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End of Life Counseling? Had That in My Twenties

Hal Donahue | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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Hal Donahue

Early in my service I was told, "When a jet crashes, often the boots are all we can find." Such was my not-so-subtle introduction to the need for end of life planning.

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Arlen Specter and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad VA "Death Book" Circus

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Death Book, Votevets, Arlen Specter, Department of Veterans Affairs, votevets.org, Va, Joe Sestak, Vha, Politics News
Richard Allen Smith

What Arlen Specter's opportunistic party switch has taught us is you can take the Senator out of the Republican Party, but you can't take the predilection towards manufactured offense out of the Senator.

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HuffPost's Marcus Baram Debates Jim Towey Over VA's Use Of "Your Life, Your Choices"

Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Washington Unplugged, Jim Towey, Your Choices, Veteran's Administration, Va, Death Book, Marcus Baram, Your Live, Politics News

Huffington Post Night Editor Marcus Baram defended The Veterans Administration's use of the end-of-life planning document "Your Life, Your Choices" Tu...

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Jason Linkins

Michael Steele: VA Encouraging Vets To Commit Suicide (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Death Book, Video, Fearmongering, Death Panels, Michael Steele, Health Care Reform, Death Panel, Veterans, Politics News

Michael Steele is running a bit late to the latest "Let's Frighten The Villagers With Lies" party, but, as TPM's Rachel Slajda points out, he's plungi...

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Obama Admin Fires Back At Right Wing With Detailed Rebuttal Of "Death Book" Claim

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

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In a sign of real concern about the right wing's latest lurid health care tale, the Obama administration's veterans agency is hitting back at conserva...

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Marcus Baram

How Conservatives Got The Facts Wrong On Their Latest Obsession: The "Death Book" For Veterans

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

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***UPDATE*** Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs Tammy Duckworth appeared on Fox News Sunday this morning to combat the false allegations that th...

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