The GI Bill could possibly go through a great extension of college aid for the US military veterans. Hopefully, this may help the Democrats in this coming election year. If it gets vetoed, the House Democrats can hope that the next elected president is a Democrat. The expansion to the GI Bill has been drawn […]
US House Adds On Stipulations For New War Funding Bill
The House Democrats have done the opposite of what US President George W. Bush had demanded: a clean war funding bill. Bush wanted a war funding bill without any attachments. But, that was not what Bush had received. In what could be seen in an act of defiance, House Democrats and placed some add-ons. The […]
House Veterans Committee ‘Blasts’ VA On Suicides
Democratic Representative Bob Filner of California, the chairman of the House Veterans Committee has recently blasted the Department of Veterans Affairs in regards to the rising rate of suicides amongst former soldiers. He had expressed anger towards the Veterans Affairs Department. Filner said that the VA has been criminally negligent. Also, Filner felt that the […]
Croatian Army Accused of Shelling Serb Civilians
By Goran Jungvirth in The Hague A former senior United Nations official told the trial of three Croatian generals this week that their forces systematically shelled residential areas rather than military bases during a 1995 operation. Ante Gotovina, Ivan Cermak and Mladen Markac are indicted at the Hague tribunal for war crimes against Serbs committed […]
Senators Webb & McCain Clash On New GI Bill
While the United States Senate is divided over Iraq and Afghanistan, there is a new internal battle taking place. It does affect what is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan; however, this affects the United States forces that are serving home and abroad. The Senate is going through an internal war with each other over the […]
Exiled Tibetans Face Uncertain Future as China Makes Inroads
NEPAL Namche Bazaar – Singing a hypnotic chant, the line of Tibetans led by a Lama, all holding candles, file past into the small bazaar below. It is moving sight. They are holding a pooja (prayer meeting) for the Panchen Lama, it is his eighteenth birthday, though he not present, still his whereabouts kept secret […]
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