Monthly Archives: September 2010

By Tim King -- Salem-News.Com (SALEM, Ore.) – NBC Reporter Andrea Mitchell’s interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad broke ...

Yes, there is quite a lot to examine and if anyone is seriously interested in genuine threats against the United States...

VT has just received this announcement for an employment opportunity with one of the non-profits working to Bring Our Troops Home and Take Care...

No. 828-10 September 15, 2010 ---------------------------- CONTRACTS NAVY                 Abbott General Construction, Inc.*, Hampton, Va. (N40085-10-D-0257); Alderman Building Co., Inc.*, Jacksonville, N.C. (N40085-10-D-0258); Blue Rock Structures, Inc.*, Pollocksville, N.C....

HISTORY OF COGNAC BY CAROL DUFF STAFF WRITER Cognac may have its origins from as early as the first portion of the third century AD when...

I did attend the Salt Lake City conference on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia this past Saturday my recommendation has already been made to the...

Today, the White House, Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs jointly released a new web video in which President Obama encourages active duty troops and veterans whose service in Iraq or Afghanistan was involuntarily extended or retirement was suspended due to ‘stop loss’ to apply for the special retroactive pay to which they are entitled. Under legislation President Obama signed into law last year, servicemen and women who served between September 11, 2001 and September 30, 2009 and whose service was extended due to ‘stop loss’ are eligible for $500 per month in retroactive pay for each month their service was extended.

Running Head: Instructional Protocol/Sensitivity during Interaction with PTSD Sufferers By Carol Ware Duff RN, BA, MSN, Healthcare Editor, Veterans Today The purpose of this teaching program...

CAN AMERICA STOP AN ISRAELI "NUCLEAR" 9/11? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor "The American people are afraid, they see disaster coming.  Everyone is waiting to...

The demise of America is on borrowed time and the end game could be dire unless YOU do something about it. Congress is a...

SURVIVING VETERAN'S HEALTH CARE By Dale R. Suiter STAFF WRITER Many of us experience frustration in trying to contact and cope with the Veterans Administration. Helpfull...

Dedication and hard work is what has gone into building Trusant Technologies into what it is today. By Randy Miller Trusant Technologies, LLC, an information...

So criminal within itself, it flinches from upholding the rule of international law. So corrupt, it happily outsources its foreign policy to terrorists in...

By Steve Kornaki in Salon Republicans in Delaware faced a very simple choice in Tuesday's primary: Did they want to win Joe Biden's old Senate...

From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1.      Contract Reveals VA Knew About Prudential's Death Benefit Account. In continuing coverage, the CBS Evening News...

MEDICAL ADVANCES: UNDERSTANDING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES (TBIs) By Texas Vet, First Cavalry  Decades ago, I got blown up—literally outside a tin can sh*t and shower hut...

- Now federal lawmakers might step up assistance to those veterans and their families. - By KEVIN ALLEN South Bend Tribune Staff Writer When John Sullivan joined...

Often at seminal historical junctures the need to venture “outside the box” and think the unthinkable becomes critical. By Nureddin Sabir via My Catbird Seat ...

- The Shall/May Difference? It’s Huge ... - By Hardy Stone Much has been discussed about terminology and its critical nature within the federal contracting community....

No. 825-10 September 14, 2010 ----------------------------- CONTRACTS U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND                 McNeil Technologies, Inc., Springfield, Va., has been awarded a $500,000,000 maximum value, five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity linguist support services...

This inaccurate cultural profile not only has a negative impact on every Black person under evaluation for any kind of upward mobility, but it also sends the message to Black youth that they have a cultural obligation to be idiots - that the pursuit of knowledge is "un-Black," thus, not cool.

(IRVINE, CA) - The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing left El Toro for Miramar for good in July 1999.  The unwanted legacy left by the Marines...

Will future historians conclude that the Palestinian diaspora betrayed its occupied and oppressed brothers and sisters? By Alan Hart via My Catbird Seat The real...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has reviewed the account administered by Prudential that includes Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) programs to ensure beneficiaries are protected, being treated fairly, and accorded the utmost care and respect. VA is also ensuring that benefits are delivered in a transparent way that clearly outlines all available options.

He takes the BBC Panorama bias story another step forward, in a quiet, compelling and balanced way. He observes, “one would have expected...

September 13, 2010 (Bloomberg Markets Magazine) - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs failed to inform 6 million soldiers and their families of an...

VA Did Not Inform Soldiers, Families About Life Insurance Benefits Agreement

On Sep. 11, Secretary Shinseki rededicated the VA Clinic in Alexandria, MN to honor Minnesota’s own Max Beilke, the last U.S. combat soldier to...

- Obama Administration: Mental health crisis includes one suicide every 15 minutes; almost 100 suicides a day - Arlington, VA (PRWEB) September 14, 2010 The National...

But will Americans ever remove their rose-coloured spectacles long enough to demand the truth about 9/11? Perhaps not! By Linda Heard via My Catbird Seat Nine...

No. 823-10 September 13, 2010 ----------------------------- CONTRACTS ARMY                 Balfour-Beatty/Mccarthy, JV, Dallas, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 10 a $503,832,293 firm-fixed-price contract to design/build construction for the Fort Hood...

TATE, Incorporated was founded in 1994 to provide support to the high-risk operator, specifically focusing on personnel recovery. With approximately 400 employees, TATE is now the nation's leading contractor providing Personnel Recovery (PR) plans and operations, Peacetime Governmental Detention (PGD), Hostage Detention (HD), and other sensitive training support to the U.S. government. TATE's current customers include the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Defense Intelligence Agency, and other governmental agencies.

They are a global, broad-based health care company devoted to discovering new medicines, new technologies and new ways to manage our health. Their products span the continuum of care, from nutritional products and laboratory diagnostics through medical devices and pharmaceutical therapies. Their comprehensive line of products encircles life itself addressing important health needs from infancy to the golden year.

The current U.S. standoff against Iran, like the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, was instigated by the neoconservatives of...

A security clearance issued from the United States Government is used to confirm an applicant’s trustworthiness and reliability before providing access to national security information. Find out how to get one...

George W. Bush admitted to torturing human beings while Mike Vick admitted to torturing dogs. Vick was indicted, found guilty, and paid his debt. George W. Bush has never been indicted, never found guilty, and has never paid his debt. What does this say about us?

Japan's foreign minister apologized Monday for the suffering of a group of former World War II prisoners of war visiting from the United States and said they were treated inhumanely. The six POWs, their relatives and the daughters of two men who died are the first group of U.S. POWs to visit Japan with government sponsorship, though groups from other countries have been invited previously.

- Federal Judge Finds Act Violates First Amendment Rights of U.S. Service Members - By Ernest A. Canning in the BradBlog In her Sept. 9 decision...

- Apparently having learned no lessons from the Iraq WMD debacle, the New York Times is pushing for a heightened confrontation with Iran, slipping...

- When the message is muscular, the enthusiasm is there - By John Nichols at The Nation BARABOO, WISCONSIN -- Decrying the excesses of big banks and...

From the VA: eBenefits is an online service jointly offered by VA and DoD. With eBenefits, service members and Vets can directly access their personal benefit...

 - Epidemic of sexual assault drives service - WDAF-TV Kansas City, MO (9/12, 8:48 a.m. CT) broadcast that as "women serve closer to combat zones,...