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True war heroes those who save lives, limbs and psyches: Letter to the Editor

Typically I respond with a ?You?re welcome. Wish I could say ?It was my pleasure?, but it really wasn?t.? Then I say to myself, ?I didn?t serve our country. I served lying, fear-mongering politicians, warmongers and war profiteers.? For example, we were ... [Published Chagrin Sun - 1 hour ago]

Entities: War Profiteers, Vietnam, Vietnam People's Army, Defoliant

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

A Vietnam Vet Still Suffers in Agent Orange's Aftermath

I Still Live with Agent Orange By Donovan Gay at 1:25PM Dick Swanson/Time & Life Pictures/ The latest letter came today, after I got home from chemo but before I went to the bank. It wasnt funny, but it made me laugh.The V.A. is asking me for proof that ... [Published Esquire - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Vietnam, Agent Orange, Water Buffalo

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

US Marine Corps

6th Annual Memorial Day Ceremony

Palm Beach County Veteran Committee Hosts event at the South Florida National Cemetery on Monday.This year's guest speaker will be Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge Ted Booras, a Marine Corps Veteran. Also in attendance will be patriotic singers, ... [Published WJNO - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Agent Orange, Palm Beach (United States), Palm Beach, Circuit Court, US Marine Corps

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Protest march planned against GMO company

Bainbridge Island Review Staff WritercommentsAs part of a global “March Against Monsanto” movement, Bainbridge Island farmers are gearing up to demonstrate against the agriculture company in downtown Winslow this weekend.Monsanto, which began as a chemical ... [Published Bainbridge Island Review - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Organic, Agent Orange, Genetically Modified Organisms, DDT

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Monsanto Company

March against US corporation

Hundreds of people are expected to join the global ?March against Monsanto? protest on Saturday to highlight the dangers of genetically modified crops.Organisers say multinational Monsanto is at the forefront of pushing genetically modified (GM) crops ... [Published Daily News South Africa - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Genetically Modified Crops, Agent Orange, Chemical

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

VA chipping away at oldest disability claims in backlog

The Department of Veterans Affairs, struggling with an intractable backlog of disability payment claims, which currently stands at 559,000, has focused its resources within the past month on veterans who have been waiting the longest — two years or more. ... [Published Federal News Radio 1500 AM - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Agent Orange, Disability, Jeff Miller

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Cleaning up Agent Orange, and putting it in your corn

$ An Agent Orange victim Nguyen Thi Thao, 16 years old, sits at the Friendship Village, a hospice for Agent Orange victims outside Hanoi. Agent Orange is a dioxin-laced defoliant sprayed by US troops in the Vietnam War to destroy crops and jungle cover ... [Published Thanhnien - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Agent Orange, Vietnam, Corn

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Why the march on genetically modified food hurts the hungry

(Fortune) May was March-on-Monsanto month. An array of celebrities, ranging from Danny DeVito to Dave Matthews, called for protests against the St. Louis-based agriculture giant -- not for anything like the killer Vietnam-era herbicide Agent Orange it ... [Published CNN Money - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Genetically Modified Foods, Genetically Modified Crops, Genetically Modified, Whole Foods Market Inc

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

VA official pledges to reduce claims turnaround

Z 2013-05-23T17:19:44Z By SANJAY TALWANI Independent Record Helena Independent Record1 hour ago • By SANJAY TALWANI Independent RecordFor decades, the Veterans Benefits Administration has had a backlog of claims for disabilities and other needs.Thursday, ... [Published Helena Independent - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Disability Benefits, Jon Tester, Eric Shinseki, Agent Orange, John Walsh

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Darien's Memorial Day parade begins at Goodwives Shopping Center

The Memorial Day parade will step off at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 27, from the Goodwives Shopping Center on Old Kings Highway North and proceed up Brookside Road and turn left onto Post Road.It will then continue west on the Post Road and end in the area ... [Published Darrien News-Review - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Jim Himes, Agent Orange, Advisory Board, Connecticut National Guard, Darien High School

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Agent Orange Exposure In Vietnam: A Spokane Woman’s Battle

SPOKANE, Wash Terry Siekerman just marked the eighth anniversary of her husband, Gary Gilbrech's death. While she's still trying to figure out how to live without him, she's also still waiting for validation over why she says he died. "I'm surviving, ... [Published KHQ Right Now - May 23 2013]

Entities: Agent Orange, Vietnam, renal cell carcinoma, kidney cancer

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

US praises VN’s efforts in search for MIA remains

The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Affairs, W. Winfield, highly valued the goodwill and cooperation of Vietnam in search for remains of US servicemen who died in the country during the Vietnam War.The US ... [Published Bao Moi.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: Vietnam, Quang Ngai (Vietnam), Vinh (Vietnam), Agent Orange

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On Memorial Day, it’s time to make sure our veterans suffering from burn pit diseases get the car ... [Published Raw Story - 3 hours ago]

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EasyJet challenges flag carriers [Published CIO - 5 hours ago]

"In some cases they transfer things relatively quickly, but part of my issue is it's not complete," Hickey said. "Part of my requirement is to make the very best decision for that veteran with all the evidence there is in the DoD system, and not have to recycle back in and ask again for a piece of data. That piece of medical information may not seem important in the grand scheme of all the data DoD gives us, but it can make all the difference in the world to us when it comes to saying yes or no to that veteran."

VA chipping away at oldest disability claims in backlog [Published Federal News Radio 1500 AM - 8 hours ago]

"Even though our churches are filled with people, we can't be involved in health care or in education. Everything belongs to the government. There is a political monopoly" said Kham. "There is still friction, but there have been developments."

Foreign preacher takes rare turn on Vietnam stage [Published Chambersburg Public Opinion - 10 hours ago]

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On Memorial Day, it’s time to make sure our vet... [Published Raw Story - 3 hours ago] Topics: Gulf War IllnessThis Memorial Day weekend, amid barbeques and picnics, many Americans will make time to remember the troops that have died in the twelve years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. But the number, 6,521, tells only part of the price ...
Two Anecdotes About My Parents and Marijuana [Published Gawker - May 18 2013] Last year, my boyfriend and I went to West Virginia to visit my mother while she was undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. It was the second time she’d been diagnosed in three years, and the side effects from these treatments were much worse. My previous ...
Only Elitists Oppose Monsanto's Global Dominati... [Published Gawker - May 15 2013] Monsanto is a $58 billion multinational Pesticide-'n-Frankenfood corporation that has moved on from selling Agent Orange to its new business of patenting actual seed genomes and then suing farmers who try to grow crops without paying the Monsanto corporation. ...
Agent Orange Tied to Aggressive Prostate Cancer... [Published MedlinePlus Health News - May 13 2013] Men who were exposed to Agent Orange chemicals used during the Vietnam War are at higher risk for life-threatening prostate cancer than unexposed veterans, researchers have found. Source: Reuters HealthRelated MedlinePlus Pages: Prostate Cancer , ...
Six vets guilty of fraud in MD [Published This ain't Hell, but you can see it from here - May 02 2013] Chip sends us a link to an article in the Baltimore Sun about six veterans, some of whom had never been in Vietnam, who had paid the former deputy chief of veterans’ affairs, David Clark, to receive benefits related to Agent Orange; Those who pleaded ...

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