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This Veterans Day, 18 will die by their own hands
This Veterans Day, yesterday, the day before and all other days ended with 18 veterans no longer here. They were not among the veterans...
On Veterans Day, VA Secretary Shinseki Recognizes, Thanks Veterans
WASHINGTON (Nov. 11, 2010) - This Veterans Day, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki calls on America to honor its 23 million Veterans...
Veterans Day: IVAW’s Operation Recovery Update
This Veterans Day members of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) set out to educate the public and electorate about the military's desperation for ground troops to maintain a killer operations tempo in Iraq and Afghanistan is leading to the deployment of traumatized troops with PTSD.
The Not So Gradual Degradation Of A Nation
Every single day millions of us are being subjected to the shameful processes of being searched, screened and viewed naked, patted, groped, fondled, poked and stroked by badge-wearing strangers- police under a different name. Every single day. Millions of us, Americans. Being violated. Being degraded.
JANE ROSENSTEIN: Veterans Day on the Champs-Élysées
MILITARY REMEMBRANCE, FRANCE 2010
By Jane Rosenstein VT Paris Bureau
In Paris, where I live, we do not celebrate Veterans Day, but each year on November...
Letter to British Liberal Democrats: protecting war criminals “just about lowest thing anyone could...
“Showing no remorse for the 1,400 dead (including 320 children and 109 women), the thousands horribly maimed and the hundreds of thousand made homeless,...
Zionism needs the Israeli Jews to feel frightened: Alan Hart
By Kourosh Ziabari
An exclusive, in-depth interview with Alan Hart, veteran British journalist and former BBC Panorama Correspondent. Author of Zionism: The Real Enemy of...
Introducing Salute to Service: A New Online Hub in the Service of Veterans
In honor of Veterans Day, Causecast will be celebrating the men and women of America’s armed forces with the Salute to Service campaign. The campaign’s online hub (www.salutetoservice.org) will provide visitors to the site with the opportunity to take easy actions to support veterans through the work of partner nonprofit organizations.
National Veterans Day Ceremony 2010
The Veterans Day National Ceremony is held each year on November 11th at Arlington National Cemetery . The ceremony commences precisely at 11:00 a.m. with a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns and continues inside the Memorial Amphitheater with a parade of colors by veterans’ organizations and remarks from dignitaries.
WSI Takes a Moment of Silence and Thankful Reflection for November 11th and all...
WSI would like to take a moment and show gratitude to all Veterans today on Veterans Day. Too often we take for granted our liberties and freedom especially in this fast paced world where life seems to matter only on the computer screen and in the office. We take for granted our freedom which we would not have if not for brave veterans who have fought and continue to fight for that very foundation.
SIBEL EDMONDS JOINS VETERANS TODAY
VT is pleased to announce that FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds is joining the VT staff. We at VT admire few Americans as much as we do Sibel. We have worked hard to be a home for people with courage and integrity.
Veterans Day TacTalk: Shadows On The Towers
While stationed in England on a base that was a staging area for missions in Europe, the Mediterranean and other places, we would train hard, support Special Operations missions and do what ever we could to stay challenged in the long haul of a four year tour over seas.
National Radio and TV Commentator on Whistleblowers, National Security, and Secrecy Joins VT Staff
Sibel Edmonds, national radio and TV commentator on matters related to whistleblowers, national security, and excessive secrecy & classification who has been featured on CBS 60 Minutes, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and in the New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The American Conservative, and others has joined VeteransToday.com as a staff writer.
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
CONTRACTS:
No. 1034-10
November 10, 2010
NAVY
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $189,214,000 modification under contract (N00024-08-C-2110) as part of the planned increment...
Last U.S. World War I Veteran Seeks DC War Memorial
America's last surviving World War I veteran says Congress should pass legislation to create a memorial in the nation's capital honoring veterans of that conflict. Frank Buckles, the 109-year-old honorary chairman of the World War I Memorial Foundation, said Wednesday on the eve of Veterans Day that such a memorial is overdue.
Veterans Day: MFSO Total Cost of War Campaign
Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) has joined with Veterans for Peace in launching a public education campaign to remind the public and voters of the fiscal costs of War, and the impact the War Economy has on all Americans.
NUCLEAR TERRORISM: A GROWTH INDUSTRY
The English, South Africans and Israelis have been allegedly buying and selling the same three or four big nuclear weapons for years now, over and over again, to finance elections and all manner of parties at remote estates in the English countryside.
Tomgram: Ira Chernus, Is Palestine America’s Next Vietnam?
- You're no longer a commie-pinko if you oppose the war lies and anti-veteran propaganda of the neocons; now you're an anti-Semite. How many...
Raja Mujtaba on Rense Radio
- Raja Mujtaba offers insight on Afghanistan, Pakistan and India on Rense Radio. -
Amid the 15,000 military and countless civilian Pakistani casualties, Raja Mujtaba...
