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What was it all about General McChrystal?
The BBC News online today is running a piece entitled US commander signals peace talks with Taliban in which we learn that General Stanley McChrystal...
Sixty-five years later Army honors WWII Vet Norman D. Fellman
Sixty-five years after the Germans captured Norman D. Fellman of Prescott during World War II, the U.S. Army recognized him Wednesday as one of 350 U.S. soldiers who were held as slaves inside Nazi Germany at the Berga an der Elster camp.
Regional Veterans’News 1/25/10
Neterans, new, benefits, health and education stories today from: Durango, Colorado, Detroit, Michigan, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Prescott, Arizona, San Antonio, Texas, Toma, Wisconsin,Camp LeJeune, North Carolina
Justice, is it a word veterans get in their lives?
This is a story of the abuse of soldiers from 1955 thru 1975 and how this nation has ignored their medical problems for the past 50 years, and ignored the 40% death rate and 54% disability rate. This is worse than any X File episode the CIA could create, in this case the truth is stranger than the fiction.
GORDON DUFF: ISRAEL: PLEASE, NO MORE BIN LADEN TAPES, NOBODY IS BUYING...
CHRISTMAS BOMBING AUDIO TAPE LAMEST YET
YOU WERE CAUGHT, ADMIT IT AND MOVE ON WITH LIFE
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
The new audio tape from...
Is Osama Bin Laden dead?
The BBC News online is running an article today entitled Is Osama Bin Laden dead or alive? It is a good question and from...
PTSD and Force Readiness
By THOMAS C. HALL, CHAIR, Vietnam Veterans of America, PTSD/SUBSTANCE ABUSE COMMITTEE
Suicide rates in the active military and among veterans are on the rise....
Editor’s Picks: News and Opinion Around the Web
In today's picks: "The Creation museum is a National Joke," "The Haiti Haters," "SC Lt. Gov. compares people getting gov’t help to ‘stray animals’ " and another look at a very suspicious death "UK- 70-year gag on Dr. David Kelly death evidence." Update" "Vampires Human Cattle and Supreme Court Capos."
CIA and Intelligence Community Mythologies
The Greatest Myth: The 9/11 Commission offered insight into the systemic problems of the CIA and the intelligence community. The Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 solved the problems that had been exposed by the 9/11 Commission by creating a director of national intelligence, the so-called intelligence tsar. In fact, the 9/11 Commission failed to use the powers it had been given to explore the reasons for the 9/11 intelligence failure.
Regional Veterans’ News 1/24/10
Today's regional veterans' news items cover veterans' health, education and benefits from Hampton, Virgina, Jefferson City, Missouri, Washington, DC, London, England, Williamson, West Virginia, Quincy, Illinois,Muskogee, Oklahoma,Waco, Texas and Idaho Falls, Idaho
Foot on Bomb, Marine Defies a Taliban Trap
Lance Corporal Mathison and several Marines near him were spared when the IED he had ncountered failed to detonate. So began a brief journey through the Taliban’s shifting tactics and the vagaries of war, where an experience at the edge of death became instead an affirmation of friendship, and in which a veteran Marine reluctantly assumed for a morning one of the infantry’s most coveted roles: that of the charmed man.
URI: NOTES FROM TEL AVIV
UPDATES ON POLITICS IN ISRAEL FROM URI AVNERY
The Liebarak
By Uri Avnery
THE BUSINESS is registered in the name of Binyamin Netanyahu. But the reality is...
JOHN HUMINS: THE SUPREME COURT AND THE CORPORATE STATE
U.S. Supreme Court Decision and the Corporate State:
By Dr. John Humins STAFF WRITER
In December 2000, the Florida presidential election was in chaos. We remember...
PENTAGON “EARLYBIRD” NEWS
C U R R E N T N E W S
E A R L Y B I R D
January 22, 2010
Use of these news items does...
AF-PAK STUDY GROUP: AMERICA’S UNBALANCED POLICY FAVORING INDIA
USA’s new “Turn”…!!!
By Sajid Ansari for VT
After lots of drum-beating of “war-on-terror” and Al-Qaida, for 9 years, which is nowadays under heavy criticism, at...
Cold War Veterans to get their Day in Court
The federal court has accepted a lawsuit by veterans of the Cold War experiments conducted at Edgewood Arsenal from 1955 thru 1975. The government chose to ignore these men since 1975 and it has taken a lawsuit to make the government accept responsibility for medical harm caused them by toxic exposures.
Losing Hope, Taking Action
National progressive leaders gathered outside the White House last Wednesday, on the one year anniversary of Obama’s inauguration, with the message of Losing Hope...
Veterans Descend on DC to close GITMO
In addition to Veterans and Military Families marching on Washington in the Spring to protest the continued occupation of Iraq, Obama’s SURGE in Afghanistan, how our troops and Veterans are treated when they come home, and to close Guantanamo Bay (GITMO), there has been a more recent effort by military Veterans and families to close GITMO that occurred this month.
Editor’s Picks: News and Opinion Around the Web
The Nation continues Jeremy Scahill's coverage of Blackwater in Pakistan and War Looms Between Israel and Hezbollah at Truthdig along with the grim...
Veterans: Banished and Betrayed
by Barton Kunstler, Ph.D., Author, "The Hothouse Effect"
"Banished veterans." The phrase shouldn't make sense. Someone joins the military, fights in a war, returns home,...
Production Company working with Oprah Winfrey Network Looking for Military Families and Soldiers for...
Left/Right Productions, an award-winning television production company based in New York City, is working with OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network to develop an inspiring new documentary series about individuals experiencing life-transforming events.
