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Transparency or Transparent Lies

A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency. --Peter Fenn

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Do you remember when President Obama called for an unprecedented level of openness in Government?

"We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration," promised the president.

Jamie Leigh Jones, Assaulted Twice?

Two smiling faces were taken away, and the government and its courts add insult to injury.

(CLEVELAND) - The court order against rape victim Jamie Leigh Jones is another example of our societal regression. It is a stunning example of what has become of something once adequately titled: 'the American justice system'.

Today it is a mindless program that still allows women who serve their country to be treated like objects and raped and killed without consequence.

Veterans: Quality of Life

If a veteran needs advice in dealing with the VA, there is help.

(MEDIA, PA) - What is Quality of life for our veterans? The meaning for most upon returning home is security. Jobs that offer equitable pay with benefits, home ownership, education opportunity.

Many veterans returning home bring with them acquired skills. Skills they did not have prior to entering the military.

`Baptized by Fire` - Interview With Afghan New Media Journalist

Ahmad Mukhtar is a reporter with a high tech take on the current war in historic Afghanistan.

(SALEM / KABUL) - Afghanistan's war has drawn far too many people into the line of fire. Among these witnesses to war are combatants, civilians, and a select handful of journalists in place to document conflict for the sake of history.

Ahmad Mukhtar is one of the new generation of Afghan media delivering breaking news through social media channels and getting a large, positive response.

Military Suicides: Are they Killing the Best Fighters?

What is the reason?

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - This posting is based upon a very enlightening article in Newsweek, May 28, 2012 entitled ‘We pretend the veterans don’t even exist’, by Anthony Swafford, Marine survivor of two combat tours in Iraq.

The best factor of this article is calling attention to a rotten military system getting worse.

VA Supports Family and Friends Seeking to Encourage Vets to Get Mental Health Services

VA is also adding approximately 1,600 mental health clinicians as well as nearly 300 support staff to its existing workforce of 20,590 mental health staff

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Department of Veterans Affairs recently completed a media campaign for its call center “Coaching Into Care,” a telephone service.

The service allows family members and friends trying to encourage their Veteran to seek health care for possible readjustment and mental health issues.

Military Rape Back in Headlines
Services Increasingly Appearing as Broken Institutions

Military sex and violence will not go away.

(SALEM) - A new award-winning documentary about military rape has kicked this political football into full public view.

It is an ugly, detestable problem that the military leaves basically unaddressed.

AMA Member: Inflammatory article twists facts, denigrates motorcyclists

The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) works to protect your freedoms to ride!

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - An article by Fairwarning.org published June 7 and picked up by USA Today and other news outlets, “Despite Death Toll, Motorcycle Groups Strive to Muzzle U.S. Regulators,” contains biased reporting and derogatory language toward motorcyclists.

Motorcycle Awareness Rallies Hundreds of Bikers at Oregon Capitol

"There are people from all walks of life here, that just chose motorcycles as their primary method of transportation" ~ Quiet Mike

(SALEM, Ore.) - Hundreds of motorcycles made their way across the state of Oregon, up the freeway, through the mountains and into the capitol city, Salem.

They were there for the first Saturday of May- the biggest "Motorcycle Awareness" event to date.

WFP Humanitarian Convoy Attacked in Parwan, Province

It's the first time a WFP-marked convoy was directly attacked in Afghanistan.

(KABUL, Afghanistan) - A convoy of WFP trucks carrying humanitarian food supplies was attacked by unknown assailants, 4 June.

The drivers are safe, but three of the trucks and their contents were burned.