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Subject: IAVA Daily News Brief- August 14, 2014
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:49:11 -0600
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IAVA Daily News Brief - Thursday August 14, 2014
Sailors and Marines, assigned to amphibious assault ship America, stand at parade rest Saturday while manning the rails as the ship departs Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, after a four-day port visit. | Military Times >> |
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| TODAY'S TOP STORIES |
VA referrals to private doctors on rise
The Department of Veterans Affairs is significantly increasing its referrals of veterans to private doctors following a scandal over lengthy patient waiting times at many VA hospitals and clinics and falsified appointment records, VA Secretary Robert McDonald said Wednesday. | Stars and Stripes >> Fired or retired? VA punishments remain murky
Although the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs released a statement on July 29 stating that it was proposing to take disciplinary actions against six employees at facilities in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Fort Collins, Colorado, details of the punishment remain unclear. | CNBC >>
Vets in workforce ramp up as military gears down
About 1,200 soldiers were ordered and urged by Fort Bragg brass to prepare Wednesday for their future mission: transition to a civilian job. This sprawling Army post was part of an expanding effort to help soon-to-be veterans as the American military downsizes with the end of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. | Navy Times >>
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| AFGHANISTAN |
The Defense Department has identified a U.S. soldier killed in combat in eastern Afghanistan. Sgt. 1st Class Samuel C. Hairston, 35, of Houston, Texas, died Aug. 12 in Ghazni province after his unit came under small-arms fire, according to a news release. Hairston was a member of the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division. | Stars and Stripes >> A powerful Afghan governor and former militia leader, who had threatened mass protests in the wake of the disputed presidential runoff in June, warned Wednesday of a "civil uprising" if the ongoing ballot recount proves biased and his candidate, Abdullah Abdullah, is not named the winner. | Washington Post >>
Authorities say a roadside bomb has killed four civilians in southern Afghanistan. Omar Zwak, the spokesman for the governor of southern Helmand province, says the blast Wednesday struck civilians traveling by car. | Associated Press >>
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| IRAQ |
Europe was poised to scale up its involvement in Iraq, as the region's foreign ministers planned an emergency meeting for Friday to discuss the deepening crisis and France announced it would ship weapons to Kurdish fighters. | Wall Street Journal >> A senior White House official said on Wednesday that