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VA Announces $3.3 Million for New Orleans Facility
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has announced the award of a $3.3 million contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for pre-construction services for VA’s new medical center in New Orleans.
VFW’s Tradewell Betrays Veterans … Again
Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., a Republican flack who heads the Veterans for Foreign Wars (VFW), has an unusual give-away when he's lying. His mouth...
VT Calls for Immediate Resignation of Congressmen “Baby Killer” Neugebauer
VT is sick and tired of this lack of decency and respect for others. It's hurting our country and our people from the top down. If the Republican party is really serious about being a decent party for the American people, Veterans Tdoay demands that the leadership ask for and get the resignation of this poor excuse for a congressmen.
US Department of Justice Asked to Regulate AIPAC as a Foreign Agent of the...
The US Department of Justice has been formally asked to begin regulating the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as the foreign agent of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A 392 page legal filing presented by a four person IRmep delegation in a two hour meeting with top officials of the Internal Security Section substantiated the following case for AIPAC's immediate registration
U.S. Ignored by Israel
Some reluctant voices in Washington D.C. have finally admitted that the persistence of the Palestinian plight, namely the continued Israeli efforts to liquidate the Palestinian cause by way of building more Jewish settlements and narrowing the Palestinian horizons, is undermining American strategic interests in the Muslim world.
Militias Surging: Healthy or Dangerous?
Nothing inherently wrong with being extreme, militant, anti-government or grouping together with guns. Problems arise when hate enters the equation.
But one must ask: When is the...
Last Marine charged in Haditha killings returns to court at Camp Pendleton
The final Marine facing criminal charges in the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, in 2005 returns to a courtroom Monday at Camp Pendleton - in hopes of having the charges dropped.
Iraq veteran charged with killing girlfriend found dead in Arizona
John Wylie Needham, an Orange County man who was a decorated Iraq combat veteran and was later charged with the murder of his girlfriend, was found dead last week in Arizona, authorities said Thursday.
GOP Crisis: Lack of Decency Sinking Once Great Party
Watching the health care debate, it is clear that, while the the Republican Party has legitimate positions, their argument got lost in the lack of civility strategy they employ to influence. Calling people Niggers, Communists, Socialists, Homos, Faggots, and Baby Killers is simplly not a shrewd or smart strategy as evidenced by the results and negative reactions to it in the land of independents and moderates. By not denouncing this strategy across the board and removing those who, some say, roguely employ it, the leadership of GOP has clearly endorsed its' use thinking that it would work. It has not. In fact, its' a major massive turn-off.
MAIDHC O’ CATHAIL: Anti-Semitism: Zionism’s indispensable alibi
Anti-Semitism: Zionism’s indispensable alibi
By Maidhc Ó Cathail for VT
Although Zionism typically represents itself as the solution to anti-Semitism, the truth is less flattering. In...
GORDON DUFF: AFGHANISTAN, LEARNING FROM OUR MISTAKES
A PROGRAM FOR REASSESSING AND MOVING FORWARD
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
This week an expose' in Newsweek showed us that our new Afghan police...
Health Care Reform Oppo Echoes GOP WMD Lies
by mal contends--Last Summer, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)—one of the more gas-filled U.S. Senators in an unstable body known to combust or contract with little apparent cause—said he...
Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country
Who operates the most viewed career video website featuring the most recruiting and career videos? Career TV! Where has VA just placed a video highlighting the dynamic and diverse VA workplace and the opportunities VA offers those starting careers? Career TV! Career TV helps students and young professional learn about careers with the world’s top organizations and now features a three-minute video outlining the breadth and scope of VA career opportunities and the rewards and satisfactions of working to fulfill the VA mission.
GORDON DUFF: “YES WE CAN” PROVIDE DECENT HEALTHCARE FOR AMERICANS
THE MOST EPIC PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN OUR LIFETIME...IT'S ALL ABOUT FREEDOM
ABSOLUTELY NO LOSS OF BENEFITS TO ANY RETIREE OR VETERAN AND LOW COST...
Tea partiers scream person of color at black congressman
The Real Americans speak
by William Douglas
WASHINGTON — Demonstrators outside the U.S. Capitol, angry over the proposed health care bill, shouted "person of color" Saturday...
AFGHAN POLICE: The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Six billion dollars later, the Afghan National Police can't begin to do their jobs right never mind relieve American...
GORDON DUFF: VETERANS AND THE MOJAVE CROSS DISASTER
HOUSING FOR HOMELESS VETS THREATENED BY CROSS CONTROVERSY
"ITS ABOUT HOMELESS VETS, STUPID!"
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
Southern California with its balmy climes is a...
Veterans-For-Change Report
Nearly 3,000 Individuals Have Responded to the CalVet Survey To Help Prioritize Services to California’s Veterans
Sacramento – Nearly 3,000 individuals have responded to the...
Israel Releases Human Rights Worker; 16-year-old Shot and Killed
Huwaida Arraf, a human rights worker with the International Solidarity Movement, has been released by Israel after being arrested and illegally held at a...
Black And White
By David Arkin, music by Earl Robinson; written after the Brown v. Board of Education decision (1954). The most successful recording of the song...
A Warrior Poet
* From: A warrior poet - Los Angeles Times *
Brian Turner's 'Here, Bullet' is a soldier's view, in verse, of the war in Iraq.
