en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/us/veterans/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/us/us_veterans_sue_government/ A coalition of US military veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is suing the US government. The class-action lawsuit on behalf of hundreds of thousands of veterans claims they have been denied disability pay and mental health treatment. The news us 2007-07-24 03:53:28 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_veterans_sue_government/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/6912952.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [22] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_veterans_sue_government/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/gay_veterans_want_lawsuit_reinst/ Twelve gay and lesbian veterans who were dismissed under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to reinstate their lawsuit challenging the policy. In arguments before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, news us 2007-03-08 08:29:38 http://www.newsique.com/us/gay_veterans_want_lawsuit_reinst/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_re_us/military_gays http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/gay_veterans_want_lawsuit_reinst/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/georgia_display_divides_veterans/ A display in a central Georgia community divides the names of 800 local veterans into two lists, marked in large type: “Whites” and “Colored.” news us 2006-11-12 14:50:34 http://www.newsique.com/us/georgia_display_divides_veterans/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15673866/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [6] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/georgia_display_divides_veterans/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/errors_fraud_mar_vets_oral_stori/ A seven-year, multimillion-dollar effort by the Library of Congress to gather American veterans’ personal war stories is peppered with inaccurate information and fraudulent claims of heroism, critics say, casting doubt on its value as a historical recor news us 2007-09-19 08:19:31 http://www.newsique.com/us/errors_fraud_mar_vets_oral_stori/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20853588/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/errors_fraud_mar_vets_oral_stori/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/veterans_tuition_breaks_expand/ A growing number of states are cutting college tuition for recent veterans in a show of gratitude, but also in some cases to fill gaps in the federal GI Bill. Though most of the state laws honor veterans for their sacrifices, some also address disparities opinion us 2007-07-11 08:23:39 http://www.newsique.com/us/veterans_tuition_breaks_expand/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/132531293/2007-07-10-gi-bill_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/veterans_tuition_breaks_expand/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/panel_urges_va_to_refigure_pay_f/ The Department of Veterans Affairs should overhaul its outdated system of compensating former military personnel for disabling injuries they suffered during their service, the Institute of Medicine recommended yesterday. The current system dates, in pa news us 2007-06-08 08:15:34 http://www.newsique.com/us/panel_urges_va_to_refigure_pay_f/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702235.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/panel_urges_va_to_refigure_pay_f/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/veteran_washington_state_flag_de/ The vandals who desecrated the graves of U.S. veterans over the Memorial Day weekend were professionals, says a Vietnam vet who kept night watch at the cemetery in Washington State. "We thought at first it was just a prank-type deal at first. We were v news us 2007-05-29 20:17:59 http://www.newsique.com/us/veteran_washington_state_flag_de/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276089,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/veteran_washington_state_flag_de/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/pentagon_is_probing_veterans_hom/ Reports of a rising death rate and rooms spattered with blood, urine and feces at the Armed Forces Retirement Home prompted the Pentagon yesterday to begin investigating conditions at the veterans facility in Northwest Washington. The Government Accoun news us 2007-03-22 13:39:30 http://www.newsique.com/us/pentagon_is_probing_veterans_hom/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/21/AR2007032101470.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/pentagon_is_probing_veterans_hom/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/report_details_problems_in_veter/ The Veterans Affairs' vast network of 1,400 health clinics and hospitals is beset by maintenance problems such as mold, leaking roofs and even a colony of bats, an internal review says. The investigation, ordered two weeks ago by VA Secretary Jim Nicho news us 2007-03-22 11:14:27 http://www.newsique.com/us/report_details_problems_in_veter/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260287,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/report_details_problems_in_veter/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/hospital_officials_knew_of_negle/ Top officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, including the Army's surgeon general, have heard complaints about outpatient neglect from family members, veterans groups and members of Congress for more than three years. A procession of Pentagon and opinion us 2007-03-01 09:36:46 http://www.newsique.com/us/hospital_officials_knew_of_negle/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/28/AR2007022801954.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Important [4] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/hospital_officials_knew_of_negle/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/intrepid_partners_with_navy_to_f/ The Navy is coming to the rescue of one of its mightiest veterans, joining the operation to free the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid from deep Hudson River mud that has blocked efforts to move the ship to a dry dock for renovation, officials an news us 2006-11-11 18:28:15 http://www.newsique.com/us/intrepid_partners_with_navy_to_f/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061111/ap_on_re_us/uss_intrepid http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/intrepid_partners_with_navy_to_f/#comments