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Readjustment challenges of combat stress compound the many other challenges servicemen and women face when they return to civilian life. Many times, the only other person who understands that experience and can help with readjustment and, if necessary, recommend mental health services, is another veteran.

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Posted by nytexan December 9th, 2008 | Tags: AdCouncil, Afghanistan, IAVA, Iraq, mental health, PSA, Public Service, veterans | Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Politics, mental health, military, veterans | Comments (5)

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JULY 2008 - Bureau of Labor Statistics
The unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down in July (-51,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment continued to fall in construction, manufacturing, and several service-providing industries, while health [...]

Posted by bosskitty August 1st, 2008 | Tags: American Voters, Corporate corruption, criminal, displaced persons, economy, great depression, homeless, job loss, Labor Statistics, lifestyle, outsourcing, stocks, unemployed, Wall Street | Category: Accountability, American Voters, Bush administration, Business, Corporate Corruption, Democracy In Action, Federal Cutbacks, Hypocracy, Labor Laws, Mismanagement, Politics, Povery, Tax Dollars, Wall Street, consequences, consumerism, depression, disparity, displaced persons, drugs, economic stimulus, economy, fiscal responsibility, food pantries, foreclosures, furlough, mental health, pay cuts, responsibility, taxpayers, unemployment | Comments (2)

… a memo circulated to the GOP caucus, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) implored his members to vote against adjournment for the August recess if the minority cannot secure a vote on offshore drilling or their “all of the above” energy plan. 
Bills brought to the floor under suspension of the rules require a [...]

Posted by bosskitty July 26th, 2008 | Tags: Armageddon, House of Representatives, John Boehner, John McCain, Judeo-Christian, Pelosi, Politics, pro-Israel Lobby, profiteers, Propaganda, Religious War, Republican, Rev. Pat Robertson | Category: John Boehner, Politics, Propaganda, Religious War, Rev. Pat Robertson, Rev. Rod Parsley, Speaker Pelosi, mental health, pro-Israel Lobby, profiteers | Comments (3)

Military Doctors Withholding Treatment from Soldiers with Mental Health Problems
The military is denying crucial care to soldiers, making them vulnerable on the battlefield.
Since 9/11, one Army division has spent more time in Iraq than any other group of soldiers: the 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, New York.
Over the past 6 [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 27th, 2008 | Category: 10th Mountain Division, Accountability, Afghanistan, Army Medical Command, Casualties, Double Cross, Health Care, Hypocracy, Iraq, Mismanagement, PTSD, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Preventative medicine, Public Health, VA, VFW, War Cost, administration, betrayal, consequences, department of defense, depression, disinformation, mental health, military, suicide, troops, veterans benefits, victims | Comments (2)

Seven years ago two people spoke. What appears to be an intervention, an explanation or a scenario is now a public scrutiny for someone running for office. Politics through scandal is disgusting. Whether impropriety or discussion, influence peddling or loyalty, the Austin American Statesman has launched a controversy that will, no doubt, [...]

Posted by bosskitty January 26th, 2008 | Category: Dirty Politics, Eager, Earle, Health Care, Insurance, Maxey, Texas, homophobia, homosexuality, mental health | Comments (4)

 
The headlines scream “Hostage Crisis” when they should be screaming “Mental Health Crisis”. What we are witnessing is the meltdown of Mental Health Systems in America. A leaky, ineffective mental health system turns the disturbed and anguished onto an unsuspecting, negligent public.
“I need to speak to Hillary Clinton,” CNN quoted him as saying. “Something’s [...]

Posted by bosskitty December 1st, 2007 | Category: HHS, Health Care, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Tax Dollars, VA, War Cost, World Health, hostage, infrastructure, mental health, victims | Comments (1)

Pentagon Warns of Civilian Layoffs If Congress Delays War Funding
Democrats Are Firm on Link to Troop Withdrawals From Iraq
By Jonathan Weisman and Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post
The Defense Department warned yesterday that as many as 200,000 contractors and civilian employees will begin receiving layoff warnings by Christmas unless Congress acts on President [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 21st, 2007 | Category: Afghanistan, Agendas, Bush, Casualties, Congress, Contractors, Corruption, Democracy In Action, Executive Branch, Hypocracy, Iraq, Joint Chiefs, Middle East, Nancy Pelosi, Outsource, PTSD, Pakistan, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Propaganda, Soldiers, Tax Dollars, VA, War, War Contractors, War Cost, Waste, appropriation, betrayal, department of defense, deployment, disinformation, escalation, mental health, negligence, profiteers, responsibility, veterans benefits, victims | Comments (3)

NO END TO WAR BUDGET WOES
WASHINGTON - To paraphrase an old US Army song (The Caissons Go Rolling Along), the costs of the overall US global “war on terror”, including, but not limited to the Iraq war, just keep rolling along and piling up. The title “The Growing Budgetary Costs of the Iraq War” of [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 13th, 2007 | Category: Afghanistan, Corruption, Democracy, Iraq, Musharraf, Propaganda, Tax Dollars, War Contractors, War Cost, World Order, budget, consequences, dictatorship, disinformation, mental health, profiteers, taxpayers, troops | Leave a comment

1 Out of 4 Homeless Are Veterans
WASHINGTON — Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday.And homelessness is not just a problem among middle-age and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 7th, 2007 | Category: Collateral, Corruption, DOD, Fox News, Health Care, Hypocracy, Oversight, Promises, Public Health, Statistics, VA, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Walter Reed, War Cost, cover up, displaced persons, injustice, mental health, military, negligence, resonsibility, veterans, veterans benefits | Comments (5)