Keep America Informed – Reinstate The Fairness Doctrine
In short, eight months prior to the invasion of Iraq this official U.K. document indicated that Bush wanted to go after Saddam, but they were going to have to lie to justify it. The memo was leaked by the British press in 2005. But in spite of the senseless deaths of tens of thousands of innocent human beings - including our own American troops - as a direct result of this criminal deception, it's been all but ignored by the American media. They've given more coverage to Tiger Woods' sex life.
DAILY MAIL: BLACKWATER, US MILITARY WORKING FOR TALIBAN DRUG LORDS
BLACKWATER/XE ACCUSED OF COMPLICITY IN TERRORISM AND WAR AGAINST US TROOPS
TOP TALIBAN MILITANTS RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE AT BAGRAM AIR FORCE BASE
From Sabrina Elkhani &...
“Tea-Party” Notable Arrested for Child Rape, Possible Domestic Terrorism Threat
Dyer has been charged with first degree rape. When police searched Dyer's home for evidence on that charge, they found a grenade launcher that matched the description of one of three that were reportedly stolen from an Army post in California.
January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
(January 22, 2010)—Despite the fact cervical cancer is nearly 100 percent curable if detected in the early stages, an estimated one-third of the more...
We are close to anarchy…word to the wise.
In the media today we have so many opinions as to what to do about a "broken America" that one has to wonder, are...
Regional Veterans’ News 1/23/10
Veterans news stories today include items about veterans' benefits, health, education and veterans, organizationsfrom: Santa Cruz, California, Sycamore, Illinois, Northampton, Massachusetts, Buffalo, New York, Panama City, Florida, Pasco, Washington, Spanish Fork, Utah, Honolulu, Hawaii, Indianapolis, Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio, Corunna, Michigan, Cocoa, Florida
Medal of Honor recipient Col. Robert L. Howard dies at 70
By T. Rees Shapiro Washington Post
Robert L. Howard, 70, one of the Vietnam War's most highly decorated servicemen who received the Medal of Honor...
American Academics Disappointed with Obama
American academics are expressing disappointment in President Obama’s performance and believe he is headed toward a “mediocre” presidency.
That’s the term liberal historian Howard Zinn of Boston University uses in an article that solicited many viewpoints in the February 1st issue of The Nation magazine.
Marines End Role in Iraq; Biden in Baghdad
By Adam Schreck -- The U.S. Marine Corps wrapped nearly seven years in Iraq on Saturday, handing over duties to the Army and signaling the beginning of an accelerated withdrawal of American troops as the U.S. turns its focus away from the waning Iraqi war to a growing one in Afghanistan.
American Sentinel University to Host Careers in IT Security Webinar for Servicemembers
American Sentinel University (www.americansentinel.edu), an accredited online university that provides degree programs and practical education for professionals, is proud to sponsor a webinar on careers in information technology security led by American Sentinel University’s Vice President of Military Programs, Lt. Col. Paul Capicik. The informative webinar will focus on careers in the dynamic world of information technology security for current and past military members.
Four Ways Obama Can Win Back Liberals – Newsweek
In Newsweek Magazine online today Eleanor Clift has written an article entitled Four Ways Obama Can Win Back Liberals . He better do something. ...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE
Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., was awarded a $323,945,933 contract which will provide the French airborne warning and control system mid-life upgrade. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 551 IA/PKA, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (F19628-01-D-0016/DO 0067).
U.S. ambassador puts brakes on plan to utilize Afghan militias against Taliban – W.P.
In today's Washington Post we read an article entitled U.S. ambassador puts brakes on plan to utilize Afghan militias against Taliban . We seem...
Gordon Duff Calls For Immediate Arrest of 5 Supreme Court Justices for Treason
Five members of the Supreme Court declared that a "corporation" is a person, not a "regular person" but one above all natural laws, subject to no God, no moral code but one with unlimited power over our lives, a power awarded by judges who see themselves as grand inquisitors empowered meant to hunt down all heretics who fail to serve their god, the god of money.
Vice President Joe Biden in Iraq to Meet with Iraqi Leaders and Visit U.S....
As part of his regular engagement with Iraq, Vice President Biden has arrived in Baghdad to meet with Iraqi leaders; receive updates from U.S....
Jan 21, 2010 is the Official Date for the End of Democracy in America
I don’t know if you guys are aware but yesterday’s Burrito Supreme Court Decision officially put a stamp on the end of democracy in the USA.
Home Fires: In Balad, Smoke and Fire
Stories of soldiers, veterans and widows who attribute cancers and life-threatening illnesses to exposure to the burn pit are coming to light, as are more numerous reports of unexplained shortness of breath, asthma-like symptoms, respiratory issues and other problems.
Editor’s Picks: News and Opinion Around the Web
The SCOTUS pulled off a bloodless coup yesterday and declared its intention to hand America to the plutocrats; the New York Times takes issue as does most of the press. Obama declares that he welcomes a fight with the banksters. Aid is arriving in Haiti but not yet being delivered effectively. More...
Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 1-22-10
Find out What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans
Early Call Issued For New GI Bill Submissions.
VA Researchers Identify Biological Marker For PTSD.
Land, Funding Assurance...
Regional Veterans’ News 1/22/10
News on Veterans health, benefits and other issues from: Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Austin, Texas, Hicksville, New York, Orlando, Florida, Des Moines, Iowa, Santa Cruz, California, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pell City, Alabama,
Justice task force recommends about 50 Guantanamo detainees be held indefinitely – W.P.
The Washington Post is reporting this morning in a piece entitled Justice task force recommends about 50 Guantanamo detainees be held indefinitely that an...