Please contact your Senators today and urge them to vote in favor of the Veterans Disability Claims Modernization Act of 2008 (H.R. 5892). This important legislation will essentially direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modernize the disability benefits claims processing system of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors. H.R. 5892 passed the House unanimously on July 31, 2008 and was referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. The bill contains a number of favorable provisions, such as:
� Requires improvements in VA's work credit, quality assurance, and management systems in order to improve accuracy and accountability in decisions affecting disability compensation;
� implements enhanced training, including certification, for VA employees responsible for processing claims;
� requires VA to immediately assign temporary, partial ratings for severe disabilities that are indisputably related to military service;
� allows for substitution by surviving spouses as claimants when a veteran spouse dies while a claim is pending; and
� mandates that the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims must address issues raised by an appellant in court decisions rather than remanding or deny a appeal without addressing such issues.
Contact your Senators immediately to urge them to vote in passage of the Veterans Disability Claims Modernization Act of 2008.
You can learn more at www.dav.org
A coalition representing millions of America�s veterans today expressed outrage at a White House claim that Congress is overspending on veterans programs and has threatened to veto any of the remaining 11 spending bills that exceed the President�s request.......
The deadline is Aug. 18.
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This is absolutely appalling! HOW DARE THEY!!!!?
'Disposable Heroes': Veterans Used To Test Suicide-Linked Drugs
An ABC News and Washington Times Investigation Reveals Vets Are Being Recruited for Government Tests on Drugs with Violent Side Effects
By BRIAN ROSS and VIC WALTER June 17, 2008 — Mentally distressed veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are being recruited for government tests on pharmaceutical drugs linked to suicide and other violent side effects, an investigation by ABC News and The Washington Times has found.
The report will air on Good Morning America and will also appear in The Washington Times on Tuesday. In one of the human experiments, involving the anti-smoking drug Chantix, Veterans Administration doctors waited more than three months before warning veterans about the possible serious side effects, including suicide and neuropsychiatric behavior.
"Lab rat, guinea pig, disposable hero," said former US Army sniper James Elliott in describing how he felt he was betrayed by the Veterans Administration.
Elliott, 38, of suburban Washington, D.C., was recruited, at $30 a month, for the Chantix anti-smoking study three years after being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He served a 15-month tour of duty in Iraq from 2003-2004. Months after he began taking the drug, Elliott suffered a mental breakdown, experiencing a relapse of Iraq combat nightmares he blames on Chantix.
"They never told me that I was going to be suicidal, that I would cease sleeping. They never told me anything except this will help me quit smoking," Elliott told ABC News and The Washington Times.
On the night of February 5th, after consuming a few beers, Elliott says he "snapped" and left his home with a loaded gun. His fiancee, Tammy, called police and warned, "He's extremely unstable. He has PTSD."
"Do you think that he is going to shoot or attack the police?" the 911 dispatcher asked.
"I can't be certain. I don't know," she said.
"He was operating as if he was back in theater, in combat theater," she told ABC News. "And of course, a soldier goes nowhere without a gun."
When police arrived, they found Elliott in the street, with the gun in the front pocket of his hooded sweatshirt. "Are you going to shoot me? Shoot me," Elliott said, according to the police report.
Police used a Taser gun to stun Elliott and placed him under arrest. It wasn't until three weeks later that the Veterans Administration advised the veterans in the Chantix study that the drug may cause serious side effects, including "anxiety, nervousness, tension, depression, thoughts of suicide, and attempted and completed suicide."
The VA's letter to the veterans, on February 29, 2008, followed three warnings from the FDA and Chantix' maker Pfizer, that were issued on November 20, 2007, January 18, 2008 and February 1, 2008. (click here to read the FDA warning and click here to read Pfizer's statement on Chantix)
"How this study continued in the face of these difficulties is almost impossible to understand," said Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. Doctors at the Veterans Administration say they acted as quickly as they could.
"This didn't justify an emergency warning at that level," said Dr. Miles McFall, co-administrator of the VA study. Dr. McFall said there is no proof that Elliott's breakdown was caused by Chantix and he sees no reason to discontinue the study. Some 140 veterans diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder continue to receive Chantix as part of a smoking cessation study.
