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Thu Jul 29, 2010 at 16:17:30 PM EDT
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| I just can't think of anything more to add, as not only myself but many others have stated over and over thousands of times in these years, to the three reports and link to the study then are stated within them!
This is a 10MB, 370page pdf download, you can visit the Army site by click the graphic or the link.
Army Health Promotion, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention Report
 July 29, 2010 With suicides at an all-time high, the U.S. Army released a report today blaming "a permissive unit environment" for high risk behavior.
"For some, the rigors of service, repeated deployment, injuries and separations from family resulted in a sense of isolation, hopelessness and life fatigue," Army Vice Chief of Staff Peter Chiarelli says in a letter accompanying the report. |
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Wed Jul 28, 2010 at 14:20:45 PM EDT
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| And not with just one amendment but Three of them, which we All know they would have walked in lockstep in voting for!
Not only do they not want their pimps, the wealthy, the corporations, whoever else they get on their knee's for, to pay for veterans issues, and more, but they keep trying to Cut VA Budgets by millions while pushing Defense and their Wars of Choice Spending to the limits!!
The following link just popped into my e-box, a quick search didn't bring up another just yet, wondering if the FOX and company will be outraged, or even report on this as they wave their flags and yell patriotism meme's, they're patriotism definitions! |
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 18:50:43 PM EDT
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Military Spouses Fight Cultural Battles From Home
 Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images Andrew Thai with 1st Battalion/ 3rd Marines, Charlie Company, kisses his wife Sarah holding daughter Mikalah upon his return to Hawaii early June 14, 2010, following a seven-month deployment in southern Afghanistan.
July 27, 2010 Generals lead the war effort on the battlefield. At home, military spouses handle the everyday challenges of running households while their loved ones are away.
But some also band together to fight for cultural changes in the military.
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Sat Jul 17, 2010 at 19:15:03 PM EDT
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| I placed this in the Open Thread but think visitors may be more prone to catch a separate post.
If you hadn't applied for, if you think you might know someone who hasn't, if you know a surviving spouse etc. of a Stop Lossed soldier who may not have known they qualify or hadn't thought to apply.
And pass this on, while this is coming out of Texas media I'm sure they're looking all over the country, so I'm posting the whole article. |
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Sat Jul 17, 2010 at 11:49:19 AM EDT
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| Once upon a time, sounds like a fairy tale beginning but even as we've sunk to the depths of incivility in more then our politics in this country, it isn't a fairy tale I assure you. For once there was a closer resemblance to debating issues and cross political party ideology, good or bad, were really discussed seriously.
What do the Vietnam congressional debates have to do with the now, as Sen. John Kerry says "lawmakers' meetings during the Vietnam War offer useful lessons for the discussing the Afghanistan war." |
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Fri Jul 16, 2010 at 09:36:41 AM EDT
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| There's been a boatload of actions taking place in the Veterans Administration since this new administration took over the reigns and are showing the very few times, in my lifetime of advocacy and activism as to veterans issues, a non political lead has been established by Gen Shinseki. There have only been a few before him, and they bring in same to help them in the administration of the agency. He's even created jobs in the civilian sector by using Stimulus Funds for everything to IT upgrades to new, and remodeling others, hospitals and clinics to same for the National Cemeteries around the country. Below are just some recent news and related news and actions. |
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Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 07:37:57 AM EDT
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| Sorting through the complexities in Afghanistan
July 13: Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, talks with Rachel Maddow about the history of the relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan and the different Taliban groups active in the region.
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Wed Jul 07, 2010 at 08:27:12 AM EDT
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Rachel Maddow does her show live from Afghanistan, she traveled there last week and the first show was aired last night.
We came to Afghanistan because we wanted to understand whether the American war strategy makes sense, whether the continuing and growing presence of U.S. troops is helping us reach our goals there. President Obama's "uplift" strategy for winning in Kandahar is in full swing -- only it's not about blowing things up but rather opening police stations and trying to create a civil society.
As Brigadier General Ben Hodges told us on a drive through Kandahar City this week, that's a tough bar to reach. Kandahar has run on corruption since the days of ancient traders on the Silk Road paying for safe passage. Hodges said coalition forces need to establish trust between local people and the government, at the level of policemen and district officials. |
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Wed Jul 07, 2010 at 07:52:52 AM EDT
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Local veteran's suicide reflects troubling trend
July 5, 2010 Orrin Gorman McClellan is among the war casualties that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has just begun to track - young men and women who served in the post-9/11 military, and killed themselves after struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder and other war wounds. |
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Sun Jul 04, 2010 at 10:27:38 AM EDT
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 Iraq, Rapidly becoming the Forgotten War!!
