added 2007 Fri Jun 15 5:44:33 by bubba2
Edwards has used his post as an appropriations subcommittee chairman to deliver a $65 billion bill funding veterans and military construction programs to the US House. The measure is scheduled for a vote this week. Edwards has been working for 16 years to write a VA funding bill like this one, and that a Bush veto would be devastating for veterans.
Edwards has used his post as an appropriations subcommittee chairman to deliver a $65 billion bill funding veterans and military construction programs to the US House. The measure is scheduled for a vote this week. Edwards has been working for 16 years to write a VA funding bill like this one, and that a Bush veto would be devastating for veterans.
added 2007 Fri Jun 15 5:36:47 by bubba2
"If Congress increases VA funding above the President's request and does not offset this increase with spending reductions in other bills, the President will veto any of the other bills that exceed his request until Congress demonstrates a path to reach the President's topline of $933 billion." This is Bush politics at its dirtiest!
"If Congress increases VA funding above the President's request and does not offset this increase with spending reductions in other bills, the President will veto any of the other bills that exceed his request until Congress demonstrates a path to reach the President's topline of $933 billion." This is Bush politics at its dirtiest!
added 2007 Fri Jun 8 23:50:48 by populist
James W. Holsinger has repeatedly espoused medically-inaccurate homophobic positions that undermine his credibility to be the next Surgeon General.
James W. Holsinger has repeatedly espoused medically-inaccurate homophobic positions that undermine his credibility to be the next Surgeon General.
added 2007 Sat Jun 2 2:48:11 by Manymeez
The U.S. government wants us, the American people to remain uneducated about the truth. They prefer that we go along with the governments version of what the truth is. They will stop at nothing to make sure we never learn the truth.
The U.S. government wants us, the American people to remain uneducated about the truth. They prefer that we go along with the governments version of what the truth is. They will stop at nothing to make sure we never learn the truth.
added 2007 Mon May 28 21:48:22 by bubba2
An attorney testifies about problems in the VA benefits appeals process. "Hamster Wheel" refers to the following phenomenon: veterans claims are transferred back and forth between the CAVC and the Board, and the Board and the RO. The net result: frustrated veterans have to wait many years before receiving a final decision on their claims.
An attorney testifies about problems in the VA benefits appeals process. "Hamster Wheel" refers to the following phenomenon: veterans claims are transferred back and forth between the CAVC and the Board, and the Board and the RO. The net result: frustrated veterans have to wait many years before receiving a final decision on their claims.
added 2007 Mon May 28 20:49:25 by bubba2
It is wholly right and proper that we remember those who gave their lives so that our nation and our freedom would endure. But honoring the dead is not enough. We must also repay our living veterans for their valor and sacrifices to the extent that it is in our power to do so. Too many veterans are struggling with medical or financial problems.
It is wholly right and proper that we remember those who gave their lives so that our nation and our freedom would endure. But honoring the dead is not enough. We must also repay our living veterans for their valor and sacrifices to the extent that it is in our power to do so. Too many veterans are struggling with medical or financial problems.
added 2007 Mon May 28 11:17:42 by zaph22
Just wanted to remind everyone that today is Memorial Day, and to remember what the day is really about. "How often do you here someone remembering our freedom and the lives that were lost giving freedom so generously to us?"
Just wanted to remind everyone that today is Memorial Day, and to remember what the day is really about. "How often do you here someone remembering our freedom and the lives that were lost giving freedom so generously to us?"
added 2007 Mon May 28 6:57:22 by Beau7890
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday the country is not providing enough mental health services for active duty troops and veterans. He proposed spending hundreds of million dollars more each year for better care. "We cannot expect our young men and women to serve in our armed forces, if we are not making sure they get
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday the country is not providing enough mental health services for active duty troops and veterans. He proposed spending hundreds of million dollars more each year for better care. "We cannot expect our young men and women to serve in our armed forces, if we are not making sure they get
added 2007 Mon May 21 3:02:40 by bubba2
Veterans exposed to Agent Orange have a 48% increased risk of prostate cancer recurrence following surgery than their unexposed peers - when the disease recurs, it seems more aggressive. Agent Orange contains the carcinogen, dioxin, which can be stored in body fat and is believed to make its way into the cell nucleus and work as a tumor promoter.
Veterans exposed to Agent Orange have a 48% increased risk of prostate cancer recurrence following surgery than their unexposed peers - when the disease recurs, it seems more aggressive. Agent Orange contains the carcinogen, dioxin, which can be stored in body fat and is believed to make its way into the cell nucleus and work as a tumor promoter.