Dr. McFall says the VA decided to continue the Chantix study because "it would be depriving our veterans of an effective method of treatment to help them stop smoking."
Caplan, one of the country's leading medical ethicists, said he was stunned by the VA's decision to continue the Chantix experiment. "Why take the group most a risk and keep them going? That doesn't make any sense, once you know the risk is there," he said.
Chantix is one of the drugs being used in an estimated 25 clinical studies using veterans by the VA. Pfizer maintains that "the benefits of Chantix outweigh the risks" and that it continues to do further studies on the drug. The FAA has prohibited commercial airline pilots from using Chantix because of its possible side effects.
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Just so you know where I come from: I sent a partner off to Afghanistan, a brother and nephew to Iraq, my Uncle was in Nam, my Father Korea, my Grandfather and his four brothers in WW2.
What I find the most disturbing is the fact that he stumbled through the story almost like he knew he was telling a fabrication. Then to imply with his speech mannerism that it meant something personal to him - awful. Then to hear it was not that horrid death camp. Then to hear it was not even his Uncle, but a Great-Uncle.
How disgusting to toy with the Vets and their families, especially on a day when he was to honor their service.
And, to classify these as gaffes or misspeaking - do not assume to tell me that this intelligent, well spoken man had such an episode.
Not the POTUS I would want to sit in the Oval Office making decisions about my country and world - ever.
Veterans and the Bush Administration
http://www.vietnamveteransforbush.com/
Frustrated Veterans Accuse Bush of Breaking Promises
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1222-01.htm
Funds for Health Care of Veterans $1 Billion Short
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/23/AR2005062301888
One in Three returning Vets suffer from Brain injuries, and mental health problems. and many are not getting care--it's a betrayal on an epic scale.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/waroniraq/82776/
Read More » 
The Name's of The Fallen / Part 14 / Total Count as a today 5/25/2008 4082 Soliders are Dead / Names In Reverse order from: 4082 to 4055
4082 5/18/2008 Private Howard A Jones Jr (35) Chicago IL
4081 5/18/2008 Private Branden P Haunert (21) Cincinnati OH
4080 5/15/2008 Sergeant John K Daggett (21) Phoenix AZ
4079 5/14/2008 Staff Sergeant Victor M Cota (33) Tucson AZ
4078 5/11/2008 Corporal Jessica A Ellis (24) Bend OR
4077 5/10/2008 Sergeant Joseph A Ford (23) Knox IN
4076 5/9/2008 Specialist Mary J Jaenichen (20) Temecula CA
4075 5/6/2008 Private 1st Class Aaron J Ward (19) San jacinto CA
4074 5/6/2008 Specialist Alex D Gonzalez (21) Mision TX
4073 5/2/2008 Sergeant Glen E Martinez (31) Boulder CO
4072 5/2/2008 Corporal James F Kimple (21) Carroll OH
4071 5/2/2008 Corporal Miguel A Guzman (21) Norwalk CA
4070 5/2/2008 Lance Corporal Casey L Casanova (22) McComb MS
4069 5/2/2008 Private Corey L Hicks (22) Glendale AZ
4068 5/1/2008 Specialist Jeffrey F Nichols (21) Granite Shoals TX
4067 4/30/2008 Sergeant 1st Class Lawrence D Ezell (30) Portland TX
4066 4/30/2008 Staff Sergeant Chad A Caldwell (24) Spokane WA
4065 4/7/2007 Sergeant Jerry L DeLoach (45) Jackson GA
4064 4/30/2008 Specialist Ronald J Tucker (21) Fountain CO
4063 4/30/2008 Captain Andrew R Pearson (32) Billings MO
4062 4/29/2008 Staff Sergeant Bryan E Bolander (26) Bakersfield CA
4061 4/11/2008 Sergeant Merlin German (22) Manhattan NY
4060 4/29/2008 Staff Sergeant Clay A Craig (22) Mesquite TX
4059 4/28/2008 Sergeant Mark A Stone (22) Buchanan Dam TX
4058 4/28/2008 Sergeant Marcus C Mathes (26) Zephyrhills FL
4057 4/28/2008 Private 1st Class Adam L Marion (26) Mount Airy NC
4056 4/27/2008 Private 1st Class William T Dix (32) Culver City CA
4055 4/28/2008 Corporal David P McCormick (26) Fresno TX
Total Count as a today @ 8:59 PM 5/25/2008
More Information please viist our data base:
The Name's of the Fallen : Link
Percy H Florez
The original GI bill sent thousands of WWII veterans back to school and in doing so strengthend our economy and built the economy by fostering an educated workforce which made us the econmic force in the world that we have been.
