tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post352844024941479857..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Fox News War on Vets...Bud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-66705899040429482312013-12-19T03:09:34.243-08:002013-12-19T03:09:34.243-08:00Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) announced that she wi...Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) announced that she will be introducing legislation to roll back provisions in the pending budget deal that would cut military retirement benefits by reducing cost-of-living adjustments. Shaheen, who is up for re-election in 2014, said that the plan would be paid for by closing "select corporate tax loopholes" --- even though Republicans refuse doing so in the budget agreement.<br /><br />http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/shaheen-announces-bill-to-restore-military-retirement-benefits/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-87713929696423801242013-12-18T13:02:27.612-08:002013-12-18T13:02:27.612-08:00"They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return f..."They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars—The Untold Story" by Ann Jones<br /><br />Jones shines a much-needed light on the dead, wounded, mutilated, brain-damaged, drug-addicted, suicidal, and homicidal casualties of our distant wars --- taking us on a stunning journey from the devastating moment an American soldier is first wounded in rural Afghanistan to his return home. An indispensable account of the travails of US veterans when they return home. <br /><br />(Article) "Battle Wounds: American Soldiers’ Painful Journey Home"<br /><br />http://www.thenation.com/article/177160/battle-wounds-american-soldiers-painful-journey-home<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com