According to new documents obtained by NPR, Major Nidal Malik Hasan's army supervisor at the Walter Reed Medical Center put some concerns in writing that he had about Hasan in 2007, describing what he saw as...
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"Inclusive Recreation for Wounded Warriors," a first-of-its-kind training program for military recreation managers, will begin in January at Penn State's main campus at University Park, Pa. "The program will...
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"It looks like someone shook Bob Dole out of a nap. Dole and former secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala have been chosen to lead a panel reviewing health care for wounded vets following the Walter...
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"The mantra of the neo-cons for the past two decades has been that privatization is better at delivering services than the public sector. This is another example of the real life failure of privatization. The Army Times reports the committee wants to question Weightman...
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"Like Generalísimo Francisco Franco, Anna Nicole Smith is still dead. Let's be honest, when you heard Smith died, you did say, "Wow, really? What happened?" Answering that question is what reporters do and the...
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"I've never understood the logic behind privatization. You look at two organizations -- one that has to turn a profit and one that doesn't -- and argue that the for-profit enterprise can not only do things...
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Originally posted at Faultline USA Sunday March 4, 2007
A few years ago I discovered that I was not a pure “conservative” through and through in the modern sense of the word. I have come to believe that the Libertarian type of free market mentality is not the cure...
"Heads pretty much had to roll."Associated Press:WASHINGTON - The Army said Thursday that the two-star general in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been relieved of command following disclosures about...
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"Yesterday, I posted about how veterans are getting screwed by our 'God bless the troops' president. There's the craphole that's building 18 at Walter Reed. There's Bush's cuts to veterans' benefits, just as the...
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"Ron Kovic, author of Born on the Fourth of July, himself a paralyzed veteran of the Vietnam war, recalls what it was like coming home wounded and wonders what it must be like for those coming home from...
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