The veterans are returning home, many with severe injuries they would not have survived in other wars because of cutting edge medical care in the field. These disabled vets deserve everything we can provide for them.
Many of those who are not physically injured suffer from post traumatic stress and there is a high suicide rate among returning soldiers.
Recurring deployments are taking a toll on the military. Trying to divert them from education to continued combat service is inhumane.
McCain, for all his military experience, has delivered a blow to veterans.
Many working men and women have done their part for our country through their service in the military.
In fact, veterans of the U.S. military returning to the job market are more likely to become union members than other workers. Six million union members, or 38 percent of all union members, are veterans of military service.
But many soldiers and sailors returning home to look for jobs today face severe difficulty. Eighteen percent of veterans recently back from tours of duty are unemployed. Of those employed since leaving the military, 25 percent earn less than $21,840 a year, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
We need your help as we fight for the rights of veterans in our ranks and for those re-entering the workforce from active service.
With so many new challenges facing veterans, we ask for your participation in our Union Veterans 2008 program.
To join up, please click here to take our Union Veterans 2008 survey:
http://unionveterans2008.questionpro.com/
We’d like to hear about you and your service to our country.
Veterans need policies that promote access to good jobs, protection of their re-employment rights and better education and training benefits through an expanded G.I. Bill. They also need a fully funded Veterans Affairs health care program.
We are calling for working families to join our campaign and speak out to hold government and candidates accountable on the needs of our returning heroes--not only during the 2008 campaign, but beyond.
Please click here to take our Union Veterans 2008 survey today:
http://unionveterans2008.questionpro.com/
In solidarity,
Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIO
P.S. Please pass this survey along to everyone you know who has served, or is currently serving, in our nation’s armed forces.
What's being recommended is that if we can just brain-wash them after the fact, everything will be OK. What needs to happen is that the full trauma be revealed and that the circumstances that produce it be stopped. Read More »
The Name's of The Fallen / Part 13 / Total Count as a today 4/27/2008 4054 Soliders are Dead / Names In Reverse order from: 4054 to 3897
4054 4/24/2008 Staff Sergeant Shaun J. Whitehead (24) Commerce GA
4053 4/23/2008 Staff Sergeant Ronald C. Blystone (34) Springfield MO
4052 4/23/2008 1st Lieutenant Timothy W. Cunningham (26) College Station TX
4051 4/23/2008 Private 1st Class John T. Bishop (22) Gaylord MI
4050 4/22/2008 Corporal Jonathan T. Yale (21) Burkeville VA
4049 4/22/2008 Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter (19) Sag Harbor NY
