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Apr. 30: Not for Prying Eyes - Urgent Note from Paul Sullivan at VCS
Paul Sullivan, Executive Director, VCS Veterans for Common Sense April 30, 2008
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Traumatic Brain Injury in Iraq War Veterans Explored by MIT's Technology Review Magazine
Business Wire Technology Review April 30, 2008
A High Number of Soldiers Are Suffering from TBI with No Known Cure, Further Complicated by Symptoms That Overlap with PTSD, Leading to Mistaken Diagnosis
Abuse of Power: Cheney Lawyer Claims Congress Has No Authority Over Vice President
Elana Schor The Guardian April 30, 2008
The lawyer for US vice-president Dick Cheney claimed today that the Congress lacks any authority to examine his behaviour on the job.
Tuition Promises Fall Short for US Vets
Thalia Assuras CBS News April 30, 2008
Twenty-eight-year-old Marine Todd Bowers was almost killed by a bullet still lodged in his rifle scope - a constant reminder of how narrowly he escaped death in Iraq.
DoD Secretary Gates Claims Iran Kills U.S. Service Members in Iraq
CBS News April 30, 2008
A second American aircraft carrier steamed into the Persian Gulf on Tuesday as the Pentagon ordered military commanders to develop new options for attacking Iran.
Apr. 30: New Outrage, as VA Secretary Peake Tells Veteran Sick with ALS to Wait and Pray
Jill Coley The Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina) April 30, 2008
The Department of Veterans Affairs is facing accusations that it covered up veteran suicide rates.
Toxic Gulf War Legacy: U.S. Government Ships Sand Contaminated with Depleted Uranium from Kuwait to Idaho
Erik Olson The Daily News April 30, 2008
Longshoremen should finish unloading 6,700 tons of sand contaminated with depleted uranium and lead Tuesday afternoon, said Chad Hyslop, spokesman for the disposal company American Ecology.
Senate Tries to Prevent Waterboarding
Associated Press CBS News April 30, 2008
The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Tuesday to limit CIA interrogators to techniques approved by the military, which would effectively bar them from waterboarding prisoners, congressional officials said.
Some War Veterans Find GI Bill Falls Short
Susan Kinzie Washington Post April 30, 2008
Two years after a rocket-propelled grenade hit Nathan Toews during an ambush in southern Afghanistan, sending shrapnel shooting into his skull and spiderwebbing through his brain, he has recovered enough to ask: What now?
Halliburton Bribe Case Haunts Cheney
Jason Leopold Consortium News April 30, 2008
Dick Cheney’s tenure at Halliburton ended eight years ago, but a federal investigation of alleged bribes from a company subsidiary to Nigerian officials lingers from the Cheney era, raising questions about what the Vice President knew or should have known.
Dad's Video of Run-Down Barracks Sparks Military Response
Mike Phelan, Sarah Carden, and Mary Lynn Ryan CNN April 30, 2008
The U.S. military is promising action to address conditions in a barracks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, after a soldier's father posted images on YouTube showing a building that he said "should be condemned."
Editorial Column: Half of Vets Suffering Brain and Mind Injuries Go Untreated, But Pentagon Pretends Nothing's Going on
Penny Coleman AlterNet April 29, 2008
An activist travels to the DoD's annual suicide prevention conference, only to find the military brass living in a parallel universe.
Apr. 30 Press Conference: Please Attend Senate Briefing on VA Suicides in DC
Senators Murray and Akaka April 29, 2008
Senators, Veterans to Urge Improved Mental Health Outreach, Transparency at VA. In light of an apparent cover-up by a top ranking VA official, Senators renew call for better care
Talk Doesn't Mean Action for Vets
Ruben Rosario Pioneer Press April 29, 2008
Judging by sheer numbers alone, this is most definitely the Year of the Veteran at the state Capitol.
Soldier Suicides: Veterans Are Killing Themselves in Record Numbers
Beth Walton Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages April 29, 2008
But at the VA, not much has changed.
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