Earlier this week, I spent a coupla afternoons listening to proposals from VA rank-and-file employees. They were all very dedicated to much better supporting their customers, veterans of wars including Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea, WW II.
Each one of them was also committing to providing better [...]
The Top 10 Stories You Missed in 2009
Published at Foreign Policy on December 14, 2009.
Global warming, international relations, Iraq, Chechnya, and more — but not the headlines you were expecting. An important year-end list from Foreign Policy magazine, spotted via kottke.org.
From a naval alliance that could [...]
Hey, it's good that the current Administration supports the troops.
You might recall that the prior Presidency, um, forgot to pay a lot of them for some of their service.
The good news is that stop-loss pay starts flowing on Dec. 16.
From the Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America:
After weeks [...]Hey, this Administration has stepped up to support returning veterans with educational and medical benefits (also back pay) that the previous Administration neglected.
The folks at the Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America remind us that we need to prepare for a lot more Afghanistan vets, and we should at [...]
