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John Garamendi: Fix Federal Deficit with a War Tax

By dog | Published: August 26, 2012

John Garamendi, Democratic US Representative for California’s 10th congressional district, argues that the only way to pay down the debt of two wars is to increase tax revenues. Citing the tax argument in the presidential race, Garamendi also asserts that tax benefits for the wealthy won’t create jobs. Complete video available for free at fora.tv

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged 2012, budget, california, capitol, club, commonwealth, congressman, debt, defense, deficit, democrat, economy, election, federal, garamendi, government, healthcare, hill, issues, jobs, john, military, policy, politics, presidential, public, Reform, revenue, tax, warfare, wars, wellness | Comments closed

Video: Manning supporters occupy Obama’s re-election campaign office

By dog | Published: August 18, 2012

President Obama already declared Bradley Manning guilty without the accused WikiLeaks contributor being put on trial. On Thursday, dozens of Manning’s fellow Iraq War veterans around the US protested the president in solidarity with the soldier. MORE INFO & PHOTOS: on.rt.com (Video courtesy of YouTube channel dukkhaboy) RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged banning, bradley, Campaign, for, free, iraq, justice, manning, Movement, oakland, obama, occupy, office, olsen, ows, protest, rt, scott, street, US, video, wall, war | Comments closed

Returning US veterans struggle to adjust

By dog | Published: July 25, 2012

Returning home from war is almost always a tough adjustment for a soldier. In the US more than 60-thousand veterans have ended up living on the streets. The government’s goal is to have a roof over every veterans head by 2015. As more service members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan return to civilian life, [...]

Posted in Al Jazeera | Also tagged aljazeera, americasnews, clip, rosilandjordan, US, youtube | Comments closed

Inside Story US2012 – Does the US do enough for its war veterans?

By dog | Published: July 25, 2012

The coming US presidential election in November will be the first election since 1944 when neither presidential candidate will have served in the military. On Monday, President Obama addressed a leading veterans group while Mitt Romney will do so today. At the last election, John McCain, a decorated veteran won the majority of the veteran [...]

Posted in Al Jazeera | Also tagged aaron, afghanistan, al, aljazeera, anand, army, Barack, bellon, bosnia, clinton, common, eaton, for, general, glantz, hillary, insidestoryus2012, iraq, jazeera, john, major, mccain, mitt, naidoo, obama, patrick, paul, romney, sense, somalia, US, Vietnam, war, youtube | Comments closed

Medal of Dishonour: US veterans dump awards outraged by endless wars

By dog | Published: June 19, 2012

The US military has admitted that major mistakes were made during its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in a report that showed flaws in training and policy. It also highlighted a lack of understanding over the realities faced by troops. Now, it seems the country’s war veterans are joining an increasingly-angry public, over what they [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged afghanistan, america, anastasia, angry, churkina, death, demonstration, dump, elections, iraq, medals, military, obama, occupy, ows, peace, protest, Rally, rt, suicide, throw, troops, US, veteran, war | Comments closed

Racist Remarks: ‘What if they think Ukraine’s in Africa’

By dog | Published: May 26, 2012

An estimated 100 million people worldwide will be tuning in for the Eurovision Song Contest this Saturday night. But one country has been divided by the competition, or rather its own entry. Many in Ukraine are unhappy that the singer representing the nation is only half-Ukrainian, exposing what others fear is a spread of racism. [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged 2012, africa, aleksey, attacking, be, brian, championship, congo, contestant, euro2012, eurovision, flynn, football, gaytana, guest, hooligans, my, nationalism, racism, rt, scandal, sun, The, ukraine, ukrainian, war, Western, yaroshevsky, Украина, конкурс, Баку, Гайтана | Comments closed

Pills for war thrills: 110k US troops on prescribed meds

By dog | Published: April 30, 2012

Thousands of US soldiers are going into battle fueled by all sorts of prescription medications, be they amphetamines, antidepressants, sedatives or others. Largely unmonitored consumption of drugs can lead to aberrant behavior and mental disorders. Over 110000 American service personnel took prescribed medications in 2011 to battle through everyday military routine. RT on Twitter twitter.com [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged afghan, afghanistan, america, army, depression, disorder, drug, drugs, Health, iran, iraq, medicine, mental, navy, operation, pills, psycho, rt, shooting, states, troops, united, US, use, vets, war | Comments closed

US war veterans suffer amid mental care delays

By dog | Published: April 25, 2012

Millions of US war veterans suffering from mental illnesses have been hit by serious delays in much-needed treatment, according to a new report, which was requested by congress. To help alleviate the problem, the government is planning to boost the number of medical staff at the Veteran Affairs department, which provides patient care and federal [...]

Posted in Al Jazeera | Also tagged aljazeera, americasnews, army, depression, disorder, english, jordan, post, rosiland, soldiers, stress, traumatic | Comments closed

Witness – Homefront

By dog | Published: April 4, 2012

Lindsey is a former US marine who served two tours of duty in Iraq. But like the growing number of women now serving on the frontline, the battle continues once she is discharged and returns to the homefront.

Posted in Al Jazeera | Also tagged disorder, Documentary, female, film, homefront, iraq, marine, marines, post-traumatic, ptsd, soldiers, stress, US, veteran, vets, war, witness, witnessprog, youtube | Comments closed

Nazi Heroes? Waffen SS hailed in Latvia

By dog | Published: March 18, 2012

Over a thousand people in Latvia have gathered to pay heroes’ honours to SS veterans in a controversial annual march. Many condemned the rally as glorifying Nazism, worried about it inspiring nationalistic youths. Despite that, it’s got support at the highest political levels, as Jacob Greaves reports. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged andris, anti-fascist, berzins, european, ford, Germany, glyn, greaves, groups, hitler, holocaust, jacob, jewish, joel, labour, latvia, lowedberg, monica, naitonalists, nazi, nazis, nazism, neo, parliament, Party, Rally, riga, rt, rubinfeld, ss, UK, waffen | Comments closed

CrossTalk: Falklands Argie-Bargie

By dog | Published: February 16, 2012

As the 30th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas war approaches, the UK and Argentina are making their cases. Is the UK trying to militarize the conflict? Or is it Kristina Kirchner who is determined to regain Argentina’s control of the islands? Will their status change? How much do the British people care about the issue? How [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged aires, alex, argentina, birns, buenos, cameron, cannon, coffey, commonwealth, crosstalk, david, falkland, gibson, islands, kirchner, kristina, larry, lavelle, luke, malvinas, military, peter, police, protest, riot, rt, UK, water | Comments closed

Water-cannoned: Riot police quash ex-draftees in Argentina

By dog | Published: February 15, 2012

Riot police in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires used water cannon and tear gas to clear its main avenue after an hours-long blockade by former military draftees. Veterans of the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands – which Argentinians call the Malvinas – get monthly pensions, health care, scholarships, workplace preferences and free transportation, among [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged aires, argentina, arrests, brutality, buenos, cannon, cops, falkland, islands, justice, malvinas, military, police, protest, riot, rt, Social, UK, water | Comments closed

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