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A Death in the Desert: The Legacy of Lori Piestewa
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Tom Berger
More than three months after Pfc. Lori Piestewa's death March 23 in an Iraqi ambush near Nasiryah, the telephone calls still come every day to the Hopi tribal offices in Kykotsmovi, Arizona.
An Image Crystallized Lee Teter's Gift to Veterans
By :
Tom Berger
Describing Lee Teter's painting Reflections carries two risks. The first is inadequacy. No words can capture it. The second is redundancy.
Accomplishment Of The VVA
By :
Tom Berger
Vietnam Veterans of America, the nation's largest and most successful Vietnam veterans organization, and the only Vietnam veterans organization chartered by Congress, is proud of what it has accomplished over the last twenty years. Those accomplishments are many and varied.
Tim Brown's Vow
By :
Tom Berger
In the early 1970s, Tim Brown saw an advertisement in Leatherneck magazine. The parents of a missing Marine sought anyone who might have known their son. Tim Brown knew him. He had fought alongside him, and he knew the man had died in the battle at Ngok Tavak.
Strength Through Partnerships
By :
Tom Berger
As an organization, VVA is always looking for ways to improve its programs and services while at the same time getting the biggest bang for its buck. An excellent method to accomplish this goal is through mutually beneficial agreements with other organizations.
For Those Who Lived: The Vietnam Women's Memorial
By :
Tom Berger
The last thing I said to anyone I served with when I left Vietnam was that this place will never be anywhere but just over my shoulder for the rest of my life.
Hope In Bipartisanship
By :
Tom Berger
Veterans are indebted to Reps. Rehberg and Thompson for their leadership and commitment to a shining, if rare, example of real bipartisanship.
Honoring And Keeping Faith
By :
Tom Berger
On September 17, 1999, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen officiated over a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.
Peace and Friendship Among Nations
By :
Tom Berger
On September 12, in Hanoi, the VVA Veterans Initiative Task Force was awarded the prestigious Medal for Peace and Friendship Among Nations in recognition of the continuing contributions VVA has made in the exchange of information about fallen Vietnamese during the war.
Paradise Lost
By :
Tom Berger
Those who have read Robert Allen's excellent book, The Dioxin War, know that the health effects of dioxin are hardly unique to Americans.
Freedom Flight's POW / MIA Message From Above
By :
Tom Berger
Jim Tuorila's most memorable hot air balloon flight comes with a small bit of irony attached to one of its more prominent elements, altitude. The veteran balloon pilot and co-founder of Freedom Flight, Inc., a non-profit organization that raises awareness as well as hot air balloons, had flown hundreds of times.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
By :
Tom Berger
The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) still has not sufficiently taken the lead in many important aspects of the effects of Post traumatic Stress Disorder among veterans.
History Of The League's POW MIA Flag
By :
Tom Berger
In 1971, Mrs. Michael Hoff, an MIA wife and member of the National League of Families, recognized the need for a symbol of our POW/MIAs.
An Enduring Veteran-to-Veteran Effort
By :
Tom Berger
Now in its eleventh year, the Veterans Initiative Task Force (VITF) began with far more questions than answers, the most compelling an unasked one that hung in the air at the first meeting between veterans who had clear memories of being mortal enemies in the not-so-distant past.
Jackpot VVAs Twelfth Biennial Convention
By :
Tom Berger
Any way you look at it, VVA's 12th biennial National Convention, which was held Aug. 10-13 at the Silver Legacy Hotel and Casino in Reno, Nevada, was a huge success.
Economic Gain and Catholic Outrage
By :
Adrian Barrett
Is Madonna trying to recapture the attention of the world by making a mockery of the Catholic faith?
A VVA Action Plan For The Future
By :
Tom Berger
Like every organization these days, VVA is in transition. To grow and remain relevant, we must change in order to respond to changes occurring around us.
A Long Time Coming
By :
Tom Berger
In 1987, at a fish fry near Toledo, Ohio, a World War II veteran named Roger Durbin asked Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) a question about a memorial dedicated to those who served in the war. The question: Why wasn't there one?
"My Life Is Complete": Virginia Warren's Visit to The Wall
By :
Tom Berger
Thirty-three years after her son died rushing to the aid of a fallen Marine, Virginia Warren touched him and felt him reaching back, touching her. She knows it in her soul. She had heard that this kind of thing happened to the loved ones of others who touched the names. Now it had happened to her.
