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Many Women Veterans Not Happy with VA Services
Larry Scott VA Watchdog dot Org March 31, 2008
This, as bipartisan group of women Senators prepares bill to offer more to women vets.

Veterans Affairs Was Overcharged About $6 Million, Audit Finds
Walter F. Roche Jr. Los Angeles Times March 31, 2008
California-based QTC, run by ex-VA Secretary Anthony J. Principi, ignored its contract rates. It has agreed to repay $3 million.

Classified Memo Reveals Iraqi Prisoners as Starving
Jason Leopold Op Ed News March 31, 2008
A classified memo written by a top military official stationed in Western Iraq reveals that a prison in downtown Fallujah is so overcrowded and dirty that it does not even meet basic “minimal levels of hygiene for human beings.”

Editorial Column: Unempoyed Veterans - Battle at Home
The Topeka Capital Journal March 31, 2008
Soldiers returning from Iraq shouldn't have this much trouble finding jobs in private sector.

Battle Rages in Basra
Aref Mohammed The Macon Daily March 31, 2008
Iraqi forces fought Shi'ite militants on Wednesday in battles that threatened to wreck a truce by a powerful cleric that U.S. forces had credited for much of the reduction in violence of the past year.

McCain Details His Foreign Policy
Michael D. Shear Washington Post March 31, 2008
Sen. John McCain today promised a collaborative foreign policy that seeks the input of allies abroad and contrasts sharply with the go-it-alone approach of the Bush administration.

Winter Soldier' Testimony
Aaron Glantz Foreign Policy in Focus March 31, 2008
Former U.S. Marine Corps machine gunner John Michael Turner leaned over the microphone, his voice choking with emotion, the words barely forcing themselves out, the tears barely held back.

Bay Area Iraq War Vets Face Possible Blindness
NBC KNTV San Francisco March 31, 2008
Soldiers coming back from the war in Iraq are being treated for many combat-related injuries.

Veteran of Three Tours in Iraq Accused of Killing Ex-Girlfriend
Angela K. Brown Houston Chronicle March 31, 2008
After returning from his third tour of duty in Iraq in three years, Lance Cpl. Eric Acevedo just wasn't the same, his relatives said.

The Cost of Veterans' Education Falling to Tuition Paying Students
Kartikay Mehrotra Pantagraph March 31, 2008
When it comes to helping veterans earn their college degrees, state universities are the ones looking for financial aid. Unfortunately for them, the State of Illinois is no Sallie Mae.

Frontline: Too Timid, Too Little, Too Late on Iraq
Ray McGovern Alter Net March 31, 2008
Frontline's "Bush's War" series verged on infotainment, bereft of substantive discussion of one of the most disastrous policy blunders in US history.

The Troubled Homecoming of the Marlboro Marine
Jenny Eliscu Rolling Stone March 26, 2008
This is the face of the war in Iraq. The mind behind it will never be the same.

Telling Bush the Truth is Costly
Helen Thomas Seattle Post-Intelligencer March 26, 2008
A salute is due Adm. William Fallon, who tried to prevent a wider war with Iran.

Editorial Column: The Torture President
Nat Hentoff Sacbee.com March 26, 2008
Immediately after 9/11, Colin Powell said the terrorists were clearly engaged in a war on civilization itself.

Group Housing for Vets Raises Concerns
Scott Lindlaw Newsweek March 26, 2008
Fear, misconceptions raise concerns about transitional housing for vets with PTSD

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