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- House OKs continued war in Afghanistan
- ASU Entrepreneurs Win Lean Startup Competition for New Veterans Website
- Plan for ads about Obama's former pastor ignites firestorm
- U.S. lawmakers want to halt aid to nations hosting Sudan's Bashir
- Obama Courts Veterans' Votes with Outreach Campaign
- Army Begins Review of PTSD Cases
- Afghanistan, detention issue divide lawmakers
- Iran threatens to sue Google over dropping Persian Gulf
- Mental Illness Is the Leading Cause of Hospitalization for Active-Duty Troops
- US provided intelligence for Turkish air raid: official
- Fattah Neuroscience Amendment Passes
- Iraq summons Turkish envoy in ongoing row
- Senator Roy Blunt Opens Panel Where Senior Former Military, State Department, and Judiciary Officials Slam Claim Iranian Dissident Camp Could Hold Weapons, Call for Delisting the Group
- Boats, Bollywood and bagpipes in queen's flotilla
- Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
- Warfighter Sports Partners with Wash Depot and Sparkling Image
- Security clouds speedy Libya oil recovery
- Mitt's Millions: Romney Rivals Obama In April's Fundraising Haul
- Westfall Series Presents Acclaimed International Journalist Lindsey Hilsum at St. Louis County Library
- Iraq summons Turkish envoy again as tensions grow
- Three Turkish soldiers killed in PKK clash
- Iraq battle pits oil against antiquities
- Dinar Trade Streams Live Rates for Iraqi Dinar Investors
- Ex-C.I.A.’s Son Fights for Justice.
- Can Obama Recapture the Youth Vote?
- Defeated Ohio Democrat Kucinich declines run in Washington state
- Veteran Officer Believes God Kept U.S. from Victory in Vietnam
- New Book Tells of a Country Divided
- Exclusive: Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria: panel
- U.S. may send women to elite Ranger school: top Army chief
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| ASU Entrepreneurs Win Lean Startup Competition for New Veterans Website Posted: AlphaStripe will allow Videos, Pictures and Stories from Global Conflicts, Past and Present, to be viewed, shared and archivedScottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 A new Arizona-based startup, which provides an online platform for military veterans and participants in wars and conflict situations to record and share their stories, has won the AppSumo Lean Startup Challenge, winning a prize package valued at $50,000 that includes software development from New Context. ... |
| Plan for ads about Obama's former pastor ignites firestorm Posted:
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| U.S. lawmakers want to halt aid to nations hosting Sudan's Bashir Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House of Representatives committee voted on Thursday to cut off economic aid to any country that hosts Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and other crimes. The provision is not yet law, and could change as foreign aid legislation moves through Congress this year. It was approved by the House Appropriations Committee as part of that legislation, which would slash spending on the U.S. State Department and foreign assistance by some 9 percent. ... |
| Obama Courts Veterans' Votes with Outreach Campaign Posted: President Obama is making a targeted effort to court the votes of military veterans and their families, believing the constituency is in play for November and could make a difference in key battleground states. The Obama campaign today kicked off a grassroots organizing effort —... |
| Army Begins Review of PTSD Cases Posted: Many military service members have been diagnosed with PTSD since the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. When seeking help for this disorder, it was found last year at a military hospital in Joint Base Lewis-McChord that many soldiers' PTSD diagnoses were changed to lesser illnesses in an alleged attempt for the Army to save money, according to the New York Times. |
| Afghanistan, detention issue divide lawmakers Posted: Coalitions of House Democrats and tea partyers pushed to speed up President Barack Obama's withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and end the indefinite detention of terrorist suspects, even American citizens, captured on U.S. soil. |
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| Mental Illness Is the Leading Cause of Hospitalization for Active-Duty Troops Posted: The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have spent almost $2 billion since 2001 to buy drugs to treat mental illness and post-traumatic stress disorder despite growing evidence some of those drugs exacerbate PTSD symptoms, a Nextgov investigation shows. In addition, military research released this week highlighted that Defense faces what one Army clinician called an epidemic of mental illness. |
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| Fattah Neuroscience Amendment Passes Posted: WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The House Appropriations Committee unanimously passed an amendment today offered by Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies (CJS) and the lead neuroscience research advocate in Congress, that encourages the Department of Defense to continue its work on the Fattah Neuroscience Initiative. |
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| Posted: WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Iranian-American Cultural Association of Missouri: |
| Boats, Bollywood and bagpipes in queen's flotilla Posted:
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| Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses Posted: Army leaders are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder following recent complaints that some PTSD diagnoses were improperly overturned. |
| Warfighter Sports Partners with Wash Depot and Sparkling Image Posted: Raising monies for sports rehabilitation programs for wounded warriors undergoing therapy in military hospitals and communities across the United States.Rockville, MD (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 Warfighter Sports, a program of Disabled Sports USA, is proud to announce its continued alliance with Wash Depot Holdings, Inc.& Sparkling Image Corp. to raise monies for its sports rehabilitation programs in military hospitals and communities across the United States. ... |