There have been 4,729 coalition deaths -- 4,410 Americans, 2 Australians, 1 Azerbaijani, 179 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, 1 Czech, 7 Danes, 2 Dutch, 2 Estonians, 1 Fijian, 5 Georgians, 1 Hungarian, 33 Italians, 1 Kazakh, 1 South Korean, 3 Latvian, 22 Poles, 3 Romanians, 5 Salvadoran, 4 Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, 2 Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of May 5 2010, according to a CNN count. { Graphical breakdown of casualties }. The list also includes 13 U.S. Defense Department civilian employees. At least 31,860 {31,839 last month} U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the war in Afghanistan |
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Sat Jul 03, 2010 at 12:42:19 PM EDT
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Cochran dental chief put on leave
 J. B. Forbes December 15, 2009 - The John Cochran VA Medical Hospital.
July 2, 2010 The chief of dental services at the John Cochran VA Medical Center says he welcomes investigations into the handling of dental equipment at the hospital and blamed politics for distorting the controversy.
"I have a lot of information that proves we were doing things correctly," Danny L. Turner said in an interview late Thursday in his office, after he had been put on administrative leave.
More than 1,800 veterans were sent letters this week warning that they may have been exposed to viruses from improperly cleaned dental equipment at Cochran.
The warning touched off an outcry, with at least two investigations planned, Turner being placed on leave, and the Veterans Affairs secretary calling mistakes at Cochran "unacceptable."
The VA has insisted that the risk of infection is minimal. |
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Fri Jul 02, 2010 at 17:59:11 PM EDT
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| This will remind more about the workings of the bush administration, and should, but as the article below points out Gen McChrystal won't feel comfortable about it nor should many in the Army leadership as well as the Pentagon at the time. This shouldn't only remind people of just the Tillman tragic incident and fabrication of what took place, but the others already known about as well, in Iraq and Afghanistan, all the cover ups, fabrications and lies! DeJa-Vu of us older vets time!
The Tillman Story
Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat's fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev's emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat's death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself. Continued with Video of Director Description |
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Thu Jul 01, 2010 at 11:36:24 AM EDT
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| The beck is having a get together with many of the grifters, a very patriotic? affair, on the so called right and those in this country easily feeding into their meme's, as they offer nothing of real policy or idea's but seem to really hate the country they and their's before them especially grew up in. I say their's before them because it was them who built the once middle class and helped everyone as well as the upper class and all investors etc. to prosper, up until some thirty years back when it all started changing and we're now living in the wake of the destruction.
In this get together he's blatantly stating that proceeds of will be donated to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation which seems to be embracing this gathering of grifters, none I'll bet are speaking for free, they just don't, unlike real grassroots rallies, they charge handsomely for their few minutes of 'talking points' or 'bumper sticker' quotes. There's a caveat as to this funding for the SOWF and is written out in the very small print well hidden at the bottom of the becks website page for the gathering of the patriotic? flag wavers. |
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Tue Jun 29, 2010 at 17:00:35 PM EDT
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| Homeless Veterans and those with Children as well!
Murray's office sent out this statement: |
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Tue Jun 29, 2010 at 09:00:51 AM EDT
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| The Chilcot Inquiry restarts today, The second round of hearings will run from 29 June to 30 July 2010. Live streamed testimony once again when they do. No one knows if they'll be releasing all or part of the transcripts etc. as to their visit here and talking to some of the previous administrations insiders, all lower level. Apparently they're still talking to the Americans most close to the needs of the British Inquiry into Iraq.
Petraeus gives evidence to UK's Iraq war inquiry
29 June 2010 The head of Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war says his panel has held a private meeting with U.S. General David Petraeus.
John Chilcot leads a five-member panel appointed by the British government to examine the case made for the war and errors in planning for post-conflict reconstruction. Continued |
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 10:06:01 AM EDT
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| Two separate reports, on wartime tragedies, with questions as to why and how they were allowed to happen, aired on Sunday night 27 June 2010 on the Afghan occupation and the soldiers serving there.
One on CBS 60min. "Blackwater 61" the other on NBC's Dateline "A father's mission" |
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Sun Jun 27, 2010 at 07:48:48 AM EDT
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| This is going to be short.
