VA doesn't know if it has enough staff to serve vets

This is a huge problem. I received an email from a wife of a veteran with PTSD. He had not been given enough medication but as bad as that was, the doctor he had was transferred and the doctor replacing him wanted to see her husband first before giving him more. The problem was, he couldn't get him an appointment soon enough.

We talk about the delay in processing claims. We talk about the delay in processing appeals. What we don't talk about is what this does to our veterans and their families.

The extra stress of fighting the VA for what veterans earned serving this country makes their overall health worse. When they are living with PTSD, it gets worse, not just because it prolongs help but they feel pushed away from it after advocates talked them into going.

Despite legal requirement, VA doesn't know if it has enough staff to serve vets
Watchdog report is latest in long line critical of the VA's staffing evaluations
Washington Guardian
BY PHILLIP SWARTS
JANUARY 5, 2013

The Veterans Affairs Department doesn't know whether it has enough staff at its medical facilities to give veterans the quality care they need, failing to comply with a decade-old law despite several prior warnings, the agency's internal watchdog has concluded.

A January 2002 law "mandated that VA establish a nationwide policy to ensure medical facilities have adequate staff to provide appropriate, high-quality care and services" but the agency "did not have an effective staffing methodology to ensure appropriate staffing levels for specialty care services," the VA inspector general reported Thursday.

Specifically, inspectors found that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hadn't developed staffing guidelines for 31 of its specialty care services.

"As a result, VHA’s lack of productivity standards and staffing plans limit the ability of medical facility officials to make informed business decisions on the appropriate number of specialty physicians to meet patient care needs, such as access and quality of care," the report said.

The critical review comes at a time when many veterans are facing growing delays to receive their medical treatment. The Washington Guardian previously reported that wait times at some medical centers are reaching 10 hours.
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CIA veteran on what ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ gets wrong

A CIA veteran on what ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ gets wrong about the bin Laden manhunt
By Jose A. Rodriguez Jr.
Washington Post
Published: January 3

Jose A. Rodriguez Jr.is a 31-year veteran of the CIA. He is the author of “Hard Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives,” written with former CIA spokesman Bill Harlow, who also contributed to this essay.

It is an odd experience to enter a darkened room and, for more than 21 / 2 hours, watch someone tell a story that you experienced intimately in your own life. But that is what happened recently as I sat in a movie theater near Times Square and watched “Zero Dark Thirty,” the new Hollywood blockbuster about the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

When I was head of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center from 2002 to 2004 and then director of the National Clandestine Service until late 2007, the campaign against al-Qaeda was my life and obsession.

I must say, I agree with both the film critics who love “Zero Dark Thirty” as entertainment and the administration officials and prominent senators who hate the movie for the message it sends — although my reasons are entirely opposite theirs.

Indeed, as I watched the story unfold on the screen, I found myself alternating between repulsion and delight.
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Disabled Firefighter Saved by Afghanistan Meatball

Dog rescued from Afghanistan returns favor by helping save owner’s life (With Video)
Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2012
By JOHN KOPP

CLIFTON HEIGHTS — The first time Meatball met Joe McCarty, the Afghan Kuchi puppy welcomed his new owner by peeing on him.

Five months later, McCarty and his wife, Kim, laugh at the story. That’s because Meatball and Joe now share a bond so tight that the 9-month-old dog knows when Joe isn’t right. That keen awareness might have saved Joe’s life earlier this month.

Kim said she was upstairs preparing to fall asleep one night when she heard Meatball begin barking incessantly. Meatball, Kim said, is not known for barking.

Joe, who served as a firefighter for the Sharon Hill Fire Department for 15 years, has suffered four strokes and is paralyzed on his left side.
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Overexposed: A Photographer's War With PTSD

The images I see everyday to understand what the troops go through are only there because a photographer risked their lives to capture them. I hate the images I see and some of them haunt my dreams. This is an important article to read to understand the price some of them pay to record what generations will study.

