| Veterans for Common Sense New Web Site |
| ABC News Requesting Information |
| Hugs4Smiles |
| New Acid Reflux Pillow |
| Tell Congress Not To Give Lip Service |
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Times Story On Women Veterans Published Thanks to the hard work and dedication of writer Sara Corbett, and the courage of the Veterans who were interviewed, the fruit of her 2 year labor of love was published on Sunday, March 18th, in the Magazine section of the N. Y. Times. I personally appreciate the work of all those involved, including my wife Terri (manager and co- founder of Sisters Bound By Honor) I hope that America, the Government and especially the Veterans administration will take notice of the plight of our woman warriors, and begin providing significant treatment options. Thank You All, Charlie Black, Webmaster Read Story
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/magazine/18cover.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin
Veterans for Common Sense New Web Site
Veterans for Common Sense has made available on the internet, and soon in
print, a guide for returning veterans to help them navigate the available
benefits and assistance available. Our goal is to make it as comprehensive as
possible, to let returning veterans know of where they can get assistance if
there are any issues with readjustment on their return home.
The guide also contains a section for people who are looking for ways to support the troops, with links to organizations who are directly supporting the troops in the field. We're trying to let as many people as possible know about the guide, and so we're sending you this note in the hope that, if you are a veteran, you will find it useful, and if not, that you will pass it on. http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/files/vcs/guide.cfm
our home page at http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/
ABC News Requesting Information
Mark Doyle at ABC News requesting information on how to
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Hugs4Smiles'
Supports Troops
Hugs4Smiles USA is a troop-adoption program that
has helped more than 85 servicemembers and families, with 105 more soldiers on a
waiting list. Those who sign up to adopt a servicemember or family agree to send
at least two care packages each month and two correspondences each month. If the
servicemember's family is adopted, they receive at least one care package and
one piece of correspondence each month. For more information on how you can
support our troops and their families, visit the Hugs4Smiles USA website at
http://www.hugs4smilesusa.org/ and our Support Our Troops page at
http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent1/?file=support_troops
Veterans can qualify to receive this special wedge pillow free of charge as part of VA benefits with a VA Doctor's approval.
Help has arrived because the Veteran's Administration Program has approved the acquisition of a patented Acid Reflux Pillow from the Comfort Lift Pillow® Co. for qualified Veterans. In order to find out about receiving our pillow under your VA benefits, please call us now toll free at 1-877-449-1888. Your VA facility may order our pillow through GSA! Advantage or directly from us. Our Federal Supply Schedule contract number is V797P - 4630a.
Tell Congress Not To Give Lip Service
Congress tells us they support the troops. It's time to hold them to their words.
In January 2005, the leadership of the 109th Congress removed Representative Chris Smith from his chairmanship of the Veterans Affairs Committee, replacing him with Indiana Representative Steve Buyer.
Why did they do this? Because Rep. Smith was too pro-veteran.
According to a January 11 column by Bob Novak, "The leadership’s problem with Smith has been his insatiable desire to make life better for veterans during 24 years on the Veterans Affairs committee (six years as vice chairman, four years as chairman). That fits the job description set by conservative Democrat Sonny Montgomery of Mississippi during his 12-year chairmanship."
In short, the House leadership has decided, during a time when soldiers are dying in Iraq in Afghanistan, that it's time to turn back the clock and cut spending on the Department of Veterans Affairs, just as demands on the VA system are reaching unprecedented levels.
Congress is rightly concerned about the huge deficits our government is incurring, with the combination of a war and tax-cuts rapidly bankrupting our country. But the 2005 budget, passed by Congress and approved by Congress, managed to find $9 billion to pay for pork-barrel projects in members' districts, including:
How did they pay for all of this? Among other things, Congress cut the Pentagon account used to pay for up-armored humvees. A Scripps-Howard study of combat deaths in Iraq shows that 1 in 5 of the over 1,300 U.S. deaths in Iraq took place inside humvees.
The ouster came over a nearly unprecedented protest from the major veterans' groups: VFW Commander in Chief John Furgess said "Instead of a message of strength and continuity being sent, what's being communicated loud and clear across the country is that 'your job's in jeopardy if you put principles before politics."
Tell Congress today that supporting the troops isn't just a word game.
At a time when Iraq War veterans are coming home to find the rug yanked out from under them, with months long waits to see doctors for serious injuries, we won't stand for cuts to the VA in order to pay for tax-cuts and no-bid contracts. Write your Congressman today.