4048 4/23/2008 Sergeant Guadalupe Cervantes Ramirez (26) Fort Irwin CA
4047 4/21/2008 1st Lieutenant Matthew R. Vandergrift (28) Littleton CO
4046 4/22/2008 Private Ronald R. Harrison (25) Morris Plains NJ
4045 4/21/2008 Sergeant Adam J. Kohlhaas (26) Perryville MO
4044 4/21/2008 Specialist Steven J. Christofferson (20) Cudahy WI
4043 4/20/2008 Petty Officer 1st Class Cherie L. Morton (40) Bakersfield CA
4042 4/21/2008 Airman Apprentice Adrian M. Campos (22) El Paso TX
4041 4/18/2008 Corporal Benjamin K. Brosh (22) Colorado Spring CO
4040 4/18/2008 Specialist Lance O. Eakes (25) Apex NC
4039 4/17/2008 Staff Sergeant Jason L Brown (29) Magnolia TX
4038 4/14/2008 Specialist Arturo Huerta-Cruz (23) Clearwater FL
4037 4/14/2008 Sergeant Joseph A Richard III (27) Lafayette LA
4036 4/14/2008 Lance Corporal Dean D Opicka (29) Waukesha WI
4035 4/14/2008 Corporal Richard J Nelson (23) Racine WI
4034 4/12/2008 Sergeant William E Allmon (25) Ardmore OK
4033 4/9/2008 Specialist Jacob J Fairbanks (22) Saint Paul MN
4032 4/9/2008 Sergeant Jesse A Ault (28) Dublin VA
4031 4/9/2008 Sergeant Shaun P Tousha (30) Hull TX
4030 4/9/2008 Tech Sergeant Anthony L Capra (31) Hanford CA
4029 4/9/2008 Specialist Jeremiah C Hughes (26) Jacksonville FL
4028 4/8/2008 Staff Sergeant Jeffery L Hartley (25) Hempstead TX
4027 4/7/2008 Major Mark E Rosenberg (32) Maimi Lakes FL
4026 4/7/2008 Sergeant Timothy M Smith (25) South Lake Tahoe CA
4025 4/7/2008 Sergeant Michael T Lilly (23) Boise ID
4024 4/7/2008 Specialist Jason C Kazarick (30) Oakmont PA
4023 4/7/2008 Sergeant Richard A Vaughn (22) San Diego CA
4022 4/6/2008 Staff Sergeant Jeremiah E McNeal (23) Norfolk VA
4021 4/6/2008 Major Stuart A Wolfer (36) Coral Gable FL
4020 4/6/2008 Colonel Stephen K Scott (54) New Market AL
4019 4/6/2008 Staff Sergeant Emanuel Pickett (34) Teachey NC
4018 4/6/2008 Specialist Matthew T Morris (23) Cedar Park TX
4017 4/6/2008 Captain Ulises Burgos-Cruz (29) No Data Available Puerto Rico
4016 4/6/2008 Private 1st Class Shane D Penley (19) Sauk Village IL
4015 4/16/2004 Staff Sergeant Keith M Maupin (24) Batavia OH
4014 4/3/2008 Staff Sergeant Travis L Griffin (28) Dover DE
4013 3/31/2008 Sergeant Dayne D Dhanoolal (26) Brooklyn NY
4012 3/30/2008 Sergeant Terrell W Gilmore (38) Baton Rouge LA
4011 3/30/2008 Sergeant Jevon K Jordan (32) Norfolk VA
4010 3/29/2008 Major William G Hall (38) Seatle WA
4009 3/29/2008 Specialist Durrell L Bennett (22) Spanaway WA
4008 3/29/2008 Private 1st Class Patrick J Miller (23) New Port Richer FL
4007 3/28/2008 Specialist Charles A Jankowski (24) Panama City FL
4006 3/27/2008 Corporal Joshua A Molina (20) Houston TX
4005 3/26/2008 Corporal Steven I Candelo (20) Houston TX
4004 3/26/2008 Specialist Gregory B Rundell (21) Ramsey MN
4003 3/25/2008 Staff Sergeant Joseph D Gamboa (34) Yigo Guam
4002 3/23/2008 Private George Delgado (21) Palmdale CA
4001 3/23/2008 Staff Sergeant Christopher M Hake (26) Enid OK
4000 3/23/2008 Corporal Jose A Rubio Hernandez (24) Mission TX
3999 3/23/2008 Private 1st Class Andrew J Habsieger (22) Festus MO
3998 3/22/2008 Sergeant Thomas C Ray II (40) Weaverville NC