Overexposed: A Photographer's War With PTSD
The Atlantic
ADAM MCCAULEY

DEC 20 2012

Photojournalists strap bulletproof vests to their chests, steady 60-pound packs on their backs, and hang camera equipment from their shoulders before trekking into the world's most dangerous environments. They follow marine units, rebel militias, and protesters -- stride-for-stride -- into the field, through crumbling neighborhoods and down crowded streets. There, unarmed and exposed, they take pictures of combatants and the afflicted: civilians suffering in battle, hospitals straining to cope with the wounded, and the communities within which conflict lives.

Their industry rewards intimacy, often driving photographers closer to the sharp edge of conflict. But after capturing those last breaths and cities laid waste by violence, these photographers are left to scroll through the day's shots before wiring the most gripping images to newsrooms around the world.

Some photographers try to lose themselves in the technical elements of their images: the exposures and f-stops, saturation and white balance. These aspects allow a modicum of control. The most successful are praised and rewarded for their work. The events that shock their humanity, serve as fuel for their professional career. But sometimes, when trauma weighs too heavily -- when those recorded moments become too 'decisive' -- photographers internalize what they've seen. Like soldiers, photographers can carry these wars home.
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Scaled-Down Inauguration Events Honor Troops, Families

Scaled-Down Inauguration Events Honor Troops, Families
Dec 21, 2012
Stars and Stripes
by Leo Shane III

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will honor troops serving overseas and military families in his inauguration festivities next month, an extension of the White House’s ongoing campaign to highlight their sacrifice.

An inaugural source says plans call for a pop concert for military children the weekend of the inauguration and an expanded Commander in Chief’s ball, one of only two official inaugural balls to be sponsored by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.

Planners have promised that the celebration surrounding the inauguration Jan. 21 will be much smaller in scope and cost than the parties in 2009, with an eye toward the still sluggish national economy.

But a person familiar with the committee’s work said the events will also have a focus on the military, and include a number of opportunities for servicemembers and their families to interact with political leaders.

The Commander in Chief’s ball will feature Pentagon officials, Medal of Honor recipients, wounded warriors and representatives from throughout the armed forces.

Tickets for the event will be distributed through the Department of Defense and the Joint Task Force for the National Capital Region, which is also assisting with security for all inaugural events.

Hosting just two official inaugural balls would be a dramatic change from recent history, when the first family has made frequent stops and wardrobe changes in an effort to thank thousands of celebrating supporters.
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Number of Veterans Who Die Waiting for Benefits Claims Skyrockets

Number of Veterans Who Die Waiting for Benefits Claims Skyrockets
by Aaron Glantz
Dec 20, 2012

Over the last three years, the number of veterans dying before their claims are processed has skyrocketed, reports Aaron Glantz of the Center for Investigative Reporting.

After seven months of delay, the Department of Veterans Affairs finally approved World War II veteran James Alderson’s pension benefits last week.

But it was not a cause for celebration or relief for Alderson, whose life’s work was the farm-supply store he founded near Chico, Calif., after returning home from the Battle of the Bulge.

The 89-year-old veteran had died three months earlier in a Yuba City nursing home.

“My father was a very proud person,” Alderson’s son, Kale, said. “Whenever I saw him, he would ask if I’d heard from the V.A. and whether his money would hold up. It really took a toll on him.”

The V.A.’s inability to pay benefits to veterans before they die is increasingly common, according to data obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting. The data reveals, for the first time, that long wait times are contributing to tens of thousands of veterans being approved for disability benefits and pensions only after it is too late for the money to help them.

In the fiscal year that ended in September, the agency paid $437 million in retroactive benefits to the survivors of nearly 19,500 veterans who died waiting. The figures represent a dramatic increase from three years earlier, when the widows, parents and children of fewer than 6,400 veterans were paid $7.9 million on claims filed before their loved one’s death.

