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Score the War

…a ten year score? Why not Score the War? Chief House Appropriator Urges Obama to Change Course On Afghanistan “There are some fundamental questions that I would ask of those…

PTSD and our military response

Reuters reports: Newly diagnosed cases of post-traumatic stress disorder among U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan surged 46.4 percent in 2007, bringing the five-year total to nearly 40,000, according…

CGI 2011 – Developing Green Technology

…in Afghanistan, with a payoff timeframe of six months. Still looking for more, but it’s a great start. Admits ongoing operations in “Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.” Additional cost for fuel…

The contrarian addiction

…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…

The wacky world_of American war

From Tom Dispatch a quiz: With President Obama’s announced July 2011 drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan in mind, the Pentagon has already: a. Begun organizing an orderly early 2011…

TBI is a financial thingee?

…returning to Fort Campbell from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. The tests alone can’t diagnose traumatic brain injuries, the signature injury of the wars, potentially crippling and sometimes hard to…