3997 3/22/2008 Sergeant David S Stelmat (27) Littleton NH
Total Count as a today @ 10:55 AM 4/27/2008
More Information please viist our data base:
The Name's of the Fallen : Link
Percy H Florez
The Name's of The Fallen / Part 12 / Total Count as a today 4/21/2008 4039 Soliders are Dead / Names In Reverse order from: 4039 to 3896
4039 4/17/2008 Staff Sergeant Jason L. Brown (29) Magnolia TX
4038 4/14/2008 Specialist Arturo Huerta-Cruz (23) Clearwater FL
4037 4/14/2008 Sergeant Joseph A. Richard III (27) Lafayette LA
4036 4/14/2008 Lance Corporal Dean D. Opicka (29) Waukesha WI
4035 4/14/2008 Corporal Richard J. Nelson (23) Racine WI
4034 4/12/2008 Sergeant William E. Allmon (25) Ardmore OK
4033 4/9/2008 Specialist Jacob J. Fairbanks (22) Saint Paul MN
4032 4/9/2008 Sergeant Jesse A. Ault (28) Dublin VA
4031 4/9/2008 Sergeant Shaun P. Tousha (30) Hull TX
4030 4/9/2008 Tech Sergeant Anthony L. Capra (31) Hanford CA
4029 4/9/2008 Specialist Jeremiah C. Hughes (26) Jacksonville FL
4028 4/8/2008 Staff Sergeant Jeffery L. Hartley (25) Hempstead TX
4027 4/7/2008 Major Mark E. Rosenberg (32) Maimi Lakes FL
4026 4/7/2008 Sergeant Timothy M. Smith (25) South Lake Tahoe (CA)
4025 4/7/2008 Sergeant Michael T. Lilly (23) Boise ID
4024 4/7/2008 Specialist Jason C. Kazarick (30) Oakmont PA
4023 4/7/2008 Sergeant Richard A. Vaughn (22) San Diego CA
4022 4/6/2008 Staff Sergeant Jeremiah E. McNeal (23) Norfolk VA
4021 4/6/2008 Major Stuart A. Wolfer (36) Coral Gable FL
4020 4/6/2008 Colonel Stephen K. Scott (54) New Market AL
4019 4/6/2008 Staff Sergeant Emanuel Pickett (34) Teachey NC
4018 4/6/2008 Specialist Matthew T. Morris (23) Cedar Park TX
4017 4/6/2008 Captain Ulises Burgos-Cruz (29) No Data Available - Puerto Rico
4016 4/6/2008 Private 1st Class Shane D. Penley (19) Sauk Village IL
4015 4/16/2004 Staff Sergeant Keith M. Maupin (24) Batavia OH
4014 4/3/2008 Staff Sergeant Travis L. Griffin (28) Dover DE
4013 3/31/2008 Sergeant Dayne D. Dhanoolal (26) Brooklyn NY
4012 3/30/2008 Sergeant Terrell W. Gilmore (38) Baton Rouge LA
4011 3/30/2008 Sergeant Jevon K. Jordan (32) Norfolk VA
4010 3/29/2008 Major William G. Hall (38) Seatle WA
4009 3/29/2008 Specialist Durrell L. Bennett (22) Spanaway WA
4008 3/29/2008 Private 1st Class Patrick J. Miller (23) New Port Richer FL
4007 3/28/2008 Specialist Charles A. Jankowski (24) Panama City FL
4006 3/27/2008 Corporal Joshua A. Molina (20) Houston TX
4005 3/26/2008 Corporal Steven I. Candelo (20) Houston TX
4004 3/26/2008 Specialist Gregory B. Rundell (21) Ramsey MN
4003 3/25/2008 Staff Sergeant Joseph D. Gamboa (34) Yigo - Guam
4002 3/23/2008 Private George Delgado (21) Palmdale CA
4001 3/23/2008 Staff Sergeant Christopher M. Hake (26) Enid OK
4000 3/23/2008 Corporal Jose A. Rubio Hernandez (24) Mission TX
3999 3/23/2008 Private 1st Class Andrew J. Habsieger, (22) Festus MO
3998 3/22/2008 Sergeant Thomas C. Ray II (40) Weaverville NC
3997 3/22/2008 Sergeant David S. Stelmat (27) Littleton NH
3996 3/22/2008 Sergeant David B. Williams (26) Tarboro NC
3995 3/21/2008 Private 1st Class Tyler J. Smith (22) Bethel ME
3994 3/19/2008 Sergeant Gregory D. Unruh (28) Dickinson TX
3993 3/17/2008 Staff Sergeant Michael D. Elledge (41) Brownsburg IN
