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Editorial - Act Quickly on Good Care for Veterans
Mercury News Editorial Board San Jose Mercury News July 31, 2007
President Bush isn't one to quickly admit to problems, but his commission on the care of returning wounded soldiers left him no choice. To his credit, the president promises swift action on last week's report, which confirms the embarrassing state of medical care for soldiers that first was revealed by the Washington Post in February. The burden is on Bush to act, and the clock is ticking.
Editorial Column - Going After the Military Vote
Dallas Morning News July 31, 2007
What can Democrats do to win over voters in the armed forces? This is the question addressed by military veterans of various ranks and political persuasions in the following six essays.
Welch Supports House Veterans Health Care Improvement Act
Congressman Peter Welch Congressman Peter Welch July 31, 2007
The U.S. House is scheduled this evening to pass the Veterans Health Care Improvement Act, co-sponsored by Rep. Peter Welch, which continues reforms to improve the care given to veterans and servicemembers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Recruiters Offer $20,000 to Ship Out in 30 Days
WLWT July 31, 2007
The Army is now offering a $20,000 "QS" – or “Quick Shipper” -- bonus to new and prior service recruits joining, selecting any job and shipping out for training within 30 days.
Humanitarian Catastrophe in Iraq as Eight Million Need Assistance
Associated Press MSNBC July 31, 2007
About 8 million Iraqis — nearly a third of the population — need immediate emergency aid because of the humanitarian crisis caused by the war, relief agencies said Monday. Those Iraqis are in urgent need of water, sanitation, food and shelter, said the report by Oxfam and the NGO Coordination Committee network in Iraq.
Iraq War Veteran Speaks Out Against War
Michael Birnbaum Pittsburgh Post Gazette July 31, 2007
Sgt. Paul Abernathy says he knew there was something wrong from the start. As a combat engineer in the Army, he was attached to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, the ground troops who were at the front in the invasion of Iraq. "We would get these briefings saying that because we were going through Shia towns and villages we would experience very little resistance," the 28-year-old South Fayette native said. "Our experience was completely the opposite. It ended up being a bloody and tough fight on the road to Baghdad, and when we experienced that, we began to wonder what else the government was wrong about."
Editorial - Broken - Veterans Benefits, Treatment Must Be Improved
Editorial Board News Times Live July 31, 2007
American military personnel were sent to war in Iraq and Afghanistan without a health system prepared to care for them when they came home. Emergency treatment in the field and in military hospitals is considered good. But ongoing treatment is not -- and the process for determining disability benefits is riddled with unfairness.
Editorial - It's Time for Bush to Deliver for Veterans
Editorial Board Chicago Sun-Times July 31, 2007
President Bush says he wants to change the way wounded soldiers are treated when they return from war and last week ordered Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson to follow the advice of the president's "wounded warriors commission." The president needs to appoint a new secretary immediately and someone who will interpret the commission's broad recommendations in the best possible light for those who have already paid a high price for our freedom.
Editorial Column: Congress, Bush and the Real Constitutional Crisis America is in the midst of an authentic constitutional crisis as the Bush Administration moves to reduce Congress to little more than an irrelevant focus group and achieve what no U.S. President has ever achieved: a true above-the-law presidency.
Rockridge Institute Staff Member Rockridge Nation July 31, 2007
Lawsuit Says VA Mishandled Claims
Laura Parker USA Today July 30, 2007
A coalition of disabled Iraq war veterans sued the Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday, accusing the VA of illegally denying or delaying claims for disability pay and mental health treatment.
Editorial Column - An American Disgrace
Editorial Board Florida Today July 30, 2007
That two veterans groups have been forced to file suit against the Department of Veteran's Affairs for the nation's failure to meet its obligation to those wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan is a disgrace.
Protesters Seek Better Health Care for Veterans
Keith Ervin Seattle Times July 30, 2007
Veterans of the Iraq war marched at the head of a protest on Beacon Hill Saturday calling for an end to the war and full funding of veterans' health-care needs.
Dangers of a Cornered George Bush
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity and Dr. Justin Frank Consortium News July 30, 2007
As the nation and the world face 18 more months of George W. Bush’s presidency, a chilling prospect is that Bush – confronted with more defeats and reversals – might just “lose it” and undertake even more reckless military adventures.
Scientists' Tests Hack Into Electronic Voting Machines in California and Elsewhere
Christopher Drew New York Times July 30, 2007
Computer scientists from California universities have hacked into three electronic voting systems used in California and elsewhere in the nation and found several ways in which vote totals could potentially be altered, according to reports released yesterday by the state.
Tammy Duckworth: Fighting the VA System From Within
Jamie Reno MSNBC July 30, 2007
Last November, Army National Guard Maj. Tammy Duckworth, who lost both her legs in 2004 when the helicopter she was co-piloting in Iraq was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, was appointed director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. But if anyone thought her new job would turn Duckworth from an impassioned veteran activist into a stoic government bureaucrat or quell her criticisms of the federal VA, they were wrong.
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