Fisher House: Helping Military Families
From the Fisher House Program:
The Fisher House program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America's military in their time of need. The program...
QE-1, QE2 Value Wealth Labor Property and Assets Theft Deceptions
- The rise of the financial empire. -
By Tommy Tucci
Philadelphia, PA,,,,,,,,,,,,Updated "Dollar Plunges As Everyone Now Figures Return of Quantitative Easing Is A Done Deal"...
Debacle of America’s Democratic Party, Demise of the Left-Center Left, A Worldwide Trend
By Prof James Petras -- VT
Introduction:
The November 2, 2010 electoral debacle of the Democratic Party in the US cannot be solely ascribed to the...
The Wall
By Dave Bedworth
My life without you now,
glides dimly by in dankly selfish lumps.
No C-rats shared in sickly hooches,
with screaming bugs and distant crackle.
No insane...
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINES!!!!
Now ... on to the news
From the VA:
1. Returning Vets Create New Generation Of Patients For VA. In a story carried by at...
VA home loan program used in record numbers
With mortgage rates at historic lows, Veterans and military personnel continue to use the VA home loan program in record numbers to purchase a...
How Can You Compromise with people whose Primary Mission is to Undermine America?
Yeah, I said it. Racism is the driving force behind the GOP's unprecedented anger against this administration. No, not all of them are racist, some are acting on greed, and others are simply dumb, but the greedy are the ones who are pulling the strings, and they're relentlessly stoking the flames of racism within their social conservative stormtroopers to promote their own interests.
Wanna lose your soul?
“When we talk about compassion we talk in terms of being kind. But compassion is not so much being kind; it is being creative...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
CONTRACTS:
No. 1027-10
November 09, 2010
ARMY
BAE Systems, York, Pa., was awarded on Nov. 5 a $250,128,753 cost reimbursement - no fee contract. This requirement will procure...
Former VA employee accused of stealing more than $2 million from Texas veterans
- Individual disabled vets lost anywhere from a few thousand dollars to more than $250,000. -
By Lise Olsen in the Houston Chronicle
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VA Expands Support for Families of Low-Income Veterans
- Communities and Non-Profits Will Play Critical Outreach Role -
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today an important program designed...
Welcome to the Teabagger War!
With all the rhetoric, immpassioned pleas for this and for that, at the end of the day, the tea party movement is just plain and simply a White Right movement. The White Right just don't want the black guy leading their tribe. It's just that simple; not complex at all.
GORDON DUFF: THE ZOMBIE INTERNET, TIME TO FLUSH THE SEWAGE
PULLING THE PLUG MIGHT BE A FAVOR
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
The internet is not a reliable place for information, in fact, it can...
HOW TO ANGER THE PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY
To their eternal shame, Western churchmen seem to care little about the plight of their brothers and sisters in the Holy Land or the fate of the holy places where Christianity was born. There are, of course, honorable exceptions. One such is the Archbishop of Wales, the Most Rev Dr Barry Morgan, whose church has provided the Gazans with a mobile dental unit.
Veterans Day: How is the War Economy Working for YOU?
We at VT strive to help those grassroots organizations that know how to connect the dots between America at War and the meltdown of...
A Recipe for Fascism
By Chris Hedges at truthdig
American politics, as the midterm elections demonstrated, have descended into the irrational. On one side stands a corrupt liberal class,...
Tuesday Talks: Veterans Day Chat with Tammy Duckworth Today
by Kori Schulman
November 11th is Veterans Day, a time when the country comes together to pay tribute to the men and women who have...
Veteran Veteran’s Wife
"Caregivers often experience stress, burnout or feel overwhelmed" is putting it mildly! Still as we talk about the strength, courage, commitment our veterans have,...
VA Health System Shines in Quality-of-Care Study
WASHINGTON -- A report in the November issue of the national publication Medical Care finds that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health system...
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
From the VA:
1. Study Led By VA Researcher Warns Of Risk For Early Dialysis. HealthDay (11/9, Reinberg) reports, "Putting people on dialysis early, while their...
VA is launching its first official blog
- Online Communications Tools Between VA and Veterans About to Increase -
VA is launching its first official blog, opening a new line of communication between...
Facility Solutions Group Needs Veterans Now in LA/OC California
Facility Solutions Group Needs Veterans for Employment Right Away !!!
By Randy Miller
Facility Solutions Group (FSG) is one of the nation's largest single-source...
VETERANS DAY: Coming Home, the Final Battle Documentary by 8th Grader Max Benning
Hello Veterans, my name is Max. I am 14 years old and won 3rd place for CSPAN STUDENTCAM for my documentary about the battles veterans and their families face when they return home. For this Veterans Day, I hope that can help others who may need someone to lean on.