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Veterans Still Waiting For GI Bill Payments, Colleges Unpaid

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Affairs, Va, Afghanistan, Navy, Barack Obama, Eric Shinseki, Veterans, University, Education, Army, Military, Veterans Benefits, College, Air Force, GI Bill, Iraq, Higher Education, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Universities and colleges are still waiting for tuition payments for thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who attended school...

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Nancy Fichtner, Efficiency Winner, To Meet With President Obama

AP | Posted 12.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Veterans Affairs, Va, Nancy Fichtner, M SAVE Award, National Efficiency Contest, Barack Obama, Grand Junction Colorado, Denver News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is sounding the theme of efficiency today. The president meets privately with Nancy Fichtner, a Veterans Af...

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VA Treating More Women, Younger Patients, 'Not The Old Guys Group Anymore'

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 12.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Va, VA Patients, Women, Veterans, Veterans Affairs, Hospital, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Home News

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Doctors at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in this quiet, bucolic town tucked between coal country and the nation's cap...

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Female Veterans Struggle For Acceptance

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 12.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Female Veterans, Honorable Discharge, Veterans Rights, Women's Rights, Medical Discharge, Va, American Women Veterans, Dating, Disability, Veterans, Afghanistan, Iraq, Home News

WASHINGTON — Nobody wants to buy them a beer. Even near military bases, female veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan aren't often offered...

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Waffling Democrats' Health Care Hypocrisy

Peter Dreier | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Health Administraiton, Ben Nelson, Public Option, Va, Mary Landrieu, Health Insurance Lobby, Socialized Medicine, Blanche Lincoln, Health Care Reform, Veterans Administration, Max Baucus, Joe Lieberman, American Medical Association, Medicare, Kent Conrad, Health Care, Campaign Contributions, Politics News
Peter Dreier

After years of feeding at the health insurance industry trough, it's no wonder these conservative Democratic senators oppose a public option plan to compete for consumers.

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Abandoning America's Soldiers: The Decay of The US Military

R. B. Stuart | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Operation Desert Fix, Operation Desert Storm, Tallil Air Force Base, Amarillo VA, Burn Pits, Camp Lejeune NC, Army SSG. Gregory Wilson, Va, Iraq, Depleted Uranium, Agent Orange, Operation Desert Shield, Ft. Bragg NC, Marine Corps, Ptsd, Veteran's Day, War Wound, Albuquerque VA, Male Breast Cancer, Pyridostigmine Bromide, 82nd Airborne, Soldiers With Cancer, Ft. Campbell Kentucky, Veteran's Hospital, Permethrin, Ft. Hood Texas, Gulf War, CNN. R. B. Stuart, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Cancerous Tumors, Dod, IED's, Living News
R. B. Stuart

The inadequacy of the VA and a majority of military doctors in theater that fail to diagnose or misdiagnose is at the crux of the soldiers diagnosed with rare, advanced cancers.

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Veteran Moulitsas Versus Tom Tancredo as Moral Tale

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, David Shuster, Politics, Veterans Administration, Progressives, Markos Moulitsas, La Raza, Crashing the Gate, Va, Health Care Reform, Immigration, Media, The Ed Show, Tom Tancredo, Daily Kos, Media News
Beau Friedlander

You merely need to let Tancredo talk to defeat him in a debate. Why would you deride him for not serving his country because of depression, a debilitating illness that affects 8 to 12 percent of the population?

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Veterans Week 2009: We've Got Your Back

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Service Announcements, Vets, Iava, Veterans Day, Va, Iraq War, Iraq, Afghanistan, Rieckhoff, Troops, Veterans, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

Whether it's amputees, folks struggling with PTSD, outdoor enthusiasts, or just those looking to swap war stories, every vet can find a home on the IAVA's social network for veterans.

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Nidal Hasan Warned Army During 2007 Walter Reed Speech, Urged Release Of Muslims From US Military

Washington Post | Dana Priest | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Psychiatry, Islam, Fort Hood, Conscientious Objectors, Speech, Va, The Koranic World View as It Relates to Muslims in the Us Military, Hassan, Investigation, Nid, Hasan's Walter Reed Speech, Religion, God, Army, Hasan Warning Signs, Lecture, Muslims, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Medical Lectures, Counterintelligence, Walter Reed, Nidal Malk Hasan, Veteran's Hospital, Home News

The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood warned a roomful of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that to avoid "a...

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Military Suicides Fuel Worry That Army Is Strained

Wall Street Journal | By YOCHI J. DREAZEN | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Depression, Afghanistan, Army Suicides, Troop Levels, Va, Kabul, Veterans, Stress, Active Duty, Mcchrystal, Military, Army, Surge, Deployment, Iraq, Suicide Prevention, Stanley McChrystal, World News

The Army's top generals worry that surging tens of thousands more troops into Afghanistan could increase the strain felt by many military personnel af...

