Daily Archives: July 15, 2011

There is only one thing worse than being lied to, Congress. And that’s acting on a lie.

The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization awarded Stratos Government Services Inc, 1400 Eye Street, Washington D.C., an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for Military Sealift Command's next generation wideband commercial satellite communications infrastructure and service on July 12, 2011.

The Army released suicide data today for the month of June.

Vocera Communications is currently looking for talented Veterans who care about enhancing the patient experience in the healthcare environment. They are seeking clinically- and technically-focused applicants who are results driven, innovative, and who embrace a “customer first” attitude.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has played a significant role... 9/11 terrorist attacks, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the economic meltdown.

You are invited to the Durham VA Medical Center Benefits Fair! Save the date and bring your questions. Knowledgeable staff will be on hand to answer questions about VA benefits and services.

100 year old equal opportunity employer W.W. Williams reaches out to our talented Veterans for the second straight year. Founded in 1912 in Columbus, Ohio, The W.W. Williams Company is a family-owned corporation that now has 28 locations in 10 states.

100 year old equal opportunity employer W.W. Williams reaches out to our talented Veterans for the second straight year. Founded in 1912 in Columbus, Ohio, The W.W. Williams Company is a family-owned corporation that now has 28 locations in 10 states.

At former MCAS El Toro, the Navy has shown no interest in using ground penetrating technology to locate buried TCE drums.

VA has expanded its performance and productivity website by making additional data available to the public.

The new women Veterans shelter located at 1214 Route 50 in Ballston Spa, New York is called the Guardian House. The shelter is a historic home and designed for homeless women Veterans.

Biodefense facilities in Fort Detrick, Maryland have nearby residents rightfully concerned about a host of diseases many believe are related to Army activities that include Agent Orange testing during the Vietnam War. Most recently, a possible cancer cluster has been the subject an intense investigation.

Did you know the fastest growing Veteran population is women Veterans? They account for nearly eight percent of the total Veteran population. By 2020, VA estimates women will make up to ten percent of the Veteran population.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on his first visit to Japan since it suffered a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March, today praised the U.S.-Japanese alliance and said the two nations must expand such relations throughout the Pacific region.

On Thursday in Tel Aviv, the High Court judges ruled that Mordechai Vanunu's petition must be answered within 30 days that he wrote over two months ago requesting the revoking of his Israeli citizenship citing the Citizenship Revocation Law passed in March that enables the courts to revoke the citizenship of those convicted of crimes against the state...

Getting to the facts on Agent Orange.

Learn how the new Pentagon chief, Leon Panetta, a Catholic budget wonk, became a friend of Israel and won the trust of American Jews.

When I recall the summer of 2001 and our last days of innocence before the 9/11 attack, I often think of Guy Clark's old song, "Like Desperadoes Waiting for a Train."

Funny how drinking alcohol is widely accepted in our society but it's linked to about 75,000 deaths per year in the United States of America. Yet, Marijuana is demonized an is linked to 0 deaths per year world wide. This makes no cents.

"the american taxpayers give Israel $15 to $20 million, not $3 million...while people in my district are losing their pensions..." (Former Congressman Jim Traficant)

Rothbard’s account of the course of American foreign policy as the history of contention between the Morgan interests, the Rockefellers, and the various banking "families," who dealt primarily in buying and selling government bonds, is fascinating stuff, and it illuminates a theme common to both left and right commentators: that the elites are manipulating the policy levers to ensure their own economic interests unto eternity.