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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17972657-beach-week-impacts-oceanfront-business</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17972657-beach-week-impacts-oceanfront-business</guid><category>va</category><category>local-news</category><category>portsmouth</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:09:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Friends remember plane crash victims</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17865929-friends-remember-plane-crash-victims</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17865929-friends-remember-plane-crash-victims</guid><category>va</category><category>local-news</category><category>portsmouth</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:41:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Truck crashes into Ocean View motel</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17863782-truck-crashes-into-ocean-view-motel</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17863782-truck-crashes-into-ocean-view-motel</guid><category>va</category><category>local-news</category><category>portsmouth</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:14:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Researcher says officials covered up vets' health data</title>
<description><![CDATA[Department of Veterans Affairs officials purposely manipulate or hide  data that would support the claims of veterans from Iraq and  Afghanistan to prevent paying costly benefits, a former VA researcher  told a House subcommittee Wednesday.
"If the studies produce  results that &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17337455-researcher-says-officials-covered-up-vets-health-data</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17337455-researcher-says-officials-covered-up-vets-health-data</guid><category>study</category><category>health</category><category>wars</category><category>va</category><category>veterans-affairs</category><category>veterans</category><category>data</category><category>coverup</category><category>department-of-veterans-affairs</category><category>cover-up</category><category>hide</category><category>health-issues</category><category>manipulate</category><category>toxic-exposure</category><category>environmental-exposures</category><category>health-consequances</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:09:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60004D30E0BC-7F85-CF55-AE40-D8EEFF00E995.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60004D30E0BC-7F85-CF55-AE40-D8EEFF00E995.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Veterans Affairs bureaucrats shuffle paper as dying Marine grows weaker | WashingtonExaminer.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Marine veteran dying of cancer is stuck in limbo as the Department of Veterans Affairs mulls his claim for disability benefits, even though his condition is recognized by law as connected to his service.
Juan Santiago, 61, has a terminal cancer known as multiple myeloma.
Cong&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17304331-veterans-affairs-bureaucrats-shuffle-paper-as-dying-marine-grows-weaker-washingtonexaminercom</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17304331-veterans-affairs-bureaucrats-shuffle-paper-as-dying-marine-grows-weaker-washingtonexaminercom</guid><category>cancer</category><category>politics</category><category>va</category><category>delays</category><category>disability</category><category>bureaurcrats</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:42:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68docDF667AFD-315E-AD62-B818-13A310E8BBB0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="550" width="382" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68docDF667AFD-315E-AD62-B818-13A310E8BBB0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Maine woman inspires federal bill to help military sexual assault victims get VA benefits - U.S.  - Stripes</title>
<description><![CDATA[We have heard of stories about women in the military being raped by individuals they trust. This is horrible.
Now there is a woman in Main who was such a victim and she is trying to inspire a federal bill that will enable military sexual assault victims to get VA benefits. They &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16921171-maine-woman-inspires-federal-bill-to-help-military-sexual-assault-victims-get-va-benefits-us-stripes</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16921171-maine-woman-inspires-federal-bill-to-help-military-sexual-assault-victims-get-va-benefits-us-stripes</guid><category>military</category><category>to</category><category>woman</category><category>victims</category><category>va</category><category>assault</category><category>help</category><category>federal</category><category>maine</category><category>benefits</category><category>bill</category><category>us-news</category><category>get</category><category>sexual</category><category>inspires</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:35:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye9C29EF79-3C0B-3C9D-4CA3-4DEE921E2A72.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="60" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye9C29EF79-3C0B-3C9D-4CA3-4DEE921E2A72.jpg&amp;width=120" width="60" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hagel in Combat</title>
<description><![CDATA[If, before an exam, you gave a student the questions and plenty of time to research and memorize the answers, you couldn't be faulted&nbsp;if you failed him when he performed inadequately. In Chuck Hagel's case, he may still pass, but it will be a close thing, and he won't become&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></source><link>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16804898-hagel-in-combat</link><guid>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16804898-hagel-in-combat</guid><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>war</category><category>surge</category><category>va</category><category>veteran</category><category>nebraska</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>vietnam</category><category>nuclear-weapons</category><category>us-news</category><category>richard-nixon</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>sanctions</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>secretary-of-state</category><category>jewish-lobby</category><category>petraeus</category><category>shinseki</category><category>swift-boats</category><category>mcchrystal</category><category>withsrawal</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:24:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Number of veterans who die waiting for benefits claims skyrockets - The Bay Citizen</title>
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After seven months of delay, the Department of Veterans Affairs finally approved World War II veteran James Alderson&rsquo;s pension benefits last week.
