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Processing Disability Claims Based on Exposure to Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune

EPA's revised assessment of trichloroethylene (TCE), now characterizes chemical as "carcinogenic to humans" by all routes of exposure.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.) - Veterans who served at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, were potentially exposed to contaminants present in the base water supply prior to 1987.

So far all Orange County got was a big ugly orange balloon

A new article questions the millions and millions that have been spent transforming the contaminated military base into a park for kids and families.

(SALEM) - Southern California received a heavy dose of reality a few days ago, with the release of the Orange County Register article titled: Were Great Park master plans a good investment?

We're taught as journalists to always capture the reader in the first few words. That title effectively made me a prisoner.

Camp Lejeune Survivors Face Critical Next Few Months

All we have to do is crack the door open, and their whole story will crumble into dust.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.) - Regarding the many crimes and irregularities enacted by government personnel connected to the Musa case of 6 children removed via allegations made by Haringey council that were later found to be unfounded and without merit some months back i submitted an official complaint about the solicitor for Haringey council ROSITA MOISE to the Solicitors Regulatory Authority who plays a big part in this shocking case.

Finally i have received a message today relating to my complaint {below} from the Solicitors Regulatory Authority but of course it remains to be seen whether any action is actually and realistically taken.

Another Marine Iraq War Vet Beaten Savagely by Oakland Cops

Oakland cops look more like thugs than trained professionals.

(SALEM) - I keep writing about the savagery of the cops in Oakland. Now they have ruthlessly attacked another Marine Corps combat vet, who suffered a ruptured spleen.

The police are overstepping lines they will never be able to back up behind again, and this latest casualty, Kayvan Sabehgi, keep being attacked by police, there is no telling what will happen.

Marine Corps Communique Becomes Smoking Gun in Colonel Sabow Murder

A 2010 Navy cold case investigation of the death of Marine Colonel James Sabow claimed no support for homicide, despite forensic evidence and experts who found homicide the more likely cause of death.

(CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.) - There are good reasons to question last year’s Navy Criminal Investigative Agency (NCIS) cold case investigation into the death of Marine Colonel James E. Sabow.

He was found dead at his quarters at MCAS El Toro, CA, by his wife on the morning of January 22, 1991.

Remembering LIBERTY for Veterans Day

11/11/11 is Veterans Day and also the day Palestine is to receive a response from the U.N. Security Council regarding their official membership in that global body.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - I will never be a politician for I speak TRUTH:

But as a candidate for US House of Representatives 2012, if elected among my first acts of Congress will be to invite all surviving USS LIBERTY veterans to speak on the Congressional record regarding what they saw on that day in infamy, when the LBJ Administration failed to support the troops and American foreign policy aligned itself with the perpetrators.

Occupy Oakland to Portland`s EGT Port Shutdown in Solidarity with Longview ILWU

The historic blockade of the Port Of Oakland on November 2nd by thousands of people is our response to what EGT has done to Longshoremen in Washington

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - This information from Occupy Oakland confirms among other things, the solidarity that exists within the movement. Occupy Oakland protestors recently were attacked by police.

In response to this Occupy Denver took to the streets marching in an event that ended in a clash with police. In solidarity with Denver, Occupy Portland activists took to the streets in rainy, cold conditions, this too ended in several arrests.

Congressional Gold Medal for Montford Point Marines

"A nation that forgets its heroes is a nation destined to be forgotten." - President Calvin Coolidge

(QUANTICO, Va.) - Commandant of the Marine Corps, says the Montford Point Marines, and the ones who have passed, are as equally important to the history of the Marine Corps as the Tuskegee Airmen and the Buffalo Soldiers.

Bipartisan Senators Urge Passage of Montford Marines Congressional Gold Medal Bill

The 236th Anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps approaches while Montford Marines Recognition lingers 50 years overdue.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Kay R. Hagan and other U.S. Senators are calling on their colleagues to cosponsor legislation awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines, the first African Americans to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps.

The legislation passed in the House 25 Oct., but the Senate faces a 67-cosponsor minimum before it can be brought to the floor.

Intimidation and the Colonel Sabow Murder in Southern California

Today, I experienced the kind of intimidation that the Sabow family has lived under for over 20 years.

(SOMERDALE, N.J.) - I’ve been working with Dr. David Sabow, the brother of Marine Colonel James Sabow who was murdered in his quarters at MCAS El Toro, California, in 1991.

A few weeks ago Dr. Sabow asked me to help him in writing a book about his brother’s murder and his 20 year investigation to bring the guilty to trial.