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JPAC May Return Suspected Remains of Vietnam War Journalist to Cambodia

Yujiro Takagi and Ankira Kusaka were captured and believed to be held with Sean Flynn and Dana Stone on 6 April 1970, in Cambodia; includes last footage of Sean Flynn ever recorded.

(VUNG TAU, Vietnam / SALEM, Ore. ) - The man who set out to locate the remains of famed Vietnam War Photojournalist Sean Flynn, son of the acclaimed actor Errol Flynn, says the U.S. government is not cooperating with the Flynn family or his team, in helping properly identify the remains.

He says they appear to not be Flynn's, as it turns out, but possibly one of two missing Japanese journalists who were last seen in the same area.

Enemies of the People Tells Story of Cambodian Genocide

The Khmer Rouge ran what is regarded as one of the twentieth century’s most brutal regimes. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain unexplained. Until now.

(NEW YORK) - One of the most harrowing and compelling personal documentaries of our time, ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE exposes for the first time the truth about the Killing Fields and the Khmer Rouge who were behind Cambodias horrific genocide.

Letter from Vietnam War Widow to Senator Jim Webb

As a Vietnam veteran, Webb is against legislation to help other veterans suffering from Agent Orange contamination.

(CYPRESS, Calif.) - During a five year period in the Vietnam War, between 1965 and 1970, approximately 12,000,000 US gallons (45,000,000 l; 10,000,000 imp gal) of Agent Orange were sprayed in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts of Cambodia.

VA Does the Unthinkable, Relaxing Official Federal Position on Medical Marijuana

Possibly the biggest news in the modern history of marijuana decriminalization.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Veterans Administration (VA) is relaxing the rules for veterans who use medical marijuana in states where it is legal.

Experts and activists are calling the decision historic; it will certainly change the position of many vets currently receiving care, who until now have been restricted under VA rules, to dangerous morphine based drugs for treatment; pills that are both highly addictive, and deadly.

Women in their 50s More Prone to PTSD than Men

The researchers found that the total prevalence PTSD was twice as common in women as in men.

(LONDON) - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rates peak in women later than they do in men. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Annals of General Psychiatry found that men are most vulnerable to PTSD between the ages of 41 and 45 years, while women are most vulnerable at 51 to 55.

Ask Elklit and Daniel N Ditlevsen, from the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital, Denmark, collected data from 6,548 participants in previous Danish or Nordic PTSD studies in order to investigate the gender difference in the lifespan distribution of PTSD.

Concerned Women for America: Sharing Hate Ideology with Westboro Baptist Church

Sharing a belief system; conservative Americans all too often bring more shame than good.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A confused nation full of way too full of ignorance and willful disregard for right over wrong; that is America today.

In the midst of all of our pain and uncertainty as a nation, we discover that a prominent aspect of the Tea Party set; the Concerned Women for America, shares the same belief system with those dreaded bastards from Topeka who regularly protest U.S. military funerals while stomping U.S. flags into the ground.

Veterans Administration Needs to Take Charge and Become Advocates for Change

If our nation rescinds its promises and ignores its obligation to those who have fought to preserve freedom throughout the world, we compromise the right to ask our men and women to serve and defend our national principals.

(GARDEN GROVE, Calif.) - Veterans-For-Change, an advocacy group for Veterans rights, benefits, and treatment, would like to bring to your attention the ever-increasing problems affecting veterans and their families every day.

President Obama has clearly stated, “Whether you left the service in 2009 or 1949, we will fulfill our responsibility to deliver the benefits and care that you earned. That's why I've pledged to build nothing less than a 21st-century VA”.

Cluster Weapons and Agent Orange

Despite calls on the U.S. governments, lawsuits against the 35 U.S. Chemical companies headed by Monsanto and Dow Chemicals, they refuse to accept responsibility or to pay any compensation to the victims and their families.

(LONDON) - In a few weeks on August 1st The international ban on Cluster weapons will come into being.

While the ban is to be welcomed, for many it will have come too late, they have been either killed or injured.

Turncoat Senator Jim Webb`s Attempt to Take Down Shinseki Over Agent Orange Advocacy

Sen. James Webb, D-Va. has made it perfectly clear that he is NOT a friend of the Veteran, nor an advocate for us.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - One person who appears to be on the side of Vietnam Veterans contaminated with the deadly Monsanto chemical Agent Orange, is Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki.

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(TILLAMOOK, Ore.) - I think we all suffer from a kind of blindness from familiarity. We see and live in our surroundings so long and our minds are so focused on immediate needs and tasks that we don't really see what's there.

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