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added 2007 Wed May 9 19:24:03 by TechnologyExpert
For reasons of national security -- i.e., to shore up popular support for war policy -- the DoD has long underplayed the tragic consequences of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Returning corpses (soon to number 4,000) are shrouded in secrecy. The suffering of the wounded (more than 26,000) is kept out of the nation's awareness.
For reasons of national security -- i.e., to shore up popular support for war policy -- the DoD has long underplayed the tragic consequences of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Returning corpses (soon to number 4,000) are shrouded in secrecy. The suffering of the wounded (more than 26,000) is kept out of the nation's awareness.
added 2007 Sun May 6 6:15:47 by bubba2
America's injured soldiers are coming home to face another battle: red tape, delays, and a VA ill-prepared to handle a long war's crushing caseload. Disabled Iraq veterans already have braved insurgent attacks and the threat of improvised explosive devices. But few are prepared for the nerve-wracking experience of dealing with the VA system.
America's injured soldiers are coming home to face another battle: red tape, delays, and a VA ill-prepared to handle a long war's crushing caseload. Disabled Iraq veterans already have braved insurgent attacks and the threat of improvised explosive devices. But few are prepared for the nerve-wracking experience of dealing with the VA system.
added 2007 Mon Apr 23 18:46:27 by SageXparadox
The U-S Veterans Administration agrees under the settlement to allow the five-pointed star on gravestones of veterans in national cemeteries. The pentacle joins 38 religious symbols already allowed by the V-A covering such religions as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Judaism.
The U-S Veterans Administration agrees under the settlement to allow the five-pointed star on gravestones of veterans in national cemeteries. The pentacle joins 38 religious symbols already allowed by the V-A covering such religions as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Judaism.
added 2007 Mon Apr 9 5:44:02 by Wil
Salon has uncovered further evidence that the military sent soldiers with acute post-traumatic stress disorder, severe back injuries and other serious war wounds back to Iraq.
Salon has uncovered further evidence that the military sent soldiers with acute post-traumatic stress disorder, severe back injuries and other serious war wounds back to Iraq.
added 2007 Sun Apr 8 0:40:05 by tomboy501
Two months before Mario Alberto Echeverri administered a sleep disorder test to an Army corporal at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the medical technician had been arrested for fondling the groin of a U.S. Park Police officer. 17 months before that, Echeverrri had been observed touching another patient inappropriately and was warned.
Two months before Mario Alberto Echeverri administered a sleep disorder test to an Army corporal at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the medical technician had been arrested for fondling the groin of a U.S. Park Police officer. 17 months before that, Echeverrri had been observed touching another patient inappropriately and was warned.
added 2007 Sat Apr 7 19:59:24 by berkeley
Last month, a career chief master sergeant in the Air Force wrote an opinion piece in the military newspaper Stars and Stripes opposing the war, and a busload of retired veterans and civilian activists toured military bases in the South, hoping to coax more support from active duty soldiers.
Last month, a career chief master sergeant in the Air Force wrote an opinion piece in the military newspaper Stars and Stripes opposing the war, and a busload of retired veterans and civilian activists toured military bases in the South, hoping to coax more support from active duty soldiers.
added 2007 Sun Apr 1 2:27:33 by bubba2
A battered tent, pitched on a Navy parking lot, is reflective of a problem that almost certainly will worsen as more troops come home from Iraq and Afghanistan and leave active duty: There aren't enough beds for those who end up homeless. According to the Dept of Veterans Affairs, there are about 195,000 homeless veterans on any given night.
A battered tent, pitched on a Navy parking lot, is reflective of a problem that almost certainly will worsen as more troops come home from Iraq and Afghanistan and leave active duty: There aren't enough beds for those who end up homeless. According to the Dept of Veterans Affairs, there are about 195,000 homeless veterans on any given night.
added 2007 Thu Mar 29 5:00:02 by KingOfTruth
Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors, who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects approved by Feinstein.
Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors, who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects approved by Feinstein.
added 2007 Thu Mar 15 2:39:10 by populist
Americans were dismayed to learn that soldiers wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq--"fallen heroes," as network news calls them--were being warehoused in Building 18, a rat- and roach-infested satellite of the Army's Walter Reed Medical Center.
