Veterans News! August 29, 2010

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Badly wounded veterans shortchanged, report reveals

CTV.ca - ‎4 hours ago‎
OTTAWA - Ordinary soldiers wounded in the line of duty, veterans with families and the most severely disabled of troops are the biggest losers under ...

Surf lessons open new vistas for disabled kids

The Associated Press - Frank Eltman - ‎8 hours ago‎
LONG BEACH, NY - The lesson begins on the beach with a youngster lying on a surfboard more than twice her size. After some brief orientation, the child, ...

Families of Dead Soldiers Sue Insurer Over Its Handling of Survivors' Benefits

New York Times - Dan Frosch - ‎1 hour ago‎
Jorge and Vickie Castro, with a photograph of their son, Jonathan, at their home in Corona, Calif. They are among the families who have filed a lawsuit ...

Group stands by veterans

Seacoastonline.com - Jennifer Feals - ‎19 hours ago‎
PORTSMOUTH - Russell Smith's grandfather was killed in World War II when the B-25 Bomber he was flying in went down.

American Legion and VA Crats Meet Amid Reports of Coming VA Housecleaning

Veterans Today Network - Michael Leon - ‎4 hours ago‎
By mal Speaking at the 92 nd National Convention of the American Legion this Saturday in Milwaukee, Acting Under Secretary for Benefits (and head of the ...

Hungary `Can't Afford' to Delay Deficit-Cutting Program, EU's Rehn Says

Bloomberg - Zoltan Simon - ‎2 hours ago‎
Olli Rehn, European Union economic and monetary affairs commissioner, speaks at a press conference during the ...

Veteran from Houston: I'm not dead, despite what VA says

Houston Chronicle - Lindsay Wise - ‎Aug 26, 2010‎
John Paul Scott, a disabled Gulf War veteran, shows a letter he received from the VA stating that he was deceased and billing his "estate" ...

Plan Would Aid Some Veterans' Businesses

New York Times - Katie Fretland - ‎Aug 28, 2010‎
Veterans with service-related disabilities who own businesses will have a better chance to win Cook County government contracts under ...

VA Benefits Chief at the American Legion National Convention: 'We're Obeying ...

TechCombo (blog) - Paul Young - ‎9 hours ago‎
MILWAUKEE–NEWS–New regulations regarding benefits for veterans suffering from exposure to Agent Orange are expected to be announced as soon as Aug.

Community care benefits disabled adults, attorney says

NewsOK.com - David Stanley Ford - ‎20 hours ago‎
Attorney who helped shut down Sand Springs' Hissom Memorial Center, a site for disabled adults, says all state-run institutions should be closed.

After the Deluge, A New Education System

Wall Street Journal - Leslie Jacobs - ‎1 hour ago‎
Five years ago yesterday, the levees broke. Hurricane Katrina flooded roughly 80% of this city, causing nearly $100 billion in damage.

Casinos fund vital N.J. social programs

Cherry Hill Courier Post - John Amodeo, Vince Polistina - ‎18 hours ago‎
When Democratic legislators scrambled over one another to score political points at their gaming summit, they completely trampled out any discussion of how ...

Murray v. Rossi on veterans

The Spokesman Review - ‎16 hours ago‎
OLYMPIA–Candidates with at least half a brain rarely pick a fight they cannot win. So it seemed odd last week when a Seattle television station had Dino ...

SAHA gains funds for homeless families, vets

San Antonio Express - Jennifer R. Lloyd - ‎6 hours ago‎
Homeless families and veterans in San Antonio may soon feel the impact of nearly $1 million recently awarded to the San ...

TOM PHILPOTT | 'Quality-of-Life' Increase in Payments Fades for Disabled Veterans

Kitsap Sun - ‎Aug 28, 2010‎
Disabled veterans were thrilled in 2007 when the Veterans Disability Benefits Commission asked Congress to enact an immediate “quality of life” increase to ...

The Folly of Subsidizing Unemployment

Wall Street Journal - Robert Barro - ‎1 hour ago‎
My calculations suggest the jobless rate could be as low as 6.8%, instead of 9.5%, if jobless benefits hadn't been extended to 99 weeks.

For Iraq war veterans, 'invisible wounds' that never heal

AFP - Dan De Luce - ‎18 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - Knocked unconscious when a roadside bomb sent his armored vehicle flying in Iraq, US Army Lieutenant Mike McMichael's life has been haunted ...

View of a Hurricane, 5 Years On

New York Times (blog) - Brian Stelter - ‎1 hour ago‎
The television ratings have been modest for many of the special programs pegged to the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the ...

Disabled American Veterans to appear at Air Show

Foster's Daily Democrat - ‎Aug 28, 2010‎
PORTSMOUTH - The Disabled American Veterans will take to the skies to advance its message of service to disabled veterans at the 2010 Boston-Portsmouth Air ...

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