Charticle: Defense spending vs entitlement spending
Source: Examiner
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2011-09-08 01:51:57 -0700 | travel-news
The reality is that even after paying for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, Washington spends twice as much on entitlement programs than on defense. You can download The Heritage Foundation's full chart, here .
400,000 Brain Injured Veterans Due Home From Afghanistan and Iraq
Source: Truthdig
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2011-08-27 23:15:28 -0700 | travel-news
Jun 26, 2011 Independent experts suggest that more than 400,000 American service members will return from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with traumatic brain injuries that could lead to severe personality disorders, and little is being done to help them.
Spending Clues Possible at Panetta Hearing
Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2011-08-09 11:52:01 -0700 | disasters-news
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's mandate when he took office in late 2006 was to fix Iraq. His successor faces another difficult challenge: help fix the federal budget. Central Intelligence Agency chief Leon Panetta, President Barack Obama's pick to head...
Pinnacle Career Institute to Hold Open House to Celebrate Health Information Technician Program
Source: PRWeb
Hīt :: Iraq | updated 2013-02-27 11:02:40 -0800 | technology-news
The event will take place at two of the Pinnacle Career Institute campuses on April 26 and April 27. April 25, 2011 Pinnacle Career Institute (PCI) will hold an open house to celebrate its Health Information Technician (HIT) program. The...
Proper nutrition can help soldiers recover from traumatic brain injury
Posted by: anonymous
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2012-02-24 22:14:09 -0800 | health-news
Washington, Apr 21 : Military personnel who suffer traumatic brain injury (TBI) must receive adequate protein and calories immediately after the trauma and through the first two weeks of treatment, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine.This...
Walter Breuning Dies at 114
Posted by: Amrey
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2012-11-02 05:40:17 -0700 | health-news
"A lot of people think they're born for themselves; I don't think that. I believe that we're here to help other people all the way through."Walter Breuning The world's certified oldest man, whose advice to others included the observation "you're...
Gates Says Likely Farewell To US Troops In Iraq
Source: KTUV
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2012-11-02 01:20:08 -0700 | travel-news
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is telling troops in Iraq that his visit this week probably will be his last as Pentagon chief. Gates was giving a pep talk Thursday to soldiers of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division...
Orphans, widows rally in Baghdad, demanding help from Iraqi government
Source: Macleans
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2011-04-19 23:05:19 -0700 | political-news
Hundreds of orphans and widows marched in downtown Baghdad, calling on the Iraqi government to take care of them. About 1,500 people took part in the protest Saturday in western Baghdad that was organized by non-governmental organizations looking to highlight...
For Some Troops, Powerful Drug Cocktails Have Deadly Results
Source: The New York Times
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2011-04-13 04:37:36 -0700 | travel-news
This article was reported by James Dao, Benedict Carey and Dan Frosch and written by Mr. Dao. Multimedia In his last months alive, Senior Airman Anthony Mena rarely left home without a backpack filled with medications. He returned from his...
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