Meant to inform of this day, to send you to one extremely dedicated individuals own post, to hopefully send some to search out even more {if you haven't followed the real issues}, for the trolls who won't see these issues on conservative blogs or news? sites, and we probably won't hear a peep on any of the Sunday Morning empty blab shows or news outlets. |
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Thu Jun 24, 2010 at 08:30:42 AM EDT
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| Opens this friday.
Restrepo Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington
Sundance Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
In 2008 Sebastian Junger (The Perfect Storm) and Tim Hetherington dug in with the men of Second Platoon for a year. Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, a stronghold of al Qaeda and the Taliban, has proven to be one of the U.S. Army's deadliest challenges. It is here that the platoon lost their comrade, PFC Juan Restrepo, and erected an outpost in his honor. Up close and personal, Junger and Hetherington gain extraordinary insight into the surreal combination of backbreaking labor and deadly firefights that are a way of life at Outpost Restrepo.
Ever wonder what it's really like to be in the trenches of war? Look no further. Restrepo may be one of the most experiential and visceral war films you'll ever see. With unprecedented access, the filmmakers reveal the humor and camaraderie of men who come under daily fire, never knowing which of them won't make it home. -->--> |
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Wed Jun 23, 2010 at 19:40:57 PM EDT
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Arlington Cemetery Fields Phone Calls From Worried Families
June 22, 2010 - Officials at Arlington National Cemetery have established a special call center to address concerns worried family members may have about the potential mishandling of their loved ones' remains. Video
Family members with concerns can call 703-607-8199 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
The call center opened June 11, a day after Army Secretary John M. McHugh announced the findings of a months-long investigation into the cemetery's records management. The report noted at least 200 cases of improper internment of remains, including lost accountability for remains, names and graves listed as empty.
More than 800 phone calls from concerned families have been fielded in less than a week of the Army's announcement, spokeswoman Kaitlin Horst said today an interview with American Forces Press Service.
"We were very cognitive of the fact, after the secretary of the Army's announcement, that there were going to be a lot of families that were very upset by the news," Horst said. "The call center was established to give them an outlet to voice their concerns and put them on the phone with somebody to write down those concerns." Continued |
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Sun Jun 20, 2010 at 17:54:09 PM EDT
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| Sons and Daughters In Touch, a group of grown children who had a parent killed in the Vietnam War, gather at the Vietnam Wall to clean it before it opens for the day.
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Fri Jun 18, 2010 at 14:53:32 PM EDT
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| At a time prior to one of the so called great powers on this planet decided it wanted to control.
Photos Of Afghanistan's Past: Modernity Lost
 June 18, 2010 The Afghanistan of Mohammad Qayoumi's memory is far from that of a "broken 13th century country," as it was recently described by British Defense Secretary Liam Fox.
Qayoumi, now a university president in America, grew up in Kabul in the 1950s and '60s. It was a period of calm and prosperity - and even optimism - before the Soviet invasion.
And thanks to a batch of vintage photos, Qayoumi has opened a window into that world with a photo essay recently published in Foreign Policy. The images depict a world that is slick, modern - even Western.
The photos show women in demure scarves, but also in pencil skirts and other fashions of the 1950s and '60s. And just as striking is what some of the women are doing: buying records. Back then, Qayoumi tells NPR's Deborah Amos, Afghans favored songs by Western pop singers like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and Tom Jones.
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Fri Jun 18, 2010 at 11:18:57 AM EDT
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| The Star Tribune in Minneapolis, MN has been running another series of investigative journalism, this one on gun running from Minnesota to Mexico.
I've been following it the last couple of days and posting the first two in the series, they've finally put up part three and four today. I'm combining all four as one post with some added recent reports that also came out in the last few days but on same issue, they all follow below. |
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Wed Jun 16, 2010 at 12:23:58 PM EDT
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| This is just coming across the wires:
Explosives Found in Vehicle at Georgia Army Base
Anthony Todd Saxon, 34, Arrested With Explosives In Vehicle At Fort Gordon, But No Terror Threat Seen
June 16, 2010 The FBI was investigating after a civilian was arrested with explosives in his vehicle on an Army base in Georgia that is headquarters to the service's global communication and information systems, authorities said Wednesday. |
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Sun Jun 13, 2010 at 07:34:39 AM EDT
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When you have a long line of political hacks and opportunist, with only an occasional non political appointee, who bring in same to help administer, you often find a match that's been lit and when it is a fire starts and spreads. They exist only because that's what the country really supports, those letters after a name! |
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Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 16:28:49 PM EDT
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Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez: Facing Torture
June 9th, 2010
Torture is still happening, says Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez of black sites around the world that the Obama administration has yet to close down. Sanchez was the highest-ranking Latino in the U.S. Army when he retired in 2006, after having been commander of ground forces in Iraq during a critical period of the war--and during the period when abuses at Abu Ghraib occurred. Since his retirement, he has called for a truth commission to investigate torture, and, he says, "Americans need to face up to" what happened there.
