganda apparatus and suddenly you are accused of being...

- Neocon Joe Lieberman says leaks are "profoundly irresponsible and harmful" - By Justin Elliott in Salon The Pentagon is telling NBC's Michael Isikoff that a...

- The release of the so-called Lockerbie bomber was long overdue, for the case against him was politically driven (The Independent, Sunday, 23 August...

- The U.S., India and Israel comprise three of the strongest and most aggressive countries in military firepower in the world - By Sajjad Shaukat During...

By Ishtiaq Mahsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Unmanned U.S. aircraft fired missiles at houses in two different parts of northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing...

No. 659-10 July 26, 2010   ----------------------- CONTRACTS ARMY                 Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on July 22 a $41,422,390 firm-fixed-price contract.  This undefinitized contract action will be for...

-  "(L)iberal intellectuals have lined up in support of the war machine in the familiar style -- discussed, for example, by Randolph Bourne in classic...

- The likely outcome of an Israeli military strike on Iran: An economic and human catastrophe - By Juan Cole at Informed Comment Jamal Abdi at HuffPo...

Rotating Equipment Repair Specialist Seeks US Veterans By Randy Miller Houston Dynamic Service, Inc. has today joined with the nations largest Military job board, HireVeterans.com, to...

- The 75,000 classified Afghan War reports, which were just published by Wikileaks, provide a troubling narrative of that conflict’s downward spiral as President...

- McCain is dishonest as always; Bush’s war of choice in Iraq has caused 4,413 American deaths. Iraq Body Count estimates that between 97,110...

Rotating Equipment Repair Specialist Seeks US Veterans By Randy Miller Houston Dynamic Service, Inc. has today joined with the nations largest Military job board, HireVeterans.com, to...