| Security clouds speedy Libya oil recovery Posted: TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Increasing insecurity and disruptions are overshadowing Libya's speedy return to pre-war oil production, delaying much needed foreign expertise and investment as well as threatening output. Libya, with Africa's largest oil reserves, is nearing pre-conflict production of 1.6 million barrels per day, exceeding initial forecasts after last year's uprising against Muammar Gaddafi brought it to a virtual standstill. However cracks are starting to appear as the new leadership struggles to impose order in a country awash with weapons. ... |
| Mitt's Millions: Romney Rivals Obama In April's Fundraising Haul Posted:
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| Posted: Award-winning journalist Lindsey Hilsum will discuss her book "Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution" at St. Louis County Library Headquarters (1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.) on Friday, June 8, at 7:00 p.m. The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from Left Bank Books.St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 The St. ... |
| Iraq summons Turkish envoy again as tensions grow Posted: BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has summoned Ankara's ambassador in Baghdad to protest the behavior of two Turkish diplomats, the latest episode in a drawn-out public row between the neighbors. An official from Iraq's foreign ministry met Turkey's ambassador, Younis Demirer, to complain about the Turkish diplomats in the cities of Basra and Mosul, a statement on the foreign ministry website said on Thursday. "Some activities conducted by the two Turkish General Consuls in Basra and Mosul ... ... |
| Three Turkish soldiers killed in PKK clash Posted: ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Three Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels near the Syrian border in southern Turkey on Thursday, the provincial governor's office said. Separately, a provincial leader of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party was shot dead late on Wednesday outside his home in Sirnak, near the frontier with Iraq, an official in the governor's office told Reuters. ... |
| Iraq battle pits oil against antiquities Posted:
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| Dinar Trade Streams Live Rates for Iraqi Dinar Investors Posted: Dinar Trade streams live Inter-bank rates for the Iraqi Dinar and other exotic currencies.Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 Dinar Trade, the leading market-maker for the Iraqi Dinar, is the first Iraqi Dinar dealer to offer inter-bank rates for Iraq, South Korea, China, Vietnam and Afghanistan against all major currencies on its website http://www.dinartrade.com. The live-stream compares the dinar against the U.S. Dollar, British Pound Sterling, Euro and numerous other currencies. ... |
| Ex-C.I.A.’s Son Fights for Justice. Posted: Alan Karam's book, Unwanted American, is an account of alleged prejudice within the United States.Utah (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 Alan Karam has a fascinating story to tell. Almost twenty years ago Alan's family received a direct command from former President Bill Clinton. Karam's father was trying to remove Saddam Hussein from power by acting as an informant for the C.I.A. But, in 1996, his family was ordered out of Iraq because Hussein placed a bounty on the Karam family. ... |
| Can Obama Recapture the Youth Vote? Posted: The Great Recession took a sledgehammer to young job-seekers. As a Rutgers University study released this week reported, only half -- 51 percent -- of college graduates since 2006 are employed full-time. Eleven percent of them, the study found, are unemployed -- a figure well above the national rate of 8.1 percent. Another 12 percent are working part-time. |
| Defeated Ohio Democrat Kucinich declines run in Washington state Posted:
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| Veteran Officer Believes God Kept U.S. from Victory in Vietnam Posted: Lt. Col. James Schmidt's new book offers his evidence for divine intervention in combat tacticsFORT COLLINS, Colo. (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 During the six months that James Schmidt commanded an infantry company in Vietnam, that company killed or captured approximately 60 enemy soldiers without losing any of its own. ... |
| New Book Tells of a Country Divided Posted: Augustin Stucker writes of the parallel lives of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 The story of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis is the story of our country. Without either of their lives and influence, we would not be the nation we are today. Augustin Stucker reflects on the lives of both men in his new book, "Lincoln & Davis" (published by AuthorHouse). Stucker says the President of the United States and the President of the Confederacy both worked tirelessly to avoid Civil War up to the moment of Southern secession. ... |
| Exclusive: Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria: panel Posted:
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| U.S. may send women to elite Ranger school: top Army chief Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army is considering putting female soldiers through Ranger School, an intense weeks-long combat boot camp that would put them on equal footing with male counterparts who have completed the training, the Army's top general said on Wednesday. The move signals the Army may be edging closer to reversing a longstanding policy of barring women from combat roles. Women currently are not allowed to serve in infantry, armor and special operations units whose main function is to engage in front-line combat. ... |
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