Lt. General Sanchez joins Laura in studio to discuss the ongoing debates over torture, the serious questions facing military officers in the field, and the unwillingness of Obama to look back over the conduct of the Iraq war. He was in New York to be a panelist at the Culture Project's "Blueprint for Accountability," and we bring you video from that event featuring Mariska Hargitay.
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Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 10:08:18 AM EDT
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This is one of those must watch discussions, and Wilkerson is a Repub., one who Truly is what once was or as close as possible, but nary exists anymore and for a long time! One of the extremely few who speak out for the Country on that side of the politics of the Country! |
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Thu Jun 10, 2010 at 14:30:06 PM EDT
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| After the first part of the report by Danny Zwerdling and T. Christian Miller of NPR and ProPublica there was the following, before the second part, that aired on the NPR show 'Talk of the Nation'.
Army Responds To Brain Injury Investigation
Guests Danny Zwerdling, NPR national desk correspondent and Gen. Peter Chiarelli, U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff
June 9, 2010 An NPR investigation found that the U.S. military often fails to diagnose traumatic brain injuries in troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The investigation also revealed that many soldiers receive little or no treatment for lingering health problems after suffering brain injuries.
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Tue Jun 08, 2010 at 13:37:27 PM EDT
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Daniel Zwerdling {link takes you to a page of his reports}, of NPR, has been doing stellar investigative reporting on PTSD and TBI, now for a number of years, as the two occupations we're engaged in continued on. It took the media a few years to finally grasp what was already known as to the results of War on the soldiers we send. Even with the some four decades of many of us Vietnam Veterans, as well as other Veterans, and the Civilians who recognized those results and have been speaking out about. Like everything else the public either ignored or certainly didn't want to hear. We didn't have the present day technology and sadly it's taking two more long occupations for the realities to finally speak of what happens and reach more and more people who now can't ignore. The media to finally started reporting on the results of war, not recognized before, as well as the understanding that same happens within the civilian populations, wars are not the only cause. Traumatic Brain Injuries have been known about and treated in the public but even those are being looked at and re-studied, as there is much more now known in needing to understand and bring new treatments for or advance the treatments used. |
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Sun Jun 06, 2010 at 14:01:15 PM EDT
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Jim Webb, D-Va: Not a Friend of Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
Jun-06-2010 Years of denial, small breakthroughs, and a large setback, or is it a stab in the back?
Senator Jim Webb, a Vietnam Veteran himself, has won approval to STALL the newest three presumptive illnesses from the Agent Orange list which Secretary Shinseki had already approved.
This is, at least for now, a temporary and 60 day freeze. However, if he receives congressional momentum in favor of what he is proposing, these three new presumptives, COULD be prevented from being approved.
I continue to urge everyone to submit your claims.
I also urge you to contact your local congressional and Senate representatives ASAP. I also urge you to write to the Secretary as well as our President urging they all take our side and override this amendment sponsored by Webb. It is not, I repeat, NOT supportive of the Agent Orange victim.
In his article on Herald.net, "Spending limits placed on new Agent Orange claims", Tom Philpott wrote:
"The chief architect of the pricey new GI Bill education benefit for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan war era could become a new champion - for taxpayers - against what he perceives as excess spending on military pay and on a new wave of Agent Orange claims[1]. Continued |
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Sat Jun 05, 2010 at 09:51:28 AM EDT
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Honoring the fallen in Afghanistan
 
Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez, USAF Photo by SSgt. Matt Davis, USAF NTM-A
31 May 2010 As the sun set over Camp Eggers on Memorial Day, hundreds of coalition members gathered to pay tribute to comrades lost in battle - not just U.S. fallen heroes, but fallen heroes from every nation.
During the coalition memorial remembrance ceremony, service members who gave their life in support of Operation Enduring Freedom were honored with a moment of silence and a roll call of their names during a candlelight ceremony.
"Those that have given their last full measure for this mission are as varied as those that serve here today," said Army Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan and Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan commanding general. "Privates to chief warrant officers to lieutenant colonels - from the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, Latvia, the United States and from Afghanistan - they are members of all services, from National Guard, Reserve and Active components."
