Chalmers Johnson, The Pentagon Bailout Fraud
The House of Representatives passed a $612 billion defense authorization bill for 2009 without a murmur of public protest or any meaningful press comment at all.
The House of Representatives passed a $612 billion defense authorization bill for 2009 without a murmur of public protest or any meaningful press comment at all.
“War hero” McCain voted against healthcare funding for veterans in 2003, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 and ‘07. Now veterans are confronting him on his record.
At the Veterans for Peace conference, IVAW member Harvey Tharp discusses the war, the election, and why he resigned in protest over the war.
America’s largest veterans organization has launched a hard-line attack on undocumented immigrants that’s at odds with its mainstream image.
A third of female veterans are women of color. Three of them share their stories of systematic racial discrimination.
After years of denials, British defence chiefs have reportedly admitted that some servicemen were exposed to deadly radiation during nuclear tests in Australia and the South Pacific in the 1950s.
Hearing loss is one of the most common ailments that affects troops sent back to combat, according to the Pentagon and government researchers.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs rejects a request by 19 secretaries of state to allow voter registration drives on VA facilities.
When veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan bring their troubles home, police and judges often are the first to deal with them.
Officials overseeing the VA and state elections say the VA’s policy is unnecessary and insulting to veterans who sacrificed for our country.
Kucinich is now asking Congress to support a single article of impeachment which accuses President Bush of leading the country to war based on lies– after the 35 articles he previously introduced were ignored.
With military assistance, moviemakers get access to bases, ships, planes, tanks and Humvees. Military leaders also offer script advice. And unless a filmmaker agrees to address any problems, the Pentagon generally opts out.
The latest episode of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ callous denial of veterans’ suffering is a continuation of a long tradition.
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This is a major victory for veterans.
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The VA’s attorney tells a federal appeals court that voters registration drives are a partisan distraction.
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Continuing the Winter Soldier hearings in Maryland and D.C., Iraq veterans tell a Seattle audience stories of the daily atrocities committed in Iraq.
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Obama is not ceding any ground to McCain on the issue of veterans benefits.
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75 Senators stood with veterans yesterday to pass the Webb GI Bill. The remaining hurdle: President Bush.
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Speaking out against the war, female veterans describe regular abuse at the hands of their peers — and the military’s failure to address it.
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Speaking out against the war, female veterans describe regular abuse at the hands of their peers — and the military’s failure to address it.
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Speaking out against the war, female veterans describe regular abuse at the hands of their peers — and the military’s failure to address it.
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Speaking out against the war, female veterans describe regular abuse at the hands of their peers — and the military’s failure to address it.
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Speaking out against the war, female veterans describe regular abuse at the hands of their peers — and the military’s failure to address it.
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Speaking out against the war, female veterans describe regular abuse at the hands of their peers — and the military’s failure to address it.
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Speaking out against the war, female veterans describe regular abuse at the hands of their peers — and the military’s failure to address it.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will help ex-soldiers to register and vote, yet it won’t allow registration drives on VA facilities.
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The VA bows to public and political pressure, but soldiers still must ask for help.
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