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Poetic Verses Shed Light on LaVena Johnson`s Military Rape and Murder in Iraq

The government didn't even bother trying to have a credible story, they covered their friends and ruled her terrible death a suicide; it was impossible.

(CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio) - LaVena Johnson was a bright, beautiful young woman whose father, a doctor, could not believe she was going to join the U.S. Army.

Nevada Soldier With PTSD Prescribed 14 Drugs Before Police Shootout

"We can offer jail diversion programs to drug addicts - but we can't offer jail diversion programs to Veterans who are first time offenders" - Sue Lamoureux, wife of decorated Combat Vet

(LAS VEGAS, Nv.) - Sue Lamoureux's dedication to her husband Pat, an Iraq combat veteran incarcerated for a 2008 shooting in Nevada, is more than steadfast. He has been locked down since that fateful night.

Congressional Tug-of-War Over Veterans` Heathcare?

An unknown number of veterans and dependents were exposed to environmental hazards on military installations. DOD refuses to accept responsibility for the health effects of exposure. Two bills introduced in the Senate and House provide for health care coverage. Major differences in the bills need to be worked out.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The Department of Defense (DOD)’s refusal to accept responsibility for the health effects of exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, has left veterans and their dependents, many without health care, out in the cold.

Mom of Incarcerated Iraq Vet Speaks Out About PTSD

Mom in Georgia is fighting for all veterans.

(STATHAM, Ga.) - Jamie Keyes in Georgia is fighting for her son, an American combat veteran suffering from PTSD- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Nathan Keyes is currently serving a three-year sentence for an episode that resulted from his PTSD. Jamie is the first to agree that there is no manual for deprogramming a soldier from the horrors of war.

Splitting America to Save America

North/South? Black/White? I have my own ideas and some aren't going to like them very much.

(CINCINNATI) - I am simply done with crazy people and think they need to be sent away. There are so many of them that Utah and Oklahoma can’t hold all of them. I am in favor of splitting America in two.

I’m a Vietnam veteran, one exposed to agent orange, over 60 years old and have seen my life and the lives of my children, my friends and decent Americans poisoned by idiots. I’m not taking any blame.

CREW Seeks Relief for VA`s Destruction of PTSD Documents

“The VA is not above the law; like all other agencies, it cannot simply destroy documents that have been requested under the FOIA just because those documents may cast the agency in a bad light” -Anne Weismann, CREW’s chief counsel

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a brief seeking discovery after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) admitted to destroying documents responsive to CREW’s May 2008 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in CREW v. U.S. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs (D.D.C.).

This lawsuit stems from CREW’s FOIA request for documents related to the VA’s policy of under-diagnosing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after an email was revealed in which VA employee Norma Perez discussed this policy.

Military Environmental Hazards Bill Faces Hurdles

Congressional jurisdictional issues and Defense Department resistance to accepting responsibility for harming veterans and dependents are major impediments to passing a final bill and ultimately providing medical care.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - There’s a definite need for more “adult supervision” in Washington. Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs passed an original bill, “Examination of Exposures to Environmental Hazards During Military Service Act of 2010.” The vote was 9 to 5 along party lines.

Nine democrats voted for the bill while 5 Republicans against it. Senator Jim Webb (D, VA), a Navy Cross Marine veteran, did not vote.

Senate Considers Bill for Environmental Hazard Exposures

Camp Lejeune veterans and family members are automatically covered under the TRICARE program. Veterans and dependents of other bases must await the decision of an Advisory Board. No provision is made for civilian workers injured from exposure to environmental hazards.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee will hold hearings on Thursday, January 28th on an environmental hazard exposure bill drafted by Senator Akaka, (D, HI), Chairman, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee.

According to an informed Congressional source, a vote is expected on the bill entitled, “Examination of Exposures to Environmental Hazards During Military Service Act of 2010.”

Veterans: Banished and Betrayed

Harsh new measures have now snared immigrants who spilled their blood for our country.

(SAN DIEGO) - “Banished veterans." The phrase shouldn't make sense. Someone joins the military, fights in a war, returns home, and then is banished? Thankfully, this can't happen here...

But it is happening here. Thousands of men and women who have risked their lives in the country's wars have been deported or are living under the threat of deportation because they committed non-violent crimes that often wouldn't warrant serving jail time.

VT Hacked After Breaking CIA/Blackwater Ties at Camp Chapman Story

It is hard to discuss the war in Afghanistan without tripping over the hundreds of tons of opium and tens of billions of dollars that seem to miss the MSM mainstream press.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - WE are back up, working on a new look and will come back swinging for the fence. Thank you all for your loyalty and patience. We certainly angered someone.

Over the past few days, we had received warnings to “back off” from sources around the world and some here at home. We are more than a bit unlikely to do that. With news being such as it is, worthless drivel peddled by...