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The Future of Nuclear Power In The U.S.

Opponents of nuclear power are using a worst-case analysis to scare people by focusing on the nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - In order to keep the lights on and the motors running while reducing harm to humans and planet Earth, fossil-fuel power has to shrink.

While we shouldn't forget Three Mile Island and Chernobyl and the recent disaster at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, we need a rational discussion about the future of nuclear power in this country without misinformation and histrionics.

Study Finds States Vary in Children`s Health, Pervasive Gaps Exist in Insurance, Quality Care Across Sectors

Data finds fewer than half of U.S. children receive comprehensive, quality health care.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A new report finds insurance duration, consistency and adequacy, and the corresponding access to health care, are lacking for many U.S. children and have a detrimental effect on their health and well-being.

The researchers cite a need for improvement in all states, with wide variations across states that can inform improvement efforts.

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.

False Maritime Distress Calls Affect USCG, Taxpayers, and Mariners in Distress

The Coast Guard must remain vigilant and take all distress calls seriously.

(SEATTLE) - John W. Graham, 37, of Seattle, was indicted, Wednesday, by a federal grand jury for three counts of making false statements related to phony reports of a vessel in distress.

The U.S. Coast Guard says most distress calls at sea are legit; usually the callers are truly in distress. But some of those calls are suspected or found to be false distress calls or hoaxes.

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.

Breaching Whale Strikes Sailboat Near Astoria

Nobody was injured, the vessel had been participating in the Oregon International Offshore Race to Victoria, B.C.

(ASTORIA, Ore.) - A sailboat was struck by a breaching whale near the coast of Astoria, Thursday. The vessel and its crew were taking part in a race to Victoria, B.C., when the whale surfaced.

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a report from the 38-foot sailing vessel L'Orca at 9:30 a.m. after the whale breached the surface of the water and crushed the rigging and mast of the boat when it fell back into the water.

APN to Obama: Don`t Leave Mideast Peace Out of Your Mideast Speech

The future can only be ensured by ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - "Ensuring Israel’s future as a democracy and a Jewish state must be an integral part of President Obama’s vision for the Middle East.

"This future can only be ensured by ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The time has come for the President to grab the bull by the horns and take dramatic action...

Project Takes WWII Vets to National Memorial

Let’s get this mission done!

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Can you help spread an important message?

Send this touching two-minute video about World War II veterans to FIVE friends and family to remind them that every day alive in this great, free country is truly a bonus.

Proposed Order on Disclosure of Political Spending Makes it too Easy to Punish Contractors Based on their Political Views

Business officials urge Congress, President to reconsider proposal, Warning it blurs the line between politics and procurement.

(ARLINGTON, Va.) - A draft executive order to disclose all political contributions would punish contractors for their political views.

Officials with the Associated General Contractors of America warned today in testimony submitted to Congress.