There's a reason I use the breakin line to Greg Mitchells book So Wrong for So Long: How the Press, the Pundits--and the President--Failed on Iraq.

Part of that reason is an article printed in the Asian Times, I just finished reading.

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.

And why, you might ask, actually the obvious:

Who Blew Whistle on Wasteful Spending

This is just one result of the Apathy after the Cheering and Support of!

The Origin of the VA Motto

To care for him
who shall have borne the battle
and for his widow, and his orphan

A couple of days ago I posted this Lets See Now, 'Supporting The Troops'

On a few boards, the link here goes to my site.

Adding a little more to Jim's great post. C-Span finally ran the hearing late last night and again early this morning. The video of the hearing as available for a streaming video for a few days here. Also, McClatchy's Chris Adams covered yesterday's hearing and links to the great article he wrote in February 2007, prior to the recent report from CBS news, covering the Bowman's and Veterans Administration's shortcomings in helping soldiers with PTSD.

This is a Quick posting as I just Uploaded the Video's and am running around getting ready for work.

Congress Vows Action On Vets' Suicides

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