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All posts during February, 2009

IAVA Daily Brief 02.26.09
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on February 26

Here are some of today's top stories and happenings at IAVA.

VA Begins new Pilot Program to speed Disability Claims
Posted by Tom Tarantino on February 25

Responding to efforts by IAVA and many other Veterans Organizations, the VA has begun to take more proactive measures to help reduce the back log of disability claims.  I received the following release this morning and I was very pleased that the VA is looking at solutions that are more creative than simply hiring more claims processors.  While the hiring of 4000 new processors was a huge victory for the VA and veterans in general, it is only step one in the process.  IAVA has included measures in its 2009 L

IAVA Daily Brief 02.25.09
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on February 25

Here are some today's top stories and happenings at IAVA.

In Advance of Tonight's Presidential Address, IAVA Launches New Housing and Unemployment Reports
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on February 24

Today, in advance of President Obama's first address before Congress on the state of the nation, IAVA launched two new reports illustrating the immense challenges Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are facing in the current economic environment.

Author of "The Unforgiving Minute", Craig Mullaney's radio interview.
Posted by Tom Tarantino on February 24

Who talks to Barack Obama about what to do in Afghanistan? Well, one voice on the campaign trail was young Army captain and veteran of the Afghan front, Craig Mullaney.   Number two in his class at West Point. A Rhodes Scholar. Chief of staff for President Obama’s Pentagon Transition Team. And, in his mid-20s, a platoon commander with the 10th Mountain Division on the Afghan-Pakistan border. Out where the rounds fly and comrades die.  

Brain injury raises epilepsy risk for years: study
Posted by Tom Tarantino on February 24

A severe brain injury puts people at high risk of epilepsy for more than a decade after they are first hurt, a finding that suggests there may be a window to prevent the condition, researchers said on Monday.  You can read the rest of the article here.

Frontline presents an encore presentation of "A Soldier's Heart"
Posted by Tom Tarantino on February 24

By. Ken Dornstien With the U.S. Army now reporting a record number of suicides - the highest since 1980, when it began tracking the rate - we offer an encore broadcast of "The Soldier's Heart" this Tuesday night (check local listings).

IAVA Daily Brief 02.24.09
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on February 24

Here are some of today's top stories and happenings at IAVA.

IAVA Helps OEF Vet Launch National Book Tour
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on February 23

Tonight, IAVA Executive Director Paul Rieckhoff and IAVA Member veterans will help Afghanistan veteran Craig M. Mullaney kick-off the nationwide launch of his new memoir, The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education, an unforgettable portrait of his journey from West Point cadet to infantry rifle platoon leader along the hostile border between Afghanistan and Pakistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

GI Bill Implementation: Where Are We Now?
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on February 23

GI Bill Implementation: Where Are We Now? A recent article has unfairly suggested IAVA’s that IAVA supports a tuition cap that would decrease veterans’ GI Bill benefits.  This is a gross misstatement of IAVA’s position.  There has been no bigger supporter of the new GI Bill than IAVA.  We are working every day to ensure that the entirety of the new GI Bill is properly implemented. 

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