Military Related Headlines 12/30

• Bonuses, elite rep help boost Marine numbers [AP via Newsvine]
• U.S. To Open Central Asia Supply Route To Afghanistan [NY Times]
• Iraqis Assume Security Responsibilities In New Year [NPR]
• Iraqis to take charge of Green Zone in 2009 [USA Today]
• Iraq Readies Torture Museum On Saddam Anniversary [Reuters]
• Pilot killed in jet crash near N.C. Marine air base [AP via US Today]

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Military Related Headlines 12/23

• Non-US Foreign Troops Can Remain In Iraq In 2009 [Huff Po]
  

• Army to honor soldiers enslaved by Nazis [CNN]

• Army halts use of new first aid item to study more [AP via Newsvine]

• Nonprofits Help Disabled Vet Make Ends Meet [NPR]

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Bid forcing speedier VA payments turned down by Judge

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton has struck down a lawsuit filed by Veterans of Modern Warfare and Vietnam Veterans of America requiring the VA to expedite the processing of its disability claims.

The veterans groups' lawsuit requested that Walton implement a deadline of 90 days to pay disability benefits. The groups were seeking interim payouts of about $350 monthly if the VA blew the deadline.

On Wednesday, in court, Walton expressed sympathy to disabled vets that must wait out six months or more. But he said speeding up benefit payments was not a role for the courts, rather one for the VA secretary and the courts.

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Military Related Headlines 12/11

• Former U.S. Contractor Alleges 9-Month Detention in Iraq [ABC News]

• White House, not U.S. soldiers, cited for abuse [USA Today]

• Gates: 3 Brigades To Afghanistan By Summer [CBS News]
  

Military Related Headlines 12/8

• The debt we owe Iraqi interpreters [CS Monitor]
• INSIDE WASHINGTON: Bonuses flow despite low morale [AP via Newsvine]
• Obama's Afghanistan Dilemma: "Growing Dissent" On More Troops [Huff Po]
• Bush: Pressure is best response to combat terror [USA Today]
• AP Interview: Marines will shift to Afghanistan [Newsvine]
• Accused 9/11 Plotters Want To Confess [CBS Newsvine]

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Military Related Headlines 12/4

• U.S. combat deaths hit low [USA Today]

• Lying to the mother of a dead soldier [Salon]
  

• Gay Right To Adopt And Serve In Military Favored By Large Majority Of Americans [glaad Blog]

• U.S. Wants Pakistan Crackdown On Militants [CBS News]

• Diary of a Suicide: For two years Jason Ermer fought to make it home from Iraq. Last New Year’s Eve, he gave up. [SL Weekly]

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Military Related Headlines 12/1

• Army Bases Brace For Surge In Stress-Related Disorders [Huff Po]

• U.S. Army Goes Green [GreenBiz.com]

• Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security [Wash Po]

• Some vindication for sick vets, but little relief [USA Today]

• Analysis: ‘They Will Not Leave’ [Baghdad Bureau from NY Times]

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