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Erroneous Reports Deny our Veterans Benefits

The time is now to expedite what they so righteously deserve.

(GARDEN GROVE, Calif.) - As a member of Veterans-For-Change, an advocacy group for Veterans rights, benefits, and treatment, my co-members and I would like to bring to your attention the ever-increasing serious problems affecting veterans and their families every day.

Israeli Apartheid and The Nakba

You have to ask yourself: If I keep quiet, will it ever end?

(LONDON) - There can be absolutely no doubt that Israel has created an inhuman, illegal and utterly disgraceful Apartheid state, and the international community will never be able to excuse itself if it takes no action against this blatant, ongoing and in-plain-sight crime against humanity.

Reports Indicate U.S. is Mobilizing for War in Iran

Israeli influence over U.S. policy is reaching new record levels, as word is announced that the U.S. is moving serious weapons into place for a possible strike on the people of Iran.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Iran has never attacked another nation, and according to the international group that oversees nuclear activities, Iran is not developing nuclear weapons.

Vet Groups: Don`t Let DEA Ban Recommending Medical Marijuana for Veterans

A chance to help veterans.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Change.org has launched a campaign targeting The President of the United States and Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, urging them to not cut veterans out when considering laws to allow the use of medical marijuana.

Martin H. Chilcutt, PhD, a retired Psychologist with VMMA, Veterans for Medical Marijuana, says the DEA is preventing doctors at veterans' hospitals from recommending medical marijuana to patients -- even in the 14 states where medical marijuana is legal.

New VA Program Should Speed and Simplify Process for Agent Orange Veterans

VCS Endorses VA's Bold Action to Reduce Claim Backlog.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A reprieve this week for veterans of the Vietnam War suffering from exposure to the chemical defoliant Agent Orange.

Tuesday, the Department of Veterans Affairs said it will begin automating part of the cumbersome system that has resulted in so many thousands of veterans waiting for years, sometimes until the end of their lives, for compensation from their war injuries.

VA Continues to Forbid Doctors to Recommend Medical Marijuana to PTSD Patients

Veterans Affairs refuses to recognize marijuana as an effective medicine, proven to relieve PTSD symptoms suffered by the men and women who defend our nation.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A 2008 study by the RAND Corporation showed that 20 percent of soldiers returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from PTSD.

The US Abandonment of the Hmong Continues

The Hmong put themselves in great danger, but their loyalty to the US never wavered.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - Why has the U.S. turned its back on some of the bravest and most loyal people that stood by our side during the Vietnam War?

Marines Pay Heavy Price in Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Army soldier also dies in Kandahar province.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Eight American servicemen killed in the fighting in Afghanistan over the past five days have been identified by the Department of Defense.

Medical Marijuana Specialist Lectures in Florida

Dr. Leveque says he'll go anyplace.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem-News.com's Dr. Phil Leveque just returned from a speaking engagement that he was invited to attend at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

More on Monsanto, Agent Orange, Recent Trickery and Profiteering

Monsanto continues to make huge sums of money and at the expense of human life.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - The more I read and attempt to understand Monsanto and to go as far as to put myself in their corporate shoes, I just cannot.