PHILADELPHIA, PA \ January 13, 2012 \ DIVERSE NEWS — Below is a reported video obtained by LiveLeak showing Afghanistan soldiers in full uniform apparently knifing and dragging corpses of three dead Taliban soldiers. There has been no outcry of this savagery being called ‘deplorable’ or ‘dispicable’ as of yet by any news organization or ...
Colonel Van Barfoot RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Col. Van Barfoot has until Friday at 5 pm to remove his flagpole or face a civil suit. The 90-year-old veteran is shocked and gratified by the outpouring of support from around the country. His daughter, Margaret Nicholls said, “The response has been unbelievable. What started ...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In the midst of the great recession, a depressed job market is hitting veterans particularly hard. Unemployment numbers for all veterans continues to hover near 12 percent, but for service members who left the military in the past three years unemployment is 18 percent, nearly twice the national average. “The ...
PHILADELPHIA, PA\ SEPTEMBER 20, 2009 \ DIVERSE NEWS – With all the news media stories about racism going hand-in-hand with these Tea Parties, it makes you wonder: who are they directing these racism claims towards? The only ethnic/racial group the mainstream media recognizes to be racists (as a whole or mostly in part) are Whites. ...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In his first address before Congress, the newly elected leader of The American Legion has called upon lawmakers to “compassionately address” the needs of women veterans. National Commander Clarence E. Hill, testifying before a joint session of the U.S. House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees, urged lawmakers to acknowledge that ...