While many countries have their own dedicated day set aside to remember the fallen members of their armed forces, special effort was made to include all coalition countries into the Memorial Day remembrance as a sign of the joint effort and sacrifice happening in Afghanistan. Representatives of many coalition nations were present at the ceremony, raising flags, lighting candles and paying their respects. Continued
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Mon May 24, 2010 at 08:57:31 AM EDT
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| "I have made mistakes and I am sorry."
If he wins, and frankly I hope he does {this now becomes the old best of those running and nominated in that state}. he will be watched as to All Veterans Issues!!
Reportedly he's already been a strong advocate of veterans, though not holding an office his stature may have helped sway others who have or do, but that doesn't excuse the so called 'misstatements' that weren't! Now knowing he served in the Nixon Administration, at a time they were using Federal agencies and others to gather information on those of us returning from actual In-Country tours who were speaking out as well as those testifying to wars atrocities, maybe someday he might speak as to his roll or non roll, in that administration as to those issues, and he wouldn't be the only one that needs to, but I don't hold my breath! |
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Wed May 19, 2010 at 09:06:48 AM EDT
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| The bush apparently won't be questioned, probably couldn't find cheney, in his undisclosed location, to sit down next to him while being so. Also may not question other top administration figures. We'll see what this produces, every little tidbit, like many that came out early in the Inquiry, can only help and cause even more questions hopefully finally leading up to this country facing it's own accountabilities.
But breath is not being held nor great expectations of my seeing the guilt cleansed! |
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Tue May 18, 2010 at 07:54:28 AM EDT
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| And wanna be, but skirting the reality in any way he could while the rest of us actually did the service!
Where have we heard this before and from how many, we Vets know! |
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Wed May 12, 2010 at 19:17:50 PM EDT
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Vietnam vets to gather for 'welcome home': Are they ready to forgive?
You've got to understand what it was like here at home during the Vietnam War. How rapidly society was changing. How deep and broad opposition to the war grew and how sharp the backlash was.
Soldiers returning from their time "in country" entered an altered landscape. The "Ballad of the Green Berets" was blown away by Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock. Madras plaid button-downs bled into tie-dyed T-shirts. College students cut classes for anti-war protests, leaving a waft of marijuana smoke in their trail.
As protests spread and confrontations with police grew violent, some returning soldiers were met with taunts, and nobody postponed the revolution to welcome them home. Most often they were greeted with shrugs, veterans say today. |
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Sat May 08, 2010 at 07:03:51 AM EDT
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| As we are once again watching and listening to the rabid language of hate about those like most of the rest of us, immigrants, illegal, while companies and individuals readily employ, and legal, though they resemble the illegal so one state is forcing all to carry papers of identification, Question: what about white european illegals?, many have always served in our armed forces while those condemning haven't!
GIs 'afraid to deploy' over spouses' illegal status |
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Thu May 06, 2010 at 12:06:20 PM EDT
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Iraq, Rapidly becoming the Forgotten War!!
There have been 4,719 coalition deaths -- 4,402 Americans, 2 Australians, 1 Azerbaijani, 179 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, 1 Czech, 7 Danes, 2 Dutch, 2 Estonians, 1 Fijian, 5 Georgians, 1 Hungarian, 33 Italians, 1 Kazakh, 1 South Korean, 3 Latvian, 22 Poles, 3 Romanians, 5 Salvadoran, 4 Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, 2 Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of May 5 2010, according to a CNN count. { Graphical breakdown of casualties }. The list also includes 14 U.S. Defense Department civilian employees. At least 31,790 {31,762 last month} U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the war in Afghanistan |
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Wed May 05, 2010 at 09:43:31 AM EDT
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| Maj. Gen. Eaton {retired} makes so many points, Points that many of us have been saying, especially those who have served and Swore Oath in entering that service, be it military of government, in such a short discussion that it makes it a Keeper and All So Called Repub Reps. especially, and their Supporters, Should Be Required To Watch Him!! {but they still won't get it}
They've been trying to take down the Constitution and Country since reagan but especially since newt and delay, the bugman having run to do exactly that as to his previous life as a regulated using poisons to kill rodents etc, and increase his corrupt wants as well. But they thought they had it during the past decade and they don't want to loose what they thought they gained!! |
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Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 06:07:27 AM EDT
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We never came to terms with those years leading up to April 30th 1975, one of the reasons we've had the recent past decade, will we come to terms with that, doubt it, but it will just add to what the coming generations will face and their presents and future.
