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Soldiers unequal treatment stirs outrage

... severe backlogs exist in processing veterans’ disability claims. Unequal treatment of ... people in America are war veterans including veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan ... .” The Times article, headlined “Veterans Face Vast Inequities Over Disability ...

Editorials

... America’s next generation of veterans. The Bush budget, ... 036;20 million from the Veterans Administration (VA), reveals just ... has fought the closing of veterans’ hospitals in his district, ... charged, “While veterans are sleeping under viaducts and ...

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The courage of David Cline

... of tributes from his fellow veterans that continues to this ... of the special role of veterans, military families and active- ... League. Cline co-founded Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) with ... invasion of Iraq began. Veterans in combat fatigues marched near ...

Vets tell Bush: Bring troops home

... encampment in Washington of Vietnam Veterans Against the War 30 ... , David Cline, president of Veterans for Peace led a defiant ... causing health problems for Vietnam veterans. Just this week, 300 ... there are 250,000 homeless veterans sleeping on the streets of ...

Vet health care worth saving

... not a number,” invited veterans to submit their experiences ... with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care ... care system,” says Conley. Veterans have been classified into various ... crisis. The Council, with veterans in leadership of many ...

Vets in same boat as injured workers

... was simultaneously announcing cutbacks in veterans’ benefits. The Republican-controlled Congress ... that the war was announced. Veterans’ hospitals throughout the country have ... would be interesting if war veterans and veterans of industrial accidents came ...

Why pick a military town as the site for an antiwar rally?

... Families Speak Out and Veterans for Peace condemned the ... . A group of local veterans, military wives and their ... rifleman. The national director of Veterans for Peace, Michael McPhearson, ... Fayetteville native and third-generation veteran, is a member of ...

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"We've got a long way to go" for decent health care

... almost 6 million American veterans and their family members lack ... nearly two-thirds of these veterans are employed, like my ... health care system is irrational. Veterans, service men and women, ... universal health care coverage. Veterans should be able to walk ...

Iraq vet 'winter soldiers' appeal for end to war

... Detroit organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War, ... country around.” Iraq veteran Kristofer Goldsmith read aloud ... get help from the Veterans Administration. One evening, Jeffrey ... Congress for shortchanging the Veterans Administration. Currently, 600, ...

Flag pins dont cover hypocrisy

... physician. The head of the Veterans Administration mental health services has ... in their lawsuit against the Veterans Administration, being heard this week ... San Francisco federal courtroom. The veterans’ organizations charge the VA is ...