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New VA Program Should Speed and Simplify Process for Agent Orange Veterans

VCS Endorses VA's Bold Action to Reduce Claim Backlog.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A reprieve this week for veterans of the Vietnam War suffering from exposure to the chemical defoliant Agent Orange.

Tuesday, the Department of Veterans Affairs said it will begin automating part of the cumbersome system that has resulted in so many thousands of veterans waiting for years, sometimes until the end of their lives, for compensation from their war injuries.

No Longer America
What First Amendment?

The "Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010" is a reincarnation of the failed, freedom stripping political acts of the Bush era.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Joe Lieberman and John McCain, have introduced a bill to further the arrest, detention and prosecution of individuals suspected to be 'enemy belligerents'.

Judge in California Could Halt Planting of Genetically Modified Sugar Beets

Case in front of San Francisco federal judge could change future of 'mad scientist' food products on our dinner plates.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - A case involving genetically modified (GM) food will be in front of a federal judge today in San Francisco.

Solving the Agent Orange Problem!

Pelosi, McCain, Kerry, Burton All Step Forward in Support of the Agent Orange Bill.

(LITTLETON, Co.) - In a historically unprecedented show of bipartisanship and solidarity in support of the veterans, key figures in both chambers of Congress stepped forward to give their support to the Agent Orange legislation.

The US Abandonment of the Hmong Continues

The Hmong put themselves in great danger, but their loyalty to the US never wavered.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - Why has the U.S. turned its back on some of the bravest and most loyal people that stood by our side during the Vietnam War?

Torpedoing the Blue Water Navy

Is This the Final Insult or the Last Gasp of Stupidity?

(LITTLETON, Co.) - Vietnam War veterans are a fine lot: they suffered through the War; the abuse of an ungrateful nation upon their return; they continue to suffer the indignity of an incompetent and antagonistic Department of Veterans Affairs.

More on Monsanto, Agent Orange, Recent Trickery and Profiteering

Monsanto continues to make huge sums of money and at the expense of human life.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - The more I read and attempt to understand Monsanto and to go as far as to put myself in their corporate shoes, I just cannot.

The 42nd Anniversary of the Tet Offensive

The fighting that happened during Tet in '68 continues to claim victims.

(DANANG, Vietnam) - Much of this is taken from public record – actually most of it is. I add my comments here and there, but as I approach this year’s Tet – The Lunar New Year – which occurs on February 14, this year, I wanted to take pause and remind us all of that bloody and gruesome series of events.

Splitting America to Save America

North/South? Black/White? I have my own ideas and some aren't going to like them very much.

(CINCINNATI) - I am simply done with crazy people and think they need to be sent away. There are so many of them that Utah and Oklahoma can’t hold all of them. I am in favor of splitting America in two.

I’m a Vietnam veteran, one exposed to agent orange, over 60 years old and have seen my life and the lives of my children, my friends and decent Americans poisoned by idiots. I’m not taking any blame.

Soldier Missing in Action from Vietnam War Identified

The remains was confirmed to be those of Lawrence Aldrich.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial. Army Specialist Lawrence L. Aldrich will be buried in his home town of Fort Worth, Texas tomorrow.

On May 6, 1968, Aldrich was a member of a search-and-clear mission in Binh Dinh Province in what was then South Vietnam. He was last seen with two other Americans engaged in a battle with enemy forces while manning an M-60 machine gun position.