Tag: keith roberts
Veterans aren’t lying about PTSD
As the U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs (DVA) and Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA) made significant steps last year in improving the ludicrous regulations for veterans obtaining disability...
Blaming the Veteran: The Politics of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
The U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs (DVA) has come a long way since the Bush-Cheney administration when VA-embedded neocons engaged in search-and-destroy missions of Vietnam-era veterans who...
New GOP National Chair Is Voter Obstruction Operative from Wisconsin
The Republican National Committee selected a new leader on Friday, with its choice, Reince Priebus of Wisconsin, the NYT reports.
So who is Reince Priebus?...
American Legion and VA Crats Meet Amid Reports of Coming VA...
- If a to-be-named, new head of the VBA is a hard-core veteran's advocate, it will go a long way toward proving that President Obama and VA Sec...
PTSD Continues as Veteran Bashing Grows
As the political fallout continues over Allen Breed's AP hit job published over the weekend asserting that U.S. veterans and reformist DVA elements effectively collude to commit...
U.S. Troops Are Technically War Criminals, Fearing Hostile VA
Just off the phone with a veteran who told me U.S. soldiers and Marines often take pictures in war zones of enemy dead in...
AP: VA System Is ‘Too Easy’ for Veterans to File Claims!!
As PTSD claims soar, the systemic problem at the U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs is the ease with which veterans file for disability benefit...
Jailed Wisc Vet Knocked Down by High Vets’ Court
Update: Text of CAVC opinion in KEITH A. ROBERTS, APPELLANT, V. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, APPELLEE, on Appeal from the Board of...
GORDON DUFF: 60 MINUTES RUNS FLUFF PIECE ON VETERANS WOES
NO WHISTLEBLOWERS, NO MISCONDUCT, NO "SHREDDERGATE"
60 MINUTES DISAPPOINTS VETS
By Gordon Duff/STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
Veterans around the country waited for validation last night. 60 minutes was...