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Taiwan will not open fully to Chinese products: BOTF
Taipei :: Taiwan | about 1 month ago
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Huang said he is not surprised at such reports because there are indeed more than 2,000 items that Taiwan has kept on its restricted list.
Tags: Taiwan Strait, Soften Taiwan, China, Eric Shinseki, veterans affairs, Beijing Tries
GI Bill Kink Sends Vets To Brink
The new G.I Bill, which went into effect August 1st, was to cover college expenses for all veterans who served in the military since 9/11. However, when nearly 300,000 vets signed up, the veterans department, with its antiquated technology, flopped. Just...
Tags: freedom, GI, GI Bill, America, politics, news opinion, veterans, VA, veterans affairs, health care reform, illegal immigrants, Vietnam, war, world news, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, education benefits, veterans department, unemployment, tuition, homeless programs, national news, benefits
Aung San Suu Kyi or the Burmese regime
Yangon :: Myanmar | 3 months ago
Credibility As Burmese courts imposed a three-year sentence on Nobel Peace Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi today, campaigns launched demanding an investigation into the Burmese military regime for crimes against humanity. “Citizens across the globe are asking world leaders...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Democratic Voice of Burma, Ms Suu Kyi, Myanmar, house arrested, military junta, veterans affairs, military spy, Eduardo Ermita, spy chief
Medical News Today: Continuing VA Endoscope Contamination Problem Unacceptable, Says The American Legion
Murfreesboro :: TN :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The national commander of the nation's largest veterans service organization is expressing outrage at continuing instances of VA medical personnel exposing their patients to infectious diseases. The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector...
Tags: Veterans Affairs
Clinic to serve vets in Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin counties
Glenwood Springs :: CO :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility A new Veterans Affairs Medical Telehealth Outreach Clinic will serve vets in Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin counties and use modern technology to save them time and travel expenses for some care. Currently, veterans from the three counties must go to the...
Tags: affairs medical, veterans affairs
Surviving Within: Helen Benedict and the harsh realities of women in the U.S. military.
"I'm more afraid of men [in my unit] that I am with the enemy." Those were the words that Helen Benedict heard from several female soldiers. The enemy was within. Since March of 2003, more than 160,500 women have served in Iraq. More women have fought...
Tags: Women, U.S. military, Iraq, Iraq war, domestic violence, sexual violence, veterans, veterans affairs
NDP want sale of war medals outlawed
Winnipeg :: Canada | 7 months ago
Credibility The federal NDP want Ottawa to ban the sale of all war medals, saying the heroics of Canadian soldiers and police officers don't belong on the auction block. Nova Scotia New Democrat Peter Stoffer, the party's veterans affairs critic, is upset about the...
More kids afflicted with kidney stones
Chattanooga :: TN :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Doctors are puzzling over what seems to be an increase in the number of children with kidney stones, a condition some blame on kids' love of cheeseburgers, fries and other salty foods. Kidney stones are usually an adult malady, one that is notorious for...
Tags: Miami VA Hospital, Veterans Affairs, kidney stones, Tennessee
Veterans face HIV risk from hospital pumps
Miami :: FL :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Thousands of veterans who underwent certain routine medical procedures at Miami's VA Medical Center are at risk of being infected with hepatitis or HIV, the hospital announced Monday. The revelation drew intense criticism from South Florida congressmen...
Tags: Miami, VA Medical Center, Veterans Affairs, hiv risk, affairs hospital
New VA hospital to rise in Aurora
Denver :: CO :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility The secretary of veterans affairs is expected today to announce a final decision to build a new, stand-alone VA hospital on the University of Colorado medical campus in Aurora, congressional sources said Tuesday. The project had been in limbo for years...
Tags: Denver VA Medical Center, University of Colorado Hospital, New VA, Aurora, Eric Shinseki, va hospital, Veterans Affairs, secretary eric, shinseki announced, va secretary
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