3992 3/17/2008 Sergeant Christopher C. Simpson (23) Hampton VA
3991 3/15/2008 Specialist Lerando J. Brown (27) Gulfport MS
3990 3/15/2008 Corporal William D. O�Brien (19) Rice TX
3989 3/12/2008 Staff Sergeant Juantrea T. Bradley (28) Greenville NC
3988 3/12/2008 Specialist Dustin C. Jackson (21) Arlington TX
3987 3/12/2008 Private 1st Class Tenzin L. Samten (33) Prescott AZ
3986 3/11/2008 Staff Sergeant Laurent J. West 32 Raleigh NC
3985 3/10/2008 Sergeant Phillip R. Anderson 28 Everett WA
3984 3/10/2008 Specialist Donald A. Burkett (24) Comanche TX
3983 3/10/2008 Captain Torre R. Mallard (27) Oklahoma OK
3982 3/10/2008 Sergeant 1st Class Shawn M. Suzch (32) Hilltown PA
3981 3/10/2008 Staff Sergeant Ernesto G. Cimarrusti (25) Douglas AZ
3980 3/10/2008 Staff Sergeant David D. Julian (31) Evaston WY
3979 3/10/2008 Corporal Robert T. McDavid (29) Starkville MS
3978 3/10/2008 Corporal Scott A. McIntosh (26) Houston TX
3977 3/7/2008 Corporal Jose A. Paniagua-Morales (22) Bell Gardens CA
3976 3/4/2008 Staff Sergeant Christopher S. Frost (24) Waukesha WI
3975 2/25/2008 Corporal Kevin S. Mowl (22) Pittsford NY
3974 2/24/2008 Specialist Orlando A. Perez (23) Houston TX
3973 2/24/2008 Specialist Micheal E. Phillips (19) Ardmore OK
3972 2/22/2008 Specialist Keisha M. Morgan (25) Washington DC
3971 2/21/2008 Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver (20) St. Charles MO
3970 2/20/2008 Captain Nathan R. Raudenbush (25) PA
3969 2/20/2008 Staff Sergeant Bryant W. Mackey (30) Eureka KS
3968 2/20/2008 Sergeant Conrad Alvarez (22) Big Spring TX
3967 2/20/2008 Corporal Albert Bitton (20) Chicago IL
3966 2/20/2008 Specialist Micheal B. Matlock (21) Glen Burnie MD
3965 2/17/2008 Corporal Luke S. Runyan (21) Spring Grove PA
3964 2/17/2008 Corporal Chad D. Groepper (21) Kingsley IA
3963 2/14/2008 Staff Sergeant Javares J. Washington (27) Pensacola FL
3962 2/10/2008 Sergeant Corey E. Spates (21) La Grange GA
3961 2/8/2008 Private 1st Class Jack T. Sweet (19) Alexandria Bay NY
3960 2/8/2008 Corporal Michael T. Manibog (31) Alameda CA
3959 2/8/2008 Sergeant Timothy P. Martin (27) Pixley CA
3958 2/8/2008 Staff Sergeant Jerald A. Whisenhunt (32) Orrick MO
3957 2/8/2008 Sergeant Gary D. Willett, (34) Alamagordo NM
3956 2/7/2008 Petty Officer 1st class Luis A. Souffront (25) Miami FL
3955 2/6/2008 Staff Sergeant Bradley J. Skelton (40) Gordonville MO
3954 2/5/2008 Sergeant Timothy R. Van Orman (24) Port Matilda PA
3953 2/5/2008 Sergeant John C. Osmolski (23) Eustis FL
3952 2/5/2008 Corporal Miguel A. Baez (32) Bonaire GA
3951 2/5/2008 Staff Sergeant Rafael Alicea Rivera (30) Bayamon Puerto Rico
3950 2/4/2008 Specialist Christopher J. West (26) Arlington TX
3949 2/4/2008 Chief Petty Officer Nathan H. Hardy (29) Durham NH
3948 2/4/2008 Chief Petty Officer Michael E. Koch (29) State College PA
3947 2/2/2008 Staff Sergeant Chad A. Barrett 35 Saltville VA
3946 1/31/2008 Sergeant Matthew F. Straughter (27) Charles MO
3945 1/31/2008 Captain David E. Schultz (25) Illinois IL
3944 1/31/2008 Captain Michael A. Norman (36) Killeen TX
3943 1/28/2008 Sergeant James E. Craig (26) Hollywood SC
