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The Vietnam Chapter of the Veterans For Peace

A message to all members, non-members, friends of Hoa Binh Vietnam, Chapter 160

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - Effective immediately, our VFP, Chapter 160 site is open to the public. Anyone can reach our site by linking to vfp-vn.ning.com/. The public is invited to view and to contribute.

There will still be moderation of pictures, videos - which will require approval before they are posted. In addition, we still have the ability to delete blogs and forums should we deem them inappropriate.

High Cancer Rates for Vietnam Veterans

Our nation’s veterans not getting the service connected benefits rightfully due to them when they are diagnosed with cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The tracking of cancer in the aging population of Vietnam Veterans exposed to dioxin has been neglected.

With pancreatic and brain cancer rates 5 to 7 times higher than the civilian populations and lung cancer twice the rate in veterans that served in country according to the mortality study issued by The Department of Veterans’ Affairs Canberra Nov. 1997.

VCS / VUFT Lawsuit: What is Long-Term Meaning of Victory for Our Veterans?

If any of our readers are veterans with their own ideas on how to fix the agency, we welcome hearing from them.

(AUSTIN, Tx. Austin American-Statesma) - It’s no secret that veterans face long, and sometimes interminable, delays in getting health care and disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

But this week, a federal appeals court took the extraordinary step of ruling that the VA is violating the constitutional rights of veterans when it forces them to wait weeks for critical mental health care and years for disability benefits.

VCS Statement: A Vital Constitutional Victory for Our Veterans

The lengthy bureaucratic delays our veterans face must end now.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled VA's mental health care system and disability claims system remain badly broken, and veterans face long delays to see doctors and obtain benefits.

The Court of Appeals ordered VA to fix what it descrbed "egregious problems." VCS believes now is the time for our President, VA Secretary, and Congress to fix VA.

Ninth Circuit Court Says VA, Congress and President Seriously Screwed Up

Court decision will radically change VA's approach to Veteran's health treatment.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Never in my life have I read words so supportive of veterans. It is sad and a case of horrible negligence and oversight, but for once, someone is putting their foot down, and that 'someone' is the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth Inc., brought the matter forward, representing their members and a class of all veterans similarly situated.

Government Intrusion

My husband is a medical hostage for profit.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Where does one turn when you become disabled, vulnerable or old and become unlawfully a victim of the system?

There are no kind words for the injustice that Chemung County New York has visited upon my husband, Gary Harvey and me. My husband a veteran who served his country and fought for our freedom is being denied his.

Elder Abuse, Neglect Rampant in US

They are a small but growing movement called the National Association to stop Guardian Abuse.

(WASHINGTON D.C. Press TV) - They say the disabled and elderly are being preyed upon by the legal system, by crooked lawyers and courts who scam millions of dollars by having older people declared Guardians of the courts depriving them and their families of their rights and taking their assets.

Protesting in front of the Justice Department, they met with a few members of Congress demanding something be done.

Why Gun Ownership Doesn`t Help

America disarmed; a closet full of shotgun and a mind full of lies...

(CINCINNATI ) - Every couple of hours I get an email, one I track down to a Washington DC law firm tied to big pharma, the radiation lobby or Wall Street, telling me a story about Barak Obama and gun seizure.

Snopes.com always rats them out, total lies. That doesn’t stop those who send them out, they don’t care.

Resurrecting Insurrection

It’s become clear that we live in a reactionary era.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Endless war… endless despair. The USA finally elects a leader who pledges to bring peace, and he morphs before our incredulous eyes into a war president.

Fortress America continues to expand globally as prison, sweatshop, and fire base. After all our years as activists trying to change this country, how could it have sunk to this?

Life Aboard the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk during the Vietnam War

Blue Water Sailors; no recognition for combat service... we were just there.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - During my tour aboard the USS Kitty Hawk between 1971-1973, I had done two combat tours back to back.