A group of Marines ogling a pinup girl outside their bunkers in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, in January 1968

I don't need to add anything to the below, one: I'm not there, two: what's below says it all, three: this Country put it's Military Through All This Before to my Brother 'Nam Vets and followed up with Every Deployment Since!

How many know what's happening with the Gulf War I Vets!

Murray: VA's Katz Should Leave
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., says she wants "honesty, openness, and directness" from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, and says Dr. Ira Katz, the VA's top official for mental health, should step aside.

Ilona Meagher emailed the basics of the congressional hearing next week (December 12th) where she will be testifying. Below are the key pieces of information from her email.

Hearing basics
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Hearing held by: House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Hearing title: Stopping Suicide and Ending Homelessness: Mental Health Challenges Within the Department of Veterans Affairs
Testimony date, time: December 12, 2007, 10 am
Location: 345 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
Hearing page (no names up yet, but my invite is said to be official, now): Official web page details
Press release on hearing with usable details: Press Release
For more on the hearings, click Read More