These veterans range from World War II veterans who die of natural causes without their pensions to Iraq War veterans who commit suicide after their disability claims for post-traumatic stress disorder are denied.
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Marine Vet Burns Mosque to Avenge Soldiers

Marine Vet Burns Mosque to Avenge Soldiers
Dec 20, 2012
Associated Press
by John Seewer

TOLEDO, Ohio - A former Marine from Indiana admitted Wednesday that he broke into a mosque in Ohio and set fire to a prayer rug because he wanted revenge for the killings of American troops overseas.

Randy Linn pleaded guilty to hate crime charges, saying he'd become enraged after seeing images of wounded soldiers in the news.

"Every day you turn on the TV, you see Muslims trying to kill Americans," said Linn, a truck driver from St. Joe.

When asked by a federal judge whether he thought all Muslims are terrorists, he answered: "I'd say most of them are."

A deal between prosecutors and Linn, 52, calls for him to be sentenced to 20 years next April. He pleaded guilty to intentionally damaging and destroying religious property and two gun-related charges.
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Combat medic wounded in Afghanistan last year passed away

Army medic dies of Afghanistan injuries
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Nov 26, 2012

ROCKFORD, Mich. — A 24-year-old Army medic from western Michigan who enlisted in the military because of the poor job market in 2009 died from injuries he sustained while serving in Afghanistan, it was announced Monday.

Spc. Zachary Shanafelt of Grand Rapids was hurt in an accident last year and died Wednesday at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, said Pederson Funeral Home in Rockford. He was serving as a field medic with a unit based in Fariyab province.

Shanafelt underwent treatment at hospitals in Germany and the U.S., according to Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Arnold, a military liaison official.

Veterans Affairs office 'Pennsylvania's best-kept secret'

Franklin County Veterans Affairs office 'Pennsylvania's best-kept secret'
Public Opinion
By ANDREA RICH

Bob Harris, Franklin County director of veterans affairs, said one vet told him the county office is "Pennsylvania's best kept secret."

Why is it so hard to reach veterans?

"We try to do a campaign when units return from Reserves or National Guard," Harris explained, but the most recent group returns for Franklin County were in 2004 and 2009.

Since then troops typically separate from their units in Fort Dix, N.J. where representatives from the Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars give presentations about post-active-duty life and services.

"At that point you are so overwhelmed (with the separation process) and you just want to go home," Harris said. It's a lot for soldiers to take in, he added.

As is the national trend, many young soldiers don't realize what the county office can do for them.

"We advocate - at no cost to you (the soldier)," Harris said. That includes getting veterans connected to the right people for veteran's health care, education benefits, housing allowance and employment.

The latest veteran count in Franklin County was done in Fiscal Year 2010 and at that time Franklin County had 12,984 veterans.

Harris said the county office is even more important to young veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan because they don't connect with groups that typically can get them connected to services through experience.
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Todd Love goes from Gators to Falcons

And I thought it was cool when Todd Love wrestled gator on "Gator Boys"

Todd Love, Triple-Amputee Marine Veteran, Visits Atlanta Falcons Practice (VIDEO) Posted: 11/20/2012 The word "hero" is thrown around a lot in sports, but this past weekend, the Atlanta Falcons paid tribute to some real heroes when they hosted a pair of injured war veterans.

Army Sgt. First Class Michael Schlitz and Marine Cpl. Todd Love, who were wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, respectively, joined the Falcons in practice on Friday before being honored during Sunday's Salute to Service game, according to the Falcons blog.

The team has partnered with the Steven Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and the Gary Sinise Foundation to raise money to build smart homes for the two soldiers as well as other vets across the nation.
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Veteran, survivor of train tragedy, plans lawsuit

UPDATE Vets, Families File Suit in Fatal Train Crash

Veteran wounded in West Texas train crash plans lawsuit
By Matthew Waller
Reuters – 13 hrs ago

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Attorneys representing one of the U.S. military veterans injured last week when a freight train collided with a parade float in West Texas said on Monday they are preparing to file a lawsuit, probably against Union Pacific, the operator of the train.