Americans were dismayed to learn that soldiers wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq--"fallen heroes," as network news calls them--were being warehoused in Building 18, a rat- and roach-infested satellite of the Army's Walter Reed Medical Center.
added 2007 Tue Mar 13 5:18:47 by bubba2
Almost one-third of returning veterans who received health care at Veterans Affairs facilities between 2001 & 2005 were given a mental health or psychosocial diagnosis, according to a report in the March 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. Many experience substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) & other conditions.
Almost one-third of returning veterans who received health care at Veterans Affairs facilities between 2001 & 2005 were given a mental health or psychosocial diagnosis, according to a report in the March 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. Many experience substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) & other conditions.
added 2007 Fri Mar 9 3:38:40 by Soren85
A former Veterans Affairs official said Thursday he warned the department as early as August 2005 of backlogs in the VA health care system but officials instead shelved a program aimed at alleviating delays.
A former Veterans Affairs official said Thursday he warned the department as early as August 2005 of backlogs in the VA health care system but officials instead shelved a program aimed at alleviating delays.
added 2007 Mon Mar 5 17:54:47 by Aidenag
As in the Vietnam War era, when thousands of vets ended up homeless, there are already signs that the recent wars are taking a traumatic psychological toll on some service members. Many veterans' advocates said that despite unprecedented attempts by the military and Veterans Affairs to care for veterans, increasing numbers are ending up homeless.
As in the Vietnam War era, when thousands of vets ended up homeless, there are already signs that the recent wars are taking a traumatic psychological toll on some service members. Many veterans' advocates said that despite unprecedented attempts by the military and Veterans Affairs to care for veterans, increasing numbers are ending up homeless.
added 2007 Sun Mar 4 20:36:40 by Wil
On Fox News Sunday, Brit Hume spoke about the Walter Reed scandal in entirely political terms, saying "the problem" is that it "looks terrible" for George Bush. It was a "potential" political firestorm, he said, but the "administration did what it did to try to get it over with, and it may well have succeeded.&quo
On Fox News Sunday, Brit Hume spoke about the Walter Reed scandal in entirely political terms, saying "the problem" is that it "looks terrible" for George Bush. It was a "potential" political firestorm, he said, but the "administration did what it did to try to get it over with, and it may well have succeeded.&quo
added 2007 Sat Feb 24 23:43:14 by TimALoftis
Hundreds of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are ending up homeless. How could this happen? Newsweek reports.
Hundreds of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are ending up homeless. How could this happen? Newsweek reports.
added 2007 Sat Feb 24 11:36:40 by Aidenag
The Army is deliberately shortchanging troops on their disability retirement ratings to hold down costs, according to veterans' advocates, lawyers and service members.
The Army is deliberately shortchanging troops on their disability retirement ratings to hold down costs, according to veterans' advocates, lawyers and service members.
added 2007 Mon Feb 12 21:13:51 by gatitabonitasen
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration plans to cut funding for veterans' health care two years from now - even as badly wounded troops returning from Iraq could overwhelm the system. Bush is using the cuts, critics say, to help fulfill his pledge to balance the budget by 2012. After an increase sought for next year, the Bush budget would t
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration plans to cut funding for veterans' health care two years from now - even as badly wounded troops returning from Iraq could overwhelm the system. Bush is using the cuts, critics say, to help fulfill his pledge to balance the budget by 2012. After an increase sought for next year, the Bush budget would t
added 2007 Sat Feb 10 9:55:51 by Varadinum
Veterans of Al Gore's past are quietly assembling a campaign to draft the former vice president into the 2008 presidential race - despite his repeated statements that he's not running.His top policy adviser from his 2000 presidential campaign and other key supporters met Thursday in Boston to mull a potential Gore campaign.
Veterans of Al Gore's past are quietly assembling a campaign to draft the former vice president into the 2008 presidential race - despite his repeated statements that he's not running.His top policy adviser from his 2000 presidential campaign and other key supporters met Thursday in Boston to mull a potential Gore campaign.
added 2007 Tue Jan 30 13:35:53 by nativestorm
the different experiences of different veterans who now serve in Congress show strains of collegial loyalty
the different experiences of different veterans who now serve in Congress show strains of collegial loyalty
added 2007 Mon Jan 29 15:38:22 by nativestorm
Army's new $50 million facility in Texas to treat amputees and burn victims. This is a center that's very near and dear to me....a center where Iraq War veterans can rehabilitate their war injuries
Army's new $50 million facility in Texas to treat amputees and burn victims. This is a center that's very near and dear to me....a center where Iraq War veterans can rehabilitate their war injuries