But it was not a cause for celebration or relief for Alderson, whose life&rsquo;s work was the farm supply store he founded &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></source><link>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16778767-number-of-veterans-who-die-waiting-for-benefits-claims-skyrockets-the-bay-citizen</link><guid>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16778767-number-of-veterans-who-die-waiting-for-benefits-claims-skyrockets-the-bay-citizen</guid><category>death</category><category>suicide</category><category>disabled</category><category>injured</category><category>war</category><category>military</category><category>va</category><category>soldiers</category><category>benefits</category><category>survivors</category><category>us-news</category><category>veterans</category><category>disability</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:51:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BryndisEADE628D-8ACE-E250-A82C-D6FD1FD1229A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BryndisEADE628D-8ACE-E250-A82C-D6FD1FD1229A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Quilts of Valor help heal Wounds of War </title>
<description><![CDATA[80 Quilts to Afghan each week for injured Marines and Army soldiers indicates that heavy combat against Taliban continues even with 10 months of negotiations to bring them into everyday Afghan politics.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bestquest]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bestquest]]></source><link>http://bestquest.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15866386-quilts-of-valor-help-heal-wounds-of-war</link><guid>http://bestquest.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15866386-quilts-of-valor-help-heal-wounds-of-war</guid><category>army</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>pakistan</category><category>cia</category><category>pentagon</category><category>defense</category><category>military</category><category>marines</category><category>va</category><category>casualties</category><category>us-news</category><category>veterans</category><category>purple-heart</category><category>karzi</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:22:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bestquest760B987F-9C99-EB37-CCCC-2244D3F1397B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="169" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bestquest760B987F-9C99-EB37-CCCC-2244D3F1397B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Agreement Boosts Access for American Indian Vets</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki says the VA is committed to expanding access to Native veterans &ldquo;with the full range of VA programs, as earned by their service to our nation."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[PonGoad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PonGoad]]></source><link>http://pongoad.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15759411-agreement-boosts-access-for-american-indian-vets</link><guid>http://pongoad.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15759411-agreement-boosts-access-for-american-indian-vets</guid><category>wars</category><category>military</category><category>va</category><category>us-news</category><category>veterans-affairs</category><category>veterans</category><category>na</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 22:43:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Divorce Attorney Fredericksburg VA</title>
<description><![CDATA[Call the Law Offices of Anthony C. Williams &amp; Associates, PC in Fredericksburg, Virginia for child custody and visitation matters at 540-318-7269.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Avery8n4]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Avery8n4]]></source><link>http://avery8n4.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15296351-divorce-attorney-fredericksburg-va</link><guid>http://avery8n4.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15296351-divorce-attorney-fredericksburg-va</guid><category>business</category><category>divorce</category><category>va</category><category>attorney</category><category>fredericksburg</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:56:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>     AstraZeneca, PTSD, the VA And A Buried Seroquel Study</title>
<description><![CDATA[For those hangers-on still claiming that the Psycho/Pharma industry has any shreds of credibility, ethics, morals, or sense of decency...Here's a classic example of war profiteering to open your eyes.
AstraZeneca (AZN) buried studies it funded finding that its drug Seroquel, lin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[take2la]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[take2la]]></source><link>http://take2la.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15024942-astrazeneca-ptsd-the-va-and-a-buried-seroquel-study</link><guid>http://take2la.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15024942-astrazeneca-ptsd-the-va-and-a-buried-seroquel-study</guid><category>fraud</category><category>today</category><category>health</category><category>abuse</category><category>corruption</category><category>va</category><category>crime</category><category>mental-health</category><category>pharma</category><category>graft</category><category>psychiatry</category><category>conflict-of-interest</category><category>wpa</category><category>apa</category><category>commentid-health</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 17:29:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=take2la03DB5DFC-3445-933C-37F7-DA57DD4E553D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=take2la03DB5DFC-3445-933C-37F7-DA57DD4E553D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mitt Romney In GOP Debate: Shut Down Federal Disaster Agency, Send Responsibility To The States</title>
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"Absolutely," he said. "Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. And if you can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. Instead of thinking, in &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></source><link>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14764917-mitt-romney-in-gop-debate-shut-down-federal-disaster-agency-send-responsibility-to-the-states</link><guid>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14764917-mitt-romney-in-gop-debate-shut-down-federal-disaster-agency-send-responsibility-to-the-states</guid><category>hurricane</category><category>dc</category><category>fema</category><category>ny</category><category>nc</category><category>va</category><category>gop</category><category>pa</category><category>maryland</category><category>disaster</category><category>nh</category><category>republicans</category><category>storms</category><category>nj</category><category>ma</category><category>us-news</category><category>romney</category><category>fl</category><category>sc</category><category>wv</category><category>rh</category><category>mn</category><category>sandy</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:21:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fed-up-with-republicans0329353F-7299-B7D5-3F6D-054DF913701E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fed-up-with-republicans0329353F-7299-B7D5-3F6D-054DF913701E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hundreds of thousands of war vets still waiting for health benefits</title>
<description><![CDATA[New economic realities for military vets
Confusion is 'monumental'
The Department of Veterans Affairs said it is on track to process 1 million disability claims this year.