Lawyers Kevin Glasheen and Bob Pottroff said they are representing the family of 31-year-old Army Sergeant Richard Sanchez, one of 16 people injured in the crash on Thursday at the parade in Midland, Texas that was part of planned events saluting U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Four veterans died in the crash.

Pottroff said he wants to challenge the National Transportation Safety Board's assertion that the train signal system had "functioned as designed" and that no anomalies were found with lights, bells or gates.

The signals gave 20 seconds of warning as required by federal law, the NTSB said. But Pottroff said the signals may have required additional time because of the crossing's design.

"If someone finally gets to the bottom of this, the signal should have given 30-plus seconds," Pottroff told Reuters.
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Veterans Parade ends in tragedy 4 dead 16 wounded

General Allen investigated for emails to Petraeus friend

Allen investigated for emails to Petraeus friend
Nomination to serve as top NATO commander placed on hold as investigation unfolds
By Robert Burns
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Nov 13, 2012

PERTH, Australia — In a new twist to the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon said Tuesday that the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is under investigation for alleged “inappropriate communications” with a woman who is said to have received threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, the woman with whom Petraeus had an extramarital affair.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a written statement issued to reporters aboard his aircraft, en route from Honolulu to Perth, Australia, that the FBI referred the matter to the Pentagon on Sunday.

Panetta said that he ordered a Pentagon investigation of Allen on Monday.

A senior defense official traveling with Panetta said Allen’s communications were with Jill Kelley, who has been described as an unpaid social liaison at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., which is headquarters to the U.S. Central Command. She is not a U.S. government employee.
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Congress Wants Answers on Petraeus Affair

Congress Wants Answers on Petraeus Affair
Nov 12, 2012
Associated Press
by Anne Flaherty, Kimberly Dozier and Adam Goldman

WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress said Sunday they want to know more details about the FBI investigation that revealed an extramarital affair between ex-CIA Director David Petraeus and his biographer, questioning when the retired general popped up in the FBI inquiry, whether national security was compromised and why they weren't told sooner.

"We received no advance notice. It was like a lightning bolt," said Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The FBI was investigating harassing emails sent by Petraeus biographer and girlfriend Paula Broadwell to a second woman. That probe of Broadwell's emails revealed the affair between Broadwell and Petraeus. The FBI contacted Petraeus and other intelligence officials, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper asked Petraeus to resign.

A senior U.S. military official identified the second woman as Jill Kelley, 37, who lives in Tampa, Florida, and serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located.
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Team Rubicon spends Veterans Day Weekend helping after Hurricane Sandy

Hundreds of vets lend a hand in Sandy relief
By LEO SHANE III
Stars and Stripes
Published: November 10, 2012

The official New York City Veterans Day festivities take place Sunday in Manhattan, but members of Team Rubicon have been holding their own parade in Queens for the last week.

These volunteers — all skilled U.S. veterans — have been walking the main routes of the Rockaways, having traded their camouflage for uniforms of dirty jeans and group-issued T-shirts. The streets are clogged for their procession — but with storm surge sand and downed tree limbs, the remnants of SuperStorm Sandy and the nor’easter that arrived a week later.

Almost 400 veterans have joined the disaster relief organization’s efforts in the region, helping with search and rescue, shelter setup, aid logistics and basic cleanup.

“It’s our biggest effort to date,” said William McNulty, co-founder of Team Rubicon.

“The size and the scale of the damage down there is so huge. There are still blocks down there that haven’t seen much help. So we’re doing all we can to get to them.”

The group formed in 2010, with the goal of creating a rapid-response disaster relief team of U.S. veterans. They’ve sent volunteers to Haiti to work alongside Marines in earthquake recovery efforts; cleanup crews to Missouri and Texas after tornadoes; and evacuation teams to Louisiana after several hurricane landings.
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Clay Hunt

Soldier says Staff Sgt. Robert Bales confessed

Testimony: U.S. soldier knew he killed Afghans
By Gene Johnson
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Nov 6, 2012

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Staff Sgt. Robert Bales made a mid-massacre confession, asked for help bleaching his blood-stained clothing and deliberately destroyed his laptop computer, fellow soldiers have testified — statements that prosecutors say show he knew what he was doing the night 16 civilians were slaughtered in two villages in southern Afghanistan.

