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Could Artificial Intelligence Speed VA Claims?
Rick Maze Army Times January 31, 2008
A House subcommittee that is considering the use of artificial intelligence to speed the processing of veterans’ disability claims heard compelling evidence Tuesday about the problems facing veterans and their families trying to receive earned benefits.
Pioneering Blackwater Protesters Given Secret Trial and Criminal Conviction
Jeremy Scahill Alternet January 31, 2008
Protesters who re-enacted one of Blackwater's worst civilian massacres in Iraq got jail time, while the real killers remain free.
Editorial - Wounded Soldiers, Substandard Care
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial Board Seattle Post-Intelligencer January 31, 2008
Given the praise President Bush heaped on our troops in his final State of the Union speech Monday night, we were outraged to read two stories Tuesday about how the government continues to let our wounded soldiers down.
Senator Webb - Commission on Wartime Contracting Will Move Forward in Expeditious Manner
Senator Jim Webb Senator Jim Webb January 31, 2008
Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) took to the Senate floor today to dispute President Bush’s assertion that the recently approved Webb-McCaskill Commission on Wartime Contracting was beyond the constitutional authority of the Congress.
More Veterans Returning Home With PTSD
Brian Scheid Bucks County Courier Times January 31, 2008
A growing number of war veterans are returning to their lives in Bucks County with mental health issues, military and mental health officials said Monday.
Dogs Chase Nightmares of War Away
Joan Shim CNN January 31, 2008
Jo Hanna Schaffer's dog is more than a best friend. The 67-year-old Vietnam veteran, a former Army medic, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and three years ago, she decided to get a service dog, a Chihuahua named Cody. Cody barks if someone is approaching from behind and cuddles with her when she is depressed.
Army Blocks Disability Paperwork Aid at Fort Drum
Ari Shapiro National Public Radio January 31, 2008
Army officials in upstate New York instructed representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs not to help disabled soldiers at Fort Drum Army base with their military disability paperwork last year. That paperwork can be crucial because it helps determine whether soldiers will get annual disability payments and health care after they're discharged.
The Beginning of the End
William Rivers Pitt Truthout January 31, 2008
It was The Last Bush SOTU Speech Ever. Seven speeches. Seven years. No more.
Defeat Without End: Editorial Column About VCS Casualty Fact Sheets
Robert Koehler Huffington Post January 31, 2008
Consider the number 72,000. This number -- of total U.S. battlefield casualties in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, through Jan. 5, 2008 -- is simple enough, but as I ponder the fact that Paul Sullivan and his organization, Veterans for Common Sense, had to wrest it from the Department of Defense with a Freedom of Information Act request, and the fact that the only media outlet to pick up on it so far is the Scottish newspaper The Herald, I begin to grasp the extent of the deception in place sustaining the war on terror.
Army Statistics Reveal that Soldier Suicide Attempts Skyrocketed in 2007
David Martin CBS Evening News with Katie Couric January 30, 2008
According to internal Army documents, the number has gone from less than 500 in 2002 to more than 2,000 last year. The number of actual suicides is also climbing, and the Army's suicide rate is higher than at any time in the past 25 years.
Honoring Nazi Victims as Witnesses Fade
Nicholas Kulish International Herald Tribune January 30, 2008
Most countries celebrate the best in their past. Germany unrelentingly promotes its worst.
Veteran's Story Rings True, Says Ex-Teacher
George Werneth The Press Register January 30, 2008
An Eight Mile man's detailed account of being "waterboarded" while undergoing training in a Navy survival school in California in 1975 is so accurate that "only somebody who went through it would know that," according to a former instructor at the school.
Veterans Health Care Has Gotten Worse Under Bush
Think Progress January 30, 2008
[In his State of the Union address,] Bush said: “Over the past 7 years, we have increased funding for veterans by more than 95 percent. As we increase funding, we must also reform our veterans system to meet the needs of a new war and a new generation.”
VA Links Poor Care to 19 Deaths in Illinois
Jim Suhr Associated Press January 30, 2008
Substandard care at a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital may have contributed to 19 deaths over the past two years, a VA official said Monday as he apologized to affected families and pledged reform.
Florida VCS Hold Picnic February 2nd in Sarasota
January 30, 2008
Picnic at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 2nd at South Lido Park in Sarasota.
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