With the war in Iraq over and the one in Afghanistan winding down, the VA is sorting through a backlog of&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SomeDude68.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SomeDude68.]]></source><link>http://somedude68-1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14181389-hundreds-of-thousands-of-war-vets-still-waiting-for-health-benefits</link><guid>http://somedude68-1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14181389-hundreds-of-thousands-of-war-vets-still-waiting-for-health-benefits</guid><category>va</category><category>veteran</category><category>government</category><category>us-news</category><category>gut-check</category><category>commentid-us-news</category><category>veterans-forgotten</category><category>veterans-ignored</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Oct 2012 12:48:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=somedude68-1359C4F12-2F0A-54C6-6B98-513D525D43EB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=somedude68-1359C4F12-2F0A-54C6-6B98-513D525D43EB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>VA: Military absentee ballots going AWOL in 2012 &amp;laquo;  Watchdog News</title>
<description><![CDATA[VA: Military absentee ballots going AWOL in 2012]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jetmech55]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jetmech55]]></source><link>http://jmhjetmech.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14163879-va-military-absentee-ballots-going-awol-in-2012-laquo-watchdog-news</link><guid>http://jmhjetmech.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14163879-va-military-absentee-ballots-going-awol-in-2012-laquo-watchdog-news</guid><category>in</category><category>military</category><category>va</category><category>going</category><category>2012</category><category>ballots</category><category>awol</category><category>absentee</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Oct 2012 04:23:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Veterans Wait for U.S. Aid Amid Growing Backlog of Claims - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
For hundreds of thousands of veterans, the result has been long waits for decisions, mishandled documents, confusing communications and infuriating mistakes in their claims.
Numbers tell the story. Last year, veterans filed more than 1.3 million claims, double the number in 20&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></source><link>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14142059-veterans-wait-for-us-aid-amid-growing-backlog-of-claims-nytimescom</link><guid>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14142059-veterans-wait-for-us-aid-amid-growing-backlog-of-claims-nytimescom</guid><category>economy</category><category>disabled</category><category>injured</category><category>war</category><category>military</category><category>va</category><category>benefits</category><category>us-news</category><category>veterans</category><category>disability</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:46:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Congress of Fools</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just before adjourning for a long and undeserved vacation until after the election, the Senate killed the Veterans'&nbsp;Jobs Corps&nbsp;bill. If the US Congress needed another reason to be despised by the people it purportedly represents, it now has one.
The unemployment rate of&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></source><link>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/22/14030717-a-congress-of-fools</link><guid>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/22/14030717-a-congress-of-fools</guid><category>iraq</category><category>senate</category><category>iran</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>unemployment</category><category>va</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>veterans</category><category>republican</category><category>rehab</category><category>democrat</category><category>house-of-representatives</category><category>lobby</category><category>veterans-administration</category><category>november</category><category>rachel-maddow</category><category>physical-therapy</category><category>wounded-warrior</category><category>president-barack-obama</category><category>jobs-bill</category><category>general-eric-shinseki</category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:08:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Petition | Congress, Veterans Administration, President Obama: Eliminate the 1yr wait for veterans who apply for disability benefits. | Change.org</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pay them all and let God sort them out!