The remarks, offered by soldiers testifying for the government Monday and Tuesday could pose a high hurdle for defense lawyers who have indicated that Bales’ mental health will be a big part of their case. Testimony continues with several more witnesses Wednesday in a preliminary hearing that is being held to help determine whether the case goes to a court-martial.
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Thousands of Arizona veterans face backlog on disability claims

Thousands of Arizona veterans face backlog on disability claims with VA
Monday, Oct. 29, 2012
By FARA ILLICH
Cronkite News

VA backlog: Number of veterans in Arizona: 600,000
Number of pending veterans disability claims: 23,000
Number of claims with a wait time over 125 days: 17,000
Average number of days a claim is pending: 320
Average number of days a claim takes to complete: 365
Sources: Phoenix Veterans Affairs Regional Office and Arizona Department of Veterans Services

PHOENIX – Peering through the new prescription glasses he just got from the veterans hospital, Korean War veteran Gilbert Torres sifted through a stack of papers detailing claims he’d had pending with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs since July 2011.

Torres is asking the VA re-evaluate the 30 percent disability he was awarded in the 1960s for injuries to both feet during a training exercise and to grant him disability for lingering gastrointestinal problems from food poisoning.

Torres said he’s happy with the services the VA has provided him over the years like free medical and vision care, but said he doesn’t understand why he’s been waiting more than a year for answers.

“I can wait, but I’d like to have some sort of notice,” he said. “I deserve what I’m asking for.”

Torres is part of a backlog of 17,000 disability compensation claims in Arizona as of October, according to the VA’s Phoenix Regional Office, which processes disability compensation for the state. These are claims that have been pending longer than 125 days.

There were 587,800 claims pending in the backlog nationwide as of September, according to the VA.

Despite efforts by the VA to ramp up processing times, officials say the department can’t keep up with the volume of claims, which have risen nearly 50 percent since 2008.

Part of the increase has to do with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down and many new veterans filing, but is also due to a class-action lawsuit that added ischemic heart disease, hairy cell and other forms of B-cell leukemia and Parkinson’s to a list of diseases associated with exposure to Agent Orange, according to John Rowan, national president of Vietnam Veterans of America.

“We’ve got a backlog because of a perfect storm,” Rowan said.
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With Allen West, less means zero

If comments left on this are an indication of how people really feel about Allen West, he won't have to go back to Washington.

Allen West: We used bayonets in Iraq and horses in Afghanistan
Washington Post
Posted by Ed O'Keefe
October 23, 2012

STUART, Fla. — Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) knows a thing or two about how the U.S. military uses bayonets, because he sent soldiers into battle with them in Iraq.

Speaking to about 100 senior citizens Tuesday afternoon in this golfing and retirement community, West joined legions of conservatives and Republicans criticizing President Obama’s performance during Monday night’s presidential debate on foreign policy and seized especially on the exchange between Obama and Republican Mitt Romney over the declining strength of the U.S. Navy.

“I can tell you that when I was a battalion commander, we did still issue bayonets to our troops when we deployed to Iraq in 2003. The second thing I will tell you is that in 2001, Special Forces soldiers were on horseback riding with the Northern Alliance to fight against the Taliban,” West said. “So obviously we have a president who does not understand the full capabilities and capacities and what we do in the United States military.”

During the debate, Obama responded to Romney’s concerns about U.S. naval power by noting that “we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military’s changed.”
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West does understand a thing or two, but not more than that. Does he actually not get that Obama is the Commander-in-Chief?