3942 1/28/2008 Staff Sergeant Gary W. Jeffries (37) Roscoe TX
3941 1/28/2008 Corporal Evan A. Marshall (21) Athens GA
3940 1/28/2008 Specialist Brandon A. Meyer (20) Orange CA
3939 1/28/2008 Private 1st Class Joshua A. R. Young (21) Riddle OR
3938 1/27/2008 Sergeant Mikeal W. Miller (22) Albany OR
3937 1/27/2008 Major Alan G. Rogers (40) Hampton FL
3936 1/26/2008 Staff Sergeant Robert J. Wilson (28) Boynton Beach FL
3935 1/25/2008 Corporal Duncan C. Crookston (19) Denver CO
3934 1/25/2008 Sergeant Tracy R. Birkman (41) New Castle VA
3933 1/22/2008 Sergeant Michael R. Sturdivant (20) Conway AK
3932 1/19/2008 Staff Sergeant Justin R. Whiting (27) Hancock NY
3931 1/19/2008 Lance Corporal James M. Gluff (20) Tunnel Hill GA
3930 1/19/2008 Specialist Richard B. Burress (25) Naples FL
3929 1/19/2008 Specialist Jon M. Schoolcraft, III (26) Wapakoneta OH
3928 1/16/2008 Private 1st Class Danny L. Kimme (27) Fisher IL
3927 1/16/2008 Private 1st Class David H. Sharrett II (27) Oakton VA
3926 1/16/2008 Specialist John P. Sigsbee (21) Waterville NY
3925 1/12/2008 Private 1st Class Keith E. Lloyd (26) Milwaukee WI
3924 1/11/2008 Lance Corporal Curtis A. Christensen Jr (29) Collingswood NJ
3923 1/9/2008 Corporal Todd E. Davis (22) Raymore MO
3922 1/9/2008 Staff Sergeant Sean M. Gaul (29) Reno NV
3921 1/9/2008 Sergeant Christopher A. Sanders (22) Roswell NM
3920 1/9/2008 Sergeant 1st Class Matthew I. Pionk (30) Superior WI
3919 1/9/2008 Staff Sergeant Jonathan K. Dozier (30) Rutherford TN
3918 1/9/2008 Sergeant Zachary W. McBride (20) Bend OR
3917 1/8/2008 Sergeant David J. Hart (22) Lake View Terrace CA
3916 1/8/2008 Private 1st Class Ivan E. Merlo (19) San Marcos CA
3915 1/8/2008 Private 1st Class Phillip J. Pannier (20) Washburn IL
3914 1/7/2008 Private 1st Class Timothy R Hanson (23) Kenosha WI
3913 1/6/2008 Specialist James D Gudridge (20) Carthage NY
3912 1/5/2008 Corporal Jason F Lemke (30) West Allis WI
3911 1/4/2008 Petty Officer Second Class Menelek M Brown (24) Roswell NM
3910 1/3/2008 Captain Thomas J Casey (32) Albuquerque NM
3909 1/3/2008 Major Andrew J Olmsted (37) Colorado Springs CO
3908 1/2/2008 Staff Sergeant Ryan D Maseth (24) Pittsburgh PA
3907 1/2/2008 Specialist Joshua R Anderson (24) Jordan MN
3906 12/31/2007 Sergeant Reno S Lacerna (44) Waipahu HI
3905 12/31/2007 Petty Officer 1st Class Victor W Jeffries (52) Honolulu HI
3904 12/30/2007 Private 1st Class Joseph R Berlin Jr (21) Chelsea AL
3903 12/26/2007 Sergeant Benjamin B Portell (27) Bakersfield CA
3902 12/26/2007 Captain Rowdy J Inman (38) Panorama Village TX
3901 12/25/2007 Sergeant Bryan J Tutten (33) St. Augustine FL
3900 12/25/2007 Sergeant Peter C Neesley (28) Grosse Pointe Farms MI
3899 12/21/2007 Private 1st Class George J Howell (24) Salinas CA
3898 12/20/2007 1st Lieutenant Jeremy E Ray (26) Houston TX
3897 12/17/2007 Private 1st Class Juctin R P McDaniel (19) Andover NH
3896 12/15/2007 Sergeant Austin D Pratt (22) Cadet MO
Total Count as a today @ 4:39 PM 4/21/2008
More Information please viist our data base:
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Percy H Florez
CUAL ES LE VERDADERO Interés DE ESTA INSENSATA GUERRA?