There are almost 900,000 (yes, nine hundred thousand) veterans waiting to get awarded disability.&nbsp; Veterans are waiting a year or more to hear back on their claims.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></source><link>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/08/13738785-petition-congress-veterans-administration-president-obama-eliminate-the-1yr-wait-for-veterans-who-apply-for-disability-benefits-changeorg</link><guid>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/08/13738785-petition-congress-veterans-administration-president-obama-eliminate-the-1yr-wait-for-veterans-who-apply-for-disability-benefits-changeorg</guid><category>economy</category><category>disabled</category><category>politics</category><category>injured</category><category>war</category><category>military</category><category>va</category><category>benefits</category><category>veterans</category><category>disability</category><category>rachel-maddow</category><pubDate>Sat, 8 Sep 2012 04:51:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Bryndis2246FCB9-1BBA-937A-3105-6F6E24AC97C4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="127" width="170" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Bryndis2246FCB9-1BBA-937A-3105-6F6E24AC97C4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>War might be making young bodies old</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iraq and Afghanistan veterans appear to be growing older before their time.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[UNA_Lion]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[UNA_Lion]]></source><link>http://unalion.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/06/13709347-war-might-be-making-young-bodies-old</link><guid>http://unalion.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/06/13709347-war-might-be-making-young-bodies-old</guid><category>iraq</category><category>army</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>air-force</category><category>navy</category><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>marines</category><category>va</category><category>diabetes</category><category>veterans</category><category>stress</category><category>combat</category><category>ied</category><category>ptsd</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Sep 2012 19:35:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>  US Veterans Forcibly Sequestered in Mental Hospitals is Indefinite Detention</title>
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In a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, collaborating with the VA Medical Center, an estimated 1/3rd of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq were determined to be mentally or psychologically ill.
Touting post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD), more th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bad Fish]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bad Fish]]></source><link>http://bad-fish.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13507015-us-veterans-forcibly-sequestered-in-mental-hospitals-is-indefinite-detention</link><guid>http://bad-fish.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13507015-us-veterans-forcibly-sequestered-in-mental-hospitals-is-indefinite-detention</guid><category>politics</category><category>va</category><category>gop</category><category>obama</category><category>veterans</category><category>romney</category><category>police-state</category><category>tyranny</category><category>mental-illness</category><category>department-of-homeland-security</category><category>dnc</category><category>dhs</category><category>former-military</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:23:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>To Fat To Fail</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last week on our local news it was reported that in the state in which I reside, over thirty-two percent of the people are obese. Of that number over half are children. I am one of the thirty-two percent. I have written this because; a. I was encouraged to and b. because I hope t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tommy-1025077]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tommy-1025077]]></source><link>http://sharpgator.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/12/13246742-to-fat-to-fail</link><guid>http://sharpgator.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/12/13246742-to-fat-to-fail</guid><category>diet</category><category>obesity</category><category>hospital</category><category>va</category><category>nursing-home</category><category>weight-loss</category><category>fat</category><category>hope</category><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:40:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Republican's War on Veterans Benefits Continues</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Remember Michele Bachmanns&rsquo;s attempted $4 billion cut from disabled veterans compensation? Well, &ldquo;they&rsquo;re ba-ack&hellip;&rdquo; Except this time they are looking to cut away at our VA healthcare.
Republican Paul Ryan and the House of Representatives are looki&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paula Boris]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paula Boris]]></source><link>http://boris2000.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/07/13170256-republicans-war-on-veterans-benefits-continues</link><guid>http://boris2000.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/07/13170256-republicans-war-on-veterans-benefits-continues</guid><category>health</category><category>va</category><category>vets</category><category>disabled-veterans</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Aug 2012 02:31:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Obama Ad Blitz Isn't Working </title>
<description><![CDATA[
'If you've got a business&mdash;you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
Despite President Obama's effort to walk back these remarks, the damage they've caused to him remains. And that's because what he said in Roanoke, Va., on July 13 came across as a true expr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13087237-the-obama-ad-blitz-isnt-working</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13087237-the-obama-ad-blitz-isnt-working</guid><category>campaign</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>va</category><category>speech</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>roanoke</category><category>build</category><category>somebody</category><category>ad-blitz</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2012 15:38:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-8888F45A5E53-A64C-7F7D-73AD-AE2673E89281.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="174" width="262" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-8888F45A5E53-A64C-7F7D-73AD-AE2673E89281.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>VA torture techniques</title>
<description><![CDATA[I'm sure most people reading this have heard the phrase "cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye".&nbsp; Hold that thought, I'll be back.
A couple months ago I started experiencing blurriness of vision in my left eye, and at first wrote it off to needing a new presc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Comfort]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Comfort]]></source><link>http://jimcomfort.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/30/13034164-va-torture-techniques</link><guid>http://jimcomfort.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/30/13034164-va-torture-techniques</guid><category>health</category><category>va</category><category>retina</category><category>optometry</category><category>opthamology</category><category>eye-clinic</category><category>optha</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:13:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Students, parents can refinance college loans at low rates</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/12/12712026-students-parents-can-refinance-college-loans-at-low-rates</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/12/12712026-students-parents-can-refinance-college-loans-at-low-rates</guid><category>va</category><category>news</category><category>roanoke</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:25:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>