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VFA News Analysis: February 11, 2008

Posted by Jason Knobloch on Feb 11, 2008

The director of the program in the University of Texas to research traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) is accusing the VA of “gross mismanagement, waste and possible fraud” for using some of the program’s $5.4 million grant on research unrelated to TBI. …

VFA News Analysis: February 7, 2008

Posted by Jason Knobloch on Feb 7, 2008

Following up on a story posted over a week ago, NPR has obtained a document showing that the Army officially requested that the VA stop providing assistance with disability paperwork to wounded soldiers serving in Fort Drum. According to this document,…

VFA News Analysis: February 6, 2008

Posted by Jason Knobloch on Feb 6, 2008

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Gen. David Petraeus is not the President’s only adviser on the issue of how many troops to keep in Iraq past this coming summer. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs…

VFA News Analysis: February 4, 2008

Posted by Jason Knobloch on Feb 4, 2008

The Chicago Tribune tells the story of Spc. 4 Eugene “Doc” Cherry, an Army medic who served in Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division and returned home with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Unfortunately, Cherry’s experiences are ones that VFA has…

VFA News Analysis: February 1, 2008

Posted by Jason Knobloch on Feb 1, 2008

A congressionally mandated commission has recommended in its final report that the National Guard and Reserve forces need to be transformed into an operational reserve and states bluntly that “[w]e don’t have the capacity remaining to deal with these homeland defense…

VFA News Analysis: January 31, 2008

Posted by Jason Knobloch on Jan 31, 2008

An internal Army report obtained by the Washington Post shows that the suicide rate among soldiers in 2007 was almost 20 percent above the rate in 2006 and that the number of self-inflicted injuries and attempted suicides has increased six-fold since 2001. …

VFA News Analysis: January 30, 2008

Posted by Jason Knobloch on Jan 30, 2008

A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression play an important role how the physical symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) are felt by veterans of Iraq. The results…

VFA News Analysis: January 29, 2008

Posted by Jason Knobloch on Jan 29, 2008

Yesterday, President Bush signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 into law. This legislation contains a number of provisions that will benefit America’s wounded warriors, including a comprehensive study of how veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and…

VFA News Analysis: January 28, 2008

Posted by Jason Knobloch on Jan 28, 2008

Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, plans on using his committee’s powers to ensure that members of the National Guard and Reserves are adequately screened and treated for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain…

My Pet Goat II: President Sticks To His Story As Military Crumbles Around Him.

Posted by Bobby Muller on Jan 28, 2008

Advance word indicates that President Bush will ignore the stark warning issued by his own defense department by failing to draw down troops in Iraq. Our military is in critical condition. And while Iraq continues to stretch our already broken…

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