Lo cierto es que ninguno de las respuestas que estos “honorables” señores dieron ante el Honorable Congreso de este país tiene ninguna congruencia y sustento que permita decir ELLOS TIENEN LA RAZ"N!
Más aun creo que esto fue nada mas que un SHOW bien montado y efectivamente estudiado para distraer la atención de lo que realmente esta sucediendo no solo en el país sino en esta insensata guerra.
Pero como dicen la sabiduría y el proverbio de los viejos hombres……………nunca hay mal que por bien no venga………………y por ahí vino la respuesta del mismísimo primer ministro de Irak, declarando ante los medios internacionales…………………. “NO ESTOY DE ACUERDO CON LA PAUSA EN LA RETIRADA DE LAS TROPAS NORTEAMERICANAS”
Lo mas asombroso de todo es que la prensa de Este país casi no se hiciera eco de semejante declaración y las implicaciones de las mismas………………..mas aun los lideres políticos de ambos partidos y los opositores a la guerra tampoco hicieron eco de estas declaraciones.
PARECIERA QUE A NADIE LE INTERESA LA VIDA DE LOS SOLDADOS AMERICANOS!
Percy H Florez
The interactive site — http://www.footnote.com — is a Web re-creation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall. The site allows access to thousands of pages of casualty records and agency photos. People can search by name, hometown, birthdate, tour date, or dozens of other categories.
Such information now is typically found only at National Archives locations, including the headquarters in College Park, Md., and by poring through files organized by topic. That makes searches a hit-or-miss proposition with long odds of finding relevant information, the agency said.
Understanding their frustration, one of the ideas I offered during the forum is that I will employ a person on my district staff in the position of Veteran's Liaison. The top priorities of the Veteran's Liaison will be to meet on a regular basis with veterans and veterans groups on issues important to them on the local, regional and national levels. Additionally, I will utilize this person to keep me informed and up to date on all issues important to veterans. Perhaps the most important part of my idea, and a promise I will keep, is the person I hire as the Veterans Liaison will be a veteran from the 5th district. Read More »
A blog was posted earlier highlighting Hillary's admirable plan to help Veterans. A comment was made that Obama's site had no information regarding Vets....which is simply untrue. So, in fairness, the following is Obama's plans to help Veterans.
Barack Obama's RecordRecord of Advocacy: As a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Obama passed legislation to improve care and slash red tape for our wounded warriors recovering at places like Walter Reed. He passed laws to help homeless veterans and offered an innovative solution to prevent at-risk veterans from falling into homelessness. Obama led a bipartisan effort in the Senate to try to halt the military's unfair practice of discharging service members for having a service-connected psychological injury. He fought for fair treatment of Illinois veterans' claims and forced the VA to conduct an unprecedented outreach campaign to disabled veterans with lower than-average benefits. Obama passed legislation to stop a VA review of closed PTSD cases that could have led to a reduction in veterans' benefits. He passed an amendment to ensure that all service members returning from Iraq are properly screened for traumatic brain injuries. He introduced legislation to direct the VA and Pentagon to fix disjointed records systems and improve outreach to members of the National Guard and Reserves.
Read More »Special those politicians Like Senator Hillary R Clinton who post her positive vote supporting the Bush's War.
I heve no doubts....!
No excucess are valid.....!
Percy H Florez
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