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	<title>Deploying Medically Unfit?</title>
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From Gregg Zoroya, USA Today at Veterans for Common Sense &lt;a href=http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/articleID/10060&quot;&gt;Pentagon Deployed 43,000 Medically Unfit Soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

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	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:28:38 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Senator Russ Feingold</title>
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From Russ Feingold, The Los Angeles Times at Truthout &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050808B.shtml&quot;&gt;    Government in Secret.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:39:37 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Cleaning Up Barracks</title>
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From the AP at MSNBC &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24512102/&quot;&gt;Army reacts after video reveals shoddy barracks&lt;br /&gt;
YouTube effect: Military OKs $250 million for repairs to decrepit facilities.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:44:34 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Suicides Occur 'Just Like Cancer Occurs'</title>
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From Bob Brewin, Government Executive, at Veterans for Common Sense &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/articleID/10030&quot;&gt;Another Outrage as VA Official Says Suicides Occur 'Just Like Cancer Occurs'.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:49:37 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Addington Subpoena</title>
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From Pamela Hess, the AP, at Truthout &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050608R.shtml&quot;&gt;    House Panel Subpoenas Top Cheney Aide.&lt;a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 09:39:53 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Talks U.S. Iran Suspended</title>
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From the AP at MSNBC &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24461706/&quot;&gt;Iran suspends talks with U.S. on security in Iraq&lt;br /&gt;
Tehran demands clashes between U.S.-led forces, Shiite militias end.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From Pepe Escobar, TomDispatch.com at truthout &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050108S.shtml&quot;&gt;    The Iranian Chessboard: Five Ways to Think About Iran Under the Gun.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From Olga Bonfiglio at Common Dreams &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/04/8700/&quot;&gt;Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Doesn’t Mince Words About War and Justice.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By Joan Vennochi at The Boston Globe &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/05/04/were_in_a_war___where_are_the_media/&quot;&gt;We're in a war - where are the media?.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 19:16:54 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Outsourcing training</title>
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From Walter Pincus, The Washington Post, at Truthout &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050408A.shtml&quot;&gt;    US Seeks Contractors to Train Iraqi Military.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 04:21:16 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Passing On the Wars</title>
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From the AP at Military.com &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.military.com/news/article/bush-details-70b-war-fund-for-09.html?wh=wh&quot;&gt;Bush Details $70B War Fund for '09.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These wars are being not only passed on to the next incumbent, but to our children, and perhaps theirs to pay for. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home&quot;&gt;Cost of Iraq War.&lt;/a&gt; CRS Report for Congress &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33110.pdf&quot;&gt;Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11.&lt;/a&gt;   From Bruce Falconer, Mother Jones, at Truthout &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050308B.shtml&quot;&gt;Contractors Gone Wild.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From the AP at MSNBC &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24450988/&quot;&gt;Four Marines killed in Iraq's Anbar province&lt;br /&gt;
Region recently been largely calmed with rise of anti-al-Qaida Sunni groups.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From Andrew Miga, the AP at Truthout &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050408Y.shtml&quot;&gt; Lawmakers Seek Probe of Pentagon PR Program.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

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	<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 23:32:29 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Take care of your soldiers—first!</title>
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From Joe Galloway at the McClatchy Press &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcclatchydc.com/galloway/story/35558.html&quot;&gt;Commentary: An indictment of our Army's competence.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As one reader indicates, the fault is shared with us at the citizen level for allowing this; with Congress; with leadership at the very top.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, have you talked with your &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm&quot;&gt;Senator.&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml&quot;&gt;Representative.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
about this yet?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And, since we know where the proverbial buck stops, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/&quot;&gt;The White House.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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	<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 03:05:06 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Credit Card Cleanups?</title>
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From Bob Sullivan, The Red Tape Chronicles at MSNBC &lt;a href=&quot;http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/05/federal-regulat.html#posts&quot;&gt;Regulators Target Card-Card Shenanigans.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 19:57:47 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>If Valild, Unacceptable</title>
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From an angry Dad at You Tube &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4P-camUjjk&quot;&gt;Army Barracks conditions in 82nd Fort (ft) Bragg.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 02:48:22 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Disclosure not necessary</title>
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From the AP at MSNBC &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24391743/&quot;&gt;Soldiers won't have to disclose past therapy&lt;br /&gt;
Defense Dept. hopes change on security clearance form for will ease stigma.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 07:05:49 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>April 30, 1975</title>
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From Info Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0861797.html&quot;&gt;End of the Vietnam War.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are losing incredible amounts of oral history.&lt;br /&gt;
Please, feel free to post your memories here to share with others. You have a vast legacy and we cannot let it be lost.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Blessings,&lt;br /&gt;
Miz' Remy
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	<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:40:02 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Iran?</title>
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From Steve Weissman at Truthout, a perspective &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042908J.shtml&quot;&gt;    Bomb Bomb Iran by Summer's End?.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:37:39 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Afghanistan</title>
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From the AP at Military.com &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.military.com/news/article/marines-launch-attack-on-taliban.html&quot;&gt;Marines Launch Attack on Taliban.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:35:11 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Iraq Attacks and Contracts</title>
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It seems a great deal in Iraq, and elsewhere, is not as it is reported to be.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From the AP at MSNBC &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24346507/&quot;&gt;Militants launch Baghdad attacks in sandstorm&lt;br /&gt;
Dozens killed in clashes around capital as al-Sadr spurns government offer.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From the AP at MSNBC &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24346992/&quot;&gt;Audit: Millions in Iraq contracts never finished&lt;br /&gt;
Investigators: U.S. government has falsely described projects as complete.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From Nancy Grape, the Portland Press Herald, the Maine Sunday Telegram &lt;a href=&quot;http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=183790&amp;ac=PHedi&amp;pg=1&quot;&gt;TV military 'analysts' are part of what Ike warned against A New York Times report shines a light on how the military-industrial complex tries to shape broadcast news.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From  Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&amp;article=61696&amp;archive=true&quot;&gt;Pentagon halts feeding of information to retired officers while issue is reviewed.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:56:31 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Putting Things Into Perspective</title>
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From GreatDanePro &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.greatdanepro.com/somewhere%20in%20time/index.htm&quot;&gt;Somewhere in Time.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:59:57 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Hunger</title>
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From Anthony Fiaola, The Washington Post, at MSNBC &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24334375/&quot;&gt;The new economics of hunger&lt;br /&gt;
Amid brutal convergence of events to hit global market, poor suffer most.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:10:39 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Joe Galloway: Unforgettable Soldiers</title>
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From Joe Galloway at the McClatchy Newspapers &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcclatchydc.com/galloway/story/34930.html&quot;&gt;Commentary: Unforgettable soldiers.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:42:47 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Pentagon/Iran?</title>
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From Anne Scott Tyson, The Washington Post at Truthout &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042608Z.shtml&quot;&gt;    Joint Chiefs Chairman Says US Preparing Military Options Against Iran.&lt;/a&gt;
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	<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:43:45 GMT</pubDate>
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