The Gameshow With Iran
By :
Adrian Barrett
The debates over Iran and their weapon producing capabilities is a joke.
Children, War, and Terrorism
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Kathryn Seifert
Terrorism has its beginning in the abuse, neglect, loss of parents, and exposure to violence in early childhood. Generations of war and violence in the Middle East continues to produce more terrorists. The world must make a commitment to protect its children from war and terrorism.
Agent Orange - A Final Analysis
By :
Tom Berger
That dioxin is a deadly toxin cannot be disputed. The weight of scientific evidence is just too great.
Blood, Water and Wine
By :
Edward Victor
What's really happening in this Middle East Crisis?
America's Nightmare: When Do We Awaken?
By :
A Raymond Randall
When reading The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, I wish it were a dream. Symbols of economic uncertainty, cultural chaos, and ethnic frenzy prompt a longing for better days. What is happening to America?
The Pet Shop Boys and The Dream Of The Decade
By :
Edward Victor
The eighties are back and two cultural releases hark back. Both are brilliant.
America's Schizophrenia: Why Immigration is Besides the Point
By :
Warren Graham
The current debate about immigration raises valid points on both sides, but ultimately misses the real issue facing America: that is, the question of how we are to compete economically with other countries with much cheaper labor forces, and the desire to displace us as the world's preeminent economic engine.
Supporting Illegal Immigration Is NOT Christian
By :
Jinger Jarrett
Although supporting illegal immigration might be politically correct, it isn't Christian. Here are five reasons why Christians should not support illegal immigration.
Lobbyists and the Gas Price Problem
By :
Amy Hansen
Big business spends a lot of money every year buying their way. It's not always the truth and real solutions that get promoted to the public.
Drinking and Driving are a Deadly Mix for Death
By :
Jaci Rae
Drinking and Driving are a Deadly Mix for Death. Stop the Carnage.
Islam And The West - We Are Culturally Closer Than We Accept
By :
Peter LeSar
The roots of many Western scientific and cultural advances can be found in the Islamic world. It is time that the West and the Middle East understand that our similarities and links are greater than our differences.
Oops She Did it Again
By :
Salim Jordan
Both The National Enquirer and Star Magazine are reporting that Pop Princess Britney Spears is going to have another child.
The Oscars Mean Big Business for Plastic Surgeons
By :
Salim Jordan
The morning schedule on Oscar day, often includes a visit to the plastic surgeon for a little Botox or collagen work.
Slobodan Milosevic Found Dead
By :
Salim Jordan
Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav president who was currently being tried for war crimes, has been found dead in his prison cell.
Editor Of BBC Flagship Radio Show Steps Down As Revelations Published.
By :
Edward Victor
The editor of the BBC's flagship news and current affairs program steps down as a new novel is published about BBC Newsgathering.
US Army to Probe Pat Tillman's Death
By :
Salim Jordan
When Arizona Cardinal's defensive back Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion dollar football contract to join the Army, America was shocked. When he was killed in action, America mourned, and when, a week after his nationally televised funeral, the Army announced that his death was "probably" the result of friendly fire, America was outraged.
Is Our Water Supply Safe?
By :
Herbert Young
With a majority of the water customers in the United States supplied by small water systems, how safe is our water supply from terrorism?
American Citizen turns Illegal Immigrant to Receive Benefits from Uncle Sam
By :
Jaci Rae
America pays to rebuild Iraq, help illegal immigrants and feed the hungry in other nations, but where is the money for medical, education and disaster relief for Katrina victims and others? Billions of dollars aid others, coming directly from America's pockets, but it isn't used for Americans!
Dana Reeve, Widow of Christopher Reeve, Has Died of Lung Cancer
By :
Salim Jordan
Dana Reeve, the widow of Christopher Reeve who came to prominence as Superman, has succumbed to lung cancer. She was 44.
The Missing Ingredient
By :
Herbert Dreyer
The Missing Ingredient is a contribution toward the establishment of nutritional baselines in American foods--the science of finding what nutrients are in the foods we eat.
Christopher Hitchens and Al Jazeera
By :
Edward Victor
Hitchens might do well by reading a new novel by former Al Jazeera producer, Afshin Rattansi when he writes about his wariness of the U.S. attempt to blow up the TV Station.
Hollywood's Just a Click Away
By :
Ray La Foy
The district of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California is known as the film industry center of the United States. It is also the main focal point of the American television business with which thousands of tourists are attracted each year.
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