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Historic Day: Obama Signs Advance VA Funding into Law

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Iava, Military, Va, Homelessness, Veteran, Afghanistan, War Wire, War, Advance Appropriations, Iraq, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

Rey Leal has fought on the streets of Fallujah; for mental health care in south Texas; and in Washington, for a solution to years of late veterans' health care budgets. Today, Rey and millions of veterans have won their fight.

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Women Warriors: Supporting She 'Who Has Borne the Battle'

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veteran, Women, Iava, Homelessness, War, Va, Military, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sexual Assault, War Wire, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

After honorably fighting overseas, female veterans shouldn't have to wage new battles once they get home. And they should be treated like heroes, not candy stripers.

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Andrew Ward: Iraq War Veteran Opens Fire On Police In Lynn, Indiana

AP | Posted 10.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Depression, Mental Health, Marines, Veterans, Va, Suicide, Ptsd, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Lynn, Iraq War, Andrew Ward, Iraq, Indianna, Vets, Anxiety, PTSD Shooting, Home News

LYNN, Ind. — An ex-Marine who served in Iraq has been charged with three counts of attempted murder of a police officer after firing on police. ...

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The Anti Public Option Pledge: No Health Care For Me!

Katie Halper | Posted 11.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Obama Healthcare, Congress, Senate, Va, Public Option, Health, Medicare, Medicaid, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Veterans, Comedy News
Katie Halper

Like my fellow American patriots, I refuse to sit by while the Nazi Marxist President sends storm troops of Dr Mengeles to pull the plug on millions of grannies.

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What Happens When the VA Actually Cares About Vets

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Va, GI Bill, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Lynn Nelson, Tammy Duckworth, Veterans, Politics News
Richard Allen Smith

During the last administration, it took major scandals to get anything fixed in the Department, and then it was never corrected at this level.

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Richard McCroskey Arrested: Murder Suspect Posted Songs About "Thrill Of Killing" On MySpace

AP | DENA POTTER | Posted 11.19.2009 | Home

Read More: California, Va, Murder Charges, Farmville, Richard McCroskey, Richard McCroskey Arrested, Myspace, Debra S. Kelley, Richard McCroskey Murder, Home News

RICHMOND, Va. — A California rapper whose lyrics spoke about the thrill of murder and mutilation has been charged with killing a Virginia pastor...

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Useful Innovation at the Veterans Administration

Craig Newmark | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Craig Newmark

The folks at the Veterans Administration are changing their culture in a big way with a new innovation site.

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My Life with Public Health Care

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Single Payer, Veterans Affairs, Va, Department of Agriculture, Public Option, Vha, Health Care, Veterans Health Administration, Politics News
Richard Allen Smith

I look back on my almost 25-year-long life of being treated by public health care, and am honestly insulted by the misinformation that comes from anti-reformers.

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VA Won't Pay Benefits To Marine Whose Injuries Came From Smallpox Vaccine

McClatchy Newspapers | David Goldstein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Marines, Veterans Administration, Va, Smallpox Vaccine, Iraq, Military Benefits, Josef Lopez, Military Vaccine Agency, Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez, Home News

It wasn't a bullet or roadside bomb that felled Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez three years ago after nine days in Iraq. It was an injection into his arm befo...

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End of Life Counseling? Had That in My Twenties

Hal Donahue | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Five Wishes, Senate, Department of Veterans Affairs, Chris Wallace, Death Panels, Health Care Reform, Va, Fox News, Death-Book, Advanced Directive, Health Care, Tammy Duckworth, Veterans, End of Life, Politics News
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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Reading The Pictures: Rove's Fun and Games in the Name of Wounded Warriors

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Hemlock, Karl Rove, Media Matters, Death Panels, Sean Hannity, Va, Fox News, Hemlock Society, Media News
Michael Shaw

2009-08-27-shaw_hemlockrove.jpgSomething progressives sometimes fail to bring up in countering the "death panel" meme is the larger hypocrisy at play.

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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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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

Read More: Va, Death Book, Veterans Administration, Jim Towey, Veterans Health Care, Sarah Palin Jim Towey, Veterans, Politics News

***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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Free Linux Software Bridges Brazil's Digital Divide

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Casas Bahia, Carter Center, Microsoft, Pro Info, Wal-Mart, Linus Torvalds, Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates, Brazil, Linux, Fnac, Debian, Va, Veterans, Obamacare, Obama Health Care, Veterans Affairs, Ware, Vatican, Rerum Novarum, World News
Eric Ehrmann

Fifty million Brazilian students will have Christmas in July when software Santa slips down the chimney to give them a free ticket on the information highway.

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