http://veterans.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for veterans en Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:44:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2047135 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:44:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2047135VacongressveteransappropriationsbillbushvetoNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2046859 unknown@Netscape.com "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! Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:36:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2046859veteransdisabilitybenefitsmilitarymedicalCarewhitehousevetosNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2035639 unknown@Netscape.com James W. Holsinger has repeatedly espoused medically-inaccurate homophobic positions that undermine his credibility to be the next Surgeon General. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:50:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035639VamedicalCareveteransNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2021962 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:48:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2021962militaryLyingwaronterroriraqveteransforpeacemindcontrolNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013612 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 28 May 2007 21:48:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013612VahamsterwheelveteransbenefitsdisabilityclaimsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013745 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 28 May 2007 20:49:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013745memorialdayveteransmilitarymedicalCarebankruptcyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2012998 unknown@Netscape.com 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?" Mon, 28 May 2007 11:17:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2012998memorialdayfreedomsacrificehonorveteransNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013310 unknown@Netscape.com 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 Mon, 28 May 2007 06:57:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013310obamamilitaryspendingmentalhealthhealthcareveteransNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1989816 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 21 May 2007 03:02:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1989816agentorangeveteransprostatecancerriskNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1821252 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Wed, 09 May 2007 19:24:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1821252WalterReedarmyHospitalveteransadministrationHidingSufferingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1770876 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 06 May 2007 06:15:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1770876iraqwoundedveteransVaredtapebacklogNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1586712 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:46:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1586712WiccanveteransgravestonesPentaclesymbolsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1366797 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:44:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1366797surgeEscalationveteransbushMcCainiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1350702 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:40:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1350702warWalterReediraqveteranswoundedsoldiersEcheverriNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1341638 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:59:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1341638iraqveteranswarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1244396 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:27:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1244396iraqAfghanistanveteranshomelessNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1204421 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:00:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1204421scandalNepotismmilitarymedicalCaremeltdownleftgrievouslywoundedveteransTorotNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1001226 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:39:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1001226soldiersWalterReedveteransNews http://web2announcer.com/go/971767 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:18:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/971767AfghanistanveteranshealthCarementalillnessiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/915547 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:38:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/915547VaveteransNews http://web2announcer.com/go/862093 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:54:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/862093veteranshomelessmentalhealthwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/847463 unknown@Netscape.com 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 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:36:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/847463mediaCriticismWalterReedBritHumeveteransFoxNews http://web2announcer.com/go/730097 unknown@Netscape.com Hundreds of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are ending up homeless. How could this happen? Newsweek reports. Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:43:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/730097iraqwarhomelessveteransvetsVasheltersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/724870 unknown@Netscape.com The Army is deliberately shortchanging troops on their disability retirement ratings to hold down costs, according to veterans' advocates, lawyers and service members. Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:36:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/724870armymilitaryveteransshortchangingdisabilityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/661036 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:31:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/661036congressional research servicewebsiteislamiraqRumsfeldsupport our troopscommander in chiefmosqueHillaryveteransMichael Mooreliberalsuss san francisco ssn-711military newsarmed forcesmay wenever everjust remembermedal of honorhome pageReligion http://web2announcer.com/go/569011 unknown@Netscape.com 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 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:13:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/569011veteransfaceconsecutivebudgetcutsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/541472 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:47:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/541472VeteranveteransvetsvotevetsoapboxIraq Warnon-profitTroopsNew Yorkmissouriaction fundstakescongresspolitical action committeewar veteranjim talenttelevision ad campaigncongressional districtstv ad http://web2announcer.com/go/526132 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:55:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/526132Algoreveterans2008News http://web2announcer.com/go/373381 unknown@Netscape.com the different experiences of different veterans who now serve in Congress show strains of collegial loyalty Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:35:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/373381SenateveteransofvietnamwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/359241 unknown@Netscape.com 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 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:38:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/359241disablediraqwarveteranshealthCareRehabNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3558 unknown@Netscape.com Suffering from a multitude of health problems and an array of similar symptoms, many veterans of both Iraq wars believe they are suffering the effects of depleted uranium used in U.S. weaponry. But they are dismissed out of hand by the DOD and VA. Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:56:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3558NewsiraqUraniumwardepartment of defenseveterans http://web2announcer.com/go/2658 unknown@Netscape.com Lashing out at the “wrong priorities” of lawmakers, Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey said, “The Legislature has made the appalling decision to vote on things like tuition breaks for illegal immigrants, but they couldn’t take the time to take a vote to help our Massachusetts war heroes . . . I find it deeply disturbing.” Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:50:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2658Newsillegal immigrantionveteransmassachusettscollege tuitionlegislature http://web2announcer.com/go/2208 unknown@Netscape.com As many as 38,000 veterans may be at risk of identity theft because a Veterans Affairs Department subcontractor lost a desktop computer containing their sensitive personal data. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:35:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2208NewsveteransdataSecuritytheft http://web2announcer.com/go/366 unknown@Netscape.com The “Swift Boat” veterans who grabbed national headlines in 2004 when they attacked John Kerry in his failed presidential bid now are turning their sights to John Murtha. Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:27:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/366Politicsswift boatveteransmurthaveterans for truthNews