Brian...
Tea Party Idiocy in Pictures
Update: Racism, Homophobia Dominates Tea Party Protest Over Health Care Bill
Pictures from the Huffington Post, no brothers and sisters of color in the shots....
U.S. Turns a Blind Eye to Opium in Afghan Town
KABUL, Afghanistan — The effort to win over Afghans on former Taliban turf in Marja has put American and NATO commanders in the unusual position of arguing against opium [MarinesOpiumNYT] eradication, pitting them against some Afghan officials who are pushing to destroy the harvest.
Soft on Cataclysmic Financial Crime
Who was held accountable for almost destroying capitalism? Who is blocking reform now? The answers are not widely known to Americans. This will change.
From Frank...
Regional Veterans News 3/21/10
Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Regional stories today from: Tonawanda, New York, Hartford, Connecticut, Orangeburg, South Carolina, Temecula California, Palm Springs, California, Jensen Beach, Florida, Tampa, Florida, and Lansing, Michigan.
Multimillion-Dollar Nonprofit Charity for Navy Veterans Steeped in Secrecy
On its Web site and in tax papers filed with the IRS, the U.S. Navy Veterans Association represents itself as having a rich heritage of charitable giving that annually provides millions of dollars in assistance to veterans, their families and America's military troops at war. It says its all-volunteer staff and 85 officers run a national headquarters and state chapters across America.
GORDON DUFF: LAW NEEDED TO PROTECT THE USS LIBERTY SURVIVORS
IF WE DON'T MAKE DENYING THE USS LIBERTY 'HOLOCAUST' A CRIME
IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
In 1967, an American ship was...
Bigots Fight Against Family Across Borders
From Brian Leubitz at Prop Eight Trial Tracker:
Love Across Borders
by Brian Leubitz
One of the more important of the 1,000+ rights of marriage under federal...
GORDON DUFF: RABBI WEISS AMBUSHES FOX NEWS
RABBI YISROEL WEISS from Jews United Against Zionism
"WHY ISRAEL SHOULD'T EXIST"
EDITOR'S NOTE: (Gordon Duff) Rabbi Weiss presents a compassionate view on the Israeli role...
Seventh Anniversary of Iraq War Passes
March 19, the seventh anniversary of the Iraq War invasion passed yesterday.
No outrage on corporate television. No accountability. No regrets over 4,400 Americans dead, 30,000-plus wounded, and...
Regional Veterans News 3/20/10
Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Greenwood, South Carolina, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Seattle, Washington, Chicago, Illinois, Atlantic Maryland, Portland, Maine, Tampa, Florida, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Redwood City, California.
Treason for Apartheid
As the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen warns that an Israeli attack on Iran would endanger Americans in the Persian...
Depleted Uranium Research-DU affects DNA
Depleted Uranium -More Research Indicated To Assess Health Risk
The research on depleted uranium comes out of French researchers that examined the manner DNA is...
GORDON DUFF: CANADA’S SECRET TRIAL “WHO IS ERNST ZUNDEL?”
VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE NAME OF HUMAN RIGHTS
First they came for the holocaust denialists and I did not speak out as I was...
DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL: HANNITY/NORTH SCAM TROOPS WITH “FREEDOM ALLIANCE”
SEAN HANNITY'S FREEDOM CONCERT SCAM: ALMOST NONE OF CHARITY'S $ WENT TO INJURED TROOPS, KIDS OF FALLEN TROOPS; G5S FOR VANNITY?
By Debbie Schlussel
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U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 218-10
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CONTRACTS: DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
AmerisourceBergen Drub Corporation, Chester Brook, Pa. is being awarded a maximum $177,500,000 firm fixed price, prime vendor contract for pharmaceutical...
GORDON DUFF: SABROSKY INTERVIEW TIES ISRAEL TO 9/11
DR ALAN SABROSKY, FORMER DIRECTOR OF STUDIES AT THE US ARMY WAR COLLEGE
"ISRAEL DID IT"
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
Meet Dr. Alan Sabrosky, a...
N.C. woman gets $9M in alienation of affection suit
N.C. woman gets $9M in alienation of affection suit
A woman sues her husband's lover for ruining their marriage
By Associated Press
A jury has awarded a...
Zombie Markets Kept Alive by Fed Black Magic
So says Scott Bleier, president of CreateCapital.com, in a scary, fascinating and enraging read.
What's keeping up the stock market? Voodoo monetary policy that we cannot see...
VA Recognizes “Presumptive” Illnesses in Iraq, Afghanistan
VA Recognizes “Presumptive” Illnesses in Iraq, Afghanistan
Decision Simplifies Application for Disability Pay
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki today announced the Department...
EDWARD GIRARDET: Afghanistan war: lessons from the Soviet war
In the Marjah offensive of the Afghanistan war, a reporter hears echoes of the Soviet war.
By Edward Girardet, / Chrisitan Science Monitor Correspondent / March...
Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country
VA Attempting To Make It Easier For Iraq, Afghan Vets To Obtain Disability Benefits. In a story published by at least 74 news sources, the AP (3/19, Hefling) reports, ―The Veterans Affairs Department took steps Thursday to make it easier‖ for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans ―to get disability benefits.