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Hasan's Supervisor Warned Army In 2007, Claimed He Could "Put Patients In Danger"

NPR | Daniel Zwerdling | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

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Two years ago, a top psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center was so concerned about what he saw as Nidal Hasan's incompetence and reckless beh...

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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

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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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Jason Linkins

Stewart On Obama's Plan For Veterans' Insurance: 'That Can't Be Right'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uso, Video, Iraq Veterans, Daily Show, Veterans Insurance, Jon Stewart, Colbert Report, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Barack Obama, Veterans, Politics News

Last night's segment on the "smaller outrage" that is the announced plan to ask our military veterans to use their private insurance to cover combat r...

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Fit For Duty: Proceed With Caution - Part II

R. B. Stuart | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Soldiers, Chemotherapy, Iraq, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Cancer, Chaplain, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Depleted Uranium, Health, Politics News
R. B. Stuart

My sister's cancer brought a roulette of abandonment and fears. The chemo compounded it by stripping away not only the cancer cells, but every living cell and organism that made up who she was.

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We Remember the Dead by Helping the Living

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Civil Liberties, Veterans, Veteran's Rights, Iraq Veterans, John Miska, Vfw, Homeless Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Veterans' Health Care, Vietnam Veterans, National Park Service, Buddy Poppies, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Veterans and Homelessness, Veterans' Rights, Living News
John W. Whitehead

Clearly, we have not done enough for our veterans. That's why it's so infuriating that when someone finally does, government bureaucrats try to stop them.

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"Sister Soldier: A Chronicle of Life After Iraq" - Part I

R. B. Stuart | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: 101st Airborne, Germany, Soldiers, Military, Tumor, Chemotherapy, Iraq, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Depleted Uranium, Cancer, Chaplain, Mosul, Politics News
R. B. Stuart

My sister Fran's cancer appeared at the beginning of January. She felt tired, bloated, and had an unusual feeling of fullness, and immediately thought her term in Iraq was the culprit.

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McCain Emphasizes Concern for Veterans...So Just What Has He Done About Walter Reed?

Kim Mance | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, John McCain, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Walter Reed, Healthcare, Veterans, Armed Services Committee, Defense Spending, Mccain and Armed Services, Cancer, Children's Hospital Care, Children Cancer, Children's Healthcare, Politics News
Kim Mance

In all his infinite concern for our troops and their families, just what has John McCain since done to better the condition of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center? Nothing. Nada. Zilch.

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How Did the RNC Insult Troops and Veterans? Let Me Count the Ways...

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Jon Soltz

Last week's convention sure made every superficial effort to come off as pro-Troop. And the media ate it up, not challenging a single thing. But to those of us who did serve, it was offense after offense after offense.

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WATCH: Live From Location Of McCain's Walter Reed Photo Snafu

Lee Stranahan | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Willow Palin, John McCain, Rnc, Repubilcan Party, Photo, Incompetence, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Walter Reed Middle School, Troubled Teens, Teenagers, Walter Reed, Snafu, Goofy, Media News
Lee Stranahan

This controversial report from a former student at Walter Reed Middle School rips the lid off of the scandal that left America asking "Seriously, WTF ...

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The Unspoken Casualties of the Iraq War

R. B. Stuart | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

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R. B. Stuart

A collage hangs on the wall of the 6th floor Oncology Ward 65 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Proudly amongst the staff photo's is the former P...

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Time to Honor Our Fallen Heroes

Sen. Frank Lautenberg | Posted 08.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Lautenberg, Iraq, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Military, U.S. Military, Arlington Cemetary, Dover Air Force Base, Pentagon, Pentagon Propaganda, Iraq and Pentagon, Lebanon, Terrorism, War on Terror, Media, Media Coverage, Media News, Journalism, Political Journalism, Iraq War Journalists, Ethics in Journalism, New Jersey, New Jersey Senator, Senate, U.S. Senate, Frank Lautenberg, Walter Reed, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, First Amendment, Free Press, Bush Administration, Bush Administration Spin, George W. Bush, George Bush, Bush, President Bush, Funeral, Iraq War Funerals, Home News
Sen. Frank Lautenberg

We have had a long tradition of coming together as a nation to memorialize our fallen heroes--the men and women whose lives were lost on the battlefie...

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Green Party Admits Soldiers Testing Positive to Depleted Uranium

R. B. Stuart | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Green Party Presidential Candidate, Squamous Cell, Camp Arijhan, Army Sergeant, The Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, James H. Lauderdale Jr., Camp Doha, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Depleted Uranium, Arizona, Radiation, Casualty Affairs, Kuwait, U. S. Military, .Cancer, The American Red Cross Blood Program, Dixie Lauderdale, Cynthia McKinney, Nj, Iraq, Ft. Dix, Politics News
R. B. Stuart

While soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan are being exposed to the invisible radiological airborne dust, the Depleted Uranium issue fails to be raised by neither major political party.

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Pain Management Is for Sissies

Hal Donahue | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pain, Wounded Warrior, US Soldiers, David Chu, Department of Defense, Bethesda, New York Times, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Iraq, Dod, Veterans, Politics News
Hal Donahue

The Department of Defense "lost" their only pain management center AND one of the few pain management fellowships in the world. The incompetence of the Bush regime knows no bounds.

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Barack Obama Quietly Visits Wounded War Veterans

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama stopped by Walter Reed Army Medical Center Saturday to visit wounded war veterans, a group that he has said endures su...

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Jason Linkins

Daily Show's Stewart 'Quietly Visiting' Ailing Iraq Soldiers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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Comedy Central's Jon Stewart was in Washington, DC Tuesday night for the USO-Metro Awards Dinner, where the Daily Show host was honored with a Merit A...

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Washington Post Reporters Win Top Prize For Walter Reed Stories

Editor and Publisher | Joe Strupp | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Dana Priest and Anne Hull of The Washington Post are the 2008 winners of the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting for their coverage of poor ...

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Suicides Among Active-Duty Soldiers Reach Record High

Washington Post | Dana Priest | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial h...

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