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Stress, Suicide and Homicide: How Do We Help Our Veterans Cope?

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fort Hood, Mental Health, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Veterans PTSD, Ptsd, Veterans Administration, Fort Hood Shootings, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

In the aftermath of Fort Hood, too many are focusing on the religion of the alleged perpetrator, rather than on a more important issue: the lack of adequate psychosocial care for those in uniform.

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Military Sexual Trauma - Seeking Justice

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact

Read More: Veterans for Peace, Department of Veterans Affairs, Kira Mountjoy-Pepka, Rape, Military Sexual Trauma, Veteran's Administration, Ann Wright, Grace After Fire, Service Women;s Action Network, Coalition Against Sexual Assault in the Military Services, Rotc, Code Pink, Pack Parachute Charity, Ptsd, Afghanistan War, Pascale Bourgaux, Veteran's Day, Military, Mercedes Gallego, Eve Ensler, Iraq War, Tina Priest, Rape in the Ranks, Fort Bragg, Disable Amercian Veterans, Staff Sergeant Sandra Lee, Military Rape Awareness Wekk, U.S. Army, Vva, Vetwow, Impact News
Marcia G. Yerman

While embedded with Marines during the invasion of Iraq, journalist Mercedes Gallego was cautioned that it was not safe to be alone. The reason, the servicewomen explained, was fear of being raped.

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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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Vietnam, Agent Orange and Secretary Shinseki's Timely Decisions

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Administration, The Wall, Vietnam Veterans, Vietnam, Agent Orange, Ptsd, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Eric Shinseki, Politics News
Trish Kinney

Three new medical conditions may gain presumptive status as to their relationship to Agent Orange exposure. I am heartbroken that we haven't been there for vets when they needed us most.

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Greed Gone Wild: Our Health Insurance Industry Is Sick and Wrong

Tim Saltonstall | Posted 09.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Unitedhealth, Blue Cross, Health Insurance Profits, Veterans Administration, Anthem, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Health Care for America Now, Colorado, Tricare, Denver News
Tim Saltonstall

Many from Colorado would rather pay into a system that is non-profit and run by the government than give these greedy executives one more dime.

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Here Comes Gov 2.0 -- and a New Generation of Federal Workers

Craig Newmark | Posted 09.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Civil Service, Government, Social Media, It, Barack Obama, Veterans Administration, State Department, Government 2.0, Pragmatism, Service, Washington, Libertarianism, President, Technology News
Craig Newmark

This is Gov 2.0. Not what you're expecting from federal civil servants, who have been seriously empowered to do their job, and told their jobs really matter -- something they haven't heard for years.

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America's Irrational Health Care Status Quo

Diane Francis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Small Business, President Obama, Veterans Administration, Medicare, Doctors, Medicaid, Business, Seniors Health Care, Health Care, Veterans, Politics News
Diane Francis

As an American living in Canada, it's really embarrassing that a country as smart and rich as the United States cannot get out from under the world's worst medical system.

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Useful Innovation at the Veterans Administration

Craig Newmark | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Va, Veterans Administration, Veterans, Politics News
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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Fear and Loathing in Montana: Racial Tensions and Xenophobia Palpable at Rep. Rehberg's Town Hall

Melinda Gopher | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Montana Town Hall, Deathers, Rehberg Health Care, Denny Rehberg, Rehberg Town Hall, Veterans Administration, Public Option, Fox News, Politics News
Melinda Gopher

Rehberg held up a thousand blank pages, noting that H.R. 3200 was as big as the stack in his hand. He admitted he had not read the bill, and threw the stack down on the stage floor.

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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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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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A President who really supports the troops

Craig Newmark | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iava, Veterans Administration, Barack Obama, Veterans, Politics News
Craig Newmark

Hey, things continue to turn around for those who sacrifice so much for us. President Signs Two Major Provisions for New Veterans into Law "Washi...

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Renewing My Commitment To Our Veterans

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Memorial Day, Veterans, Pro-Vets, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Honoring Veterans, Kirsten Gillibrand, Veterans Administration, Politics News
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

While the US government provides our veterans with many benefits, I believe there is much more still to be done to fulfill our promise to those who risk their lives for our country.

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Native American Veterans Fight VA and Lose

Tim Giago | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native American Veterans, National Guard, Department of Veterans Affairs, Social Security, Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration, Department of Veteran Affairs, Disability, Social Security Benefits, Social Security Disability Claims, Veterans, Politics News
Tim Giago

Andy Torress was denied disability pension by the VA, but when he took his medical records to the Social Security Administration, they approved him for 100 percent disability.

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Why won't the VA provide service dogs for wounded warriors?

Mark Kleiman | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Science and Politics, Wounded Warrior, Iraq Veterans, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration, Politics News
Mark Kleiman

NEADS Inc. is a non-profit that trains service dogs. One of its current programs is called Canines for Combat Veterans. The dogs can perform amazing...

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Ad Suggestion For Obama -- McCain AWOL On GI Bill

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

It's time to fight fire with fire -- point out McCain's most embarassing votes, and paint him as an extremist or a party hack while doing so. Also paint him as anti-middle-class.

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Friday Talking Points [43] -- And The Gold Medal For Snarkiness Goes To...

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I don't usually comment on sports, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. I'm no professional sports guy, nor do I play one on the web. But I h...

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Allowed To Fight For Our Freedom, But Not To Participate In It

Steve Young | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Veterans for Freedom, Veterans Administration, Politics News
Steve Young

How appropriate that on July 4th week, the Vets For Freedom, a supposed nonpartisan PAC that basically only supports Republican or Conservative candid...

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Vets Being Recruited For Government Tests On Drugs With Violent Side Effects

ABC News And The Washington Times | BRIAN ROSS and VIC WALTER | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Administration Drug Trials, Veterans PTSD, Veterans Administration, VA Drug Trials, Veterans Health Care, VA Chantix, Politics News

Mentally distressed veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are being recruited for government tests on pharmaceutical drugs linked to suicide and other vi...

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