Thanks to the "This week in History" from the Peace Buttons site for the following: |
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Sat Apr 24, 2010 at 09:35:32 AM EDT
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| These types of announcements have been coming now on an almost regular basis and not only as to the States leaders but out of the Veterans Administration as to Stimulus money, some with added budget funds if there, being used to add VA Clinics, new VA Hospitals or upgrade those already in existence, State and Federal Veterans Cemeteries expansions and new ones. |
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Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 18:18:40 PM EDT
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Paul Hardcastle has updated his original song "19" made twenty five years ago, just released a few days back, I'll let him explain
19/04/10 The Story of 19
25 Years ago, I recorded the song '19'. The idea came about whilst watching a documentary which highlighted the plight of young men and women who fought in Vietnam. "In World War 2 the average age of the combat soldier was 26, in Vietnam he was 19." These words really made me stop and think.
When I first approached Chrysalis Records with the Demo of '19' most people there didn't believe it would get any attention as there would be no interest from the media, and I quote "the public don't want to hear a song about war."
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Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 12:10:05 PM EDT
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VA Marks 85 Years of "Discovery, Innovation and Advancement"
April 22, 2010 Researchers Have Brought Hope to Generations
WASHINGTON - Eighty-five years of enriching the lives of Veterans and all Americans through top-notch medical research will be spotlighted April 26-30 when the Department of Veterans Affairs celebrates National VA Research Week.
On April 22, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs W. Scott Gould was joined by disability advocate Lee Woodruff and country music star - and Iraq and Afghanistan vet - Stephen Cochran at VA's Central Office in Washington to kick off the official 85th birthday party for the Department's research program.
"The rich history of accomplishment by VA researchers has improved Veterans' lives and advanced the practice of medicine throughout the country," said Gould. "The innovative VA researchers who turn so many hopes into realities are truly national treasures." -->-->--> |
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Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 09:55:51 AM EDT
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| Hearing: Implementation of the New Post-9/11 GI Bill - Looking Back and Moving Forward
April 21, 2010 9:30 a.m. 418 Russell
1- Committee Leadership
* Chairman Daniel K. Akaka
2 - Committee Leadership
* Ranking Member Richard Burr
Panel I
* KEITH M. WILSON, DIRECTOR, EDUCATION SERVICE, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
* Mr. Robert E. Clark, Assistant Director for Accession Policy Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness
Panel II
* MARCO REININGER, IAVA MEMBER, STUDENT VETERAN AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
* Faith DesLauriers, Legislative Director, National Association for Veterans? Program Administrators
* WILLIAM D. STEPHENS, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE APPROVING AGENCIES
* ROBERT MADDEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ECONOMIC COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION For links to Statements and Archived Video |
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Tue Apr 20, 2010 at 16:14:02 PM EDT
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| Well, well, well, is this one more isolated incident, under the command of one george w. bush, and with only one State National Guard or were similar incidents taking place in the lead up to the 'surge', i.e. escalation, and during other times, in Iraq to make sure there were enough needed warm bodies or were recruiters trying to keep their numbers up for their bonuses! |
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| DOMESTIC CRIMINAL TERRORISM
"The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of an American Terrorist" Monday, April 19 2010, 9 p.m. ET on MSNBC
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Fri Apr 16, 2010 at 06:00:12 AM EDT
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| And this is only a very small fraction of those cost in monetary terms for any War but especially Wars of Choice, billions are just plain blown up in the occupations, billions are just lost, and more!
The Meaningful Real Costs in Lives Loss or Changed Forever can not be Calculated!
And out of these two occupations we've given the small band of criminals exactly what they wanted, raised the hatreds towards us and created the long term possibility, already started, of continued blowback, our legacy to the coming generations! |
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Thu Apr 15, 2010 at 08:31:02 AM EDT
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| Why is it in all these speeches the press seems to think are so important, like those of the shrill voiced hockey puck mom, who's son served or is still serving, and anyone attached to this so called 'tea party', as they rail against taxes and more, do we not hear mention of the funding nor sacrifice as to those serving or have served!
Seems the only time the military soldier and veterans of, are mentioned is when a meme needs to be added as flag is wrapped around their 'patriotism?'!
Many are the same that never mention defense budgets, except wanting them to grow even more, nor gave any mention to military and veterans care as they beat the drums of war louder and louder, and still do! |
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