101st Airborne Division Celebrates 70 Years of Valor

101st Airborne Division Celebrates 70 Years of Valor
Oct 18, 2012
by usapatriotism
Soldiers of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division (AASLT) gather during the "2012 Week of the Eagles" to celebrate the 70th anniversary of their great division with a truly storied past with active members carrying on this noble proud legacy and adding to its historic heritage of valor.
U.S. Army video by Maj. Robin Ochoa, August 15, 2012

Vets Seek Specifics On How Candidates Would Help

It is one thing for a person running for election to say they care or claim they "know how to fix something" but it all comes down to what they actually did.

Vets Seek Specifics On How Candidates Would Help
NPR
by Quil Lawrence
Oct 16, 2012
Morning Edition

Military veterans across the country have a whole range of concerns this election season, from the high rate of suicide to special challenges for female vets. But like everyone else, they're especially concerned with health care and jobs.

Military veterans across the country have a whole range of concerns this election season, from the high rate of suicide to special challenges for female vets. But like everyone else, they're especially concerned with health care and jobs.

The nation's obligations to some 2 million veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan pose a challenge for the next commander in chief. Unemployment for post-Sept. 11 vets is about 2 percentage points worse than the national average, and veterans want solutions.

In Orange Park, Fla., south of Jacksonville, a town built around Navy and Air Force bases, the VFW hall is smoky and loud with conversation among veterans from many different wars.

"I was with the Air Force Reserves," says Elisa Rosemond, "and my question is how you're going to help the troops coming home, active and reserve, find a job that they can support their families with?"
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I am originally from Massachusetts but moved to Florida when Romney was governor. What he did was end the hiring preference for veterans, cut state VA budget and outsourced public worker jobs to India. For military families, one thing is clear. Most veterans end up going into law enforcement, fire departments, emergency responders, medical and teaching. These jobs fall in the group of public employees Romney has shown disdain for.

If you read this blog you know I also have issues with President Obama but at least he has tried to fix what has gone wrong for our veterans. In the first two years, he did have a congress run by Democrats and things got done. As we've seen in the last year and a half when the Republicans controlled the House and the Senate Bills were blocked by Republicans because a super-majority is needed to prevent filibusters, President Obama should have taken to the airwaves more to let the American people know exactly what was going on and who was responsible for it. While he did include most of these shenanigans in his weekly address, few heard what he had to say.

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The truth is what it is but politicians won't come out and tell the truth.

President Obama had the opportunity to address one other issue but has avoided mentioning it. The fact that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were not part of President Bush's budget and were provided by supplemental requests and Afghanistan was hardly ever mentioned. President Obama put the costs into his budget so the costs wars were no longer hidden even if they were not actually paid for.

Iraq War Supplemental: Speech by President Bush (2007)



2:17
Bush talks about a date to withdraw the troops as if he had no intentions of the Iraqi people stepping up to take over their own security. It turned out that having a date to leave put the future of Iraq into Iraqi hands. This was not about the US taking over Iraq, so the argument did not hold up.

This claim is now being repeated concerning Afghanistan by Romney as if giving the Afghan people a date when they have to take over their own security is a bad thing when we are not taking over Afghanistan.

U.S. Vets reaches out to homeless veterans, but some reject aid

U.S. Vets reaches out to homeless veterans, but some reject aid
BY SONYA PADGETT
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Oct. 14, 2012

A man in a wheelchair gives a middle-finger salute to cars exiting the freeway onto Tropicana Avenue.

The traffic is heavy and fast on this recent Monday afternoon and no one acknowledges the man with a long, gray beard and wild hair panhandling at the intersection near the Strip. Car windows remain up; his cardboard sign asking for help is ignored. Today, these drivers are not in a giving mood.

By the time the light goes from green to red to green again, the man is gesturing so violently, he falls out of his wheelchair.

Only three days before, Carl "Doc" Doster, 58, sat in a cushioned chair beneath Flamingo Road, playing Yahtzee with friends Freddie Lee Martin and Ronda Brewer. His wheelchair was nearby.

He's not sure who is winning; it could be him but Martin says Doster has rolled several do-overs that may not count. The three friends are taking a break in their game to welcome strangers to their camp, which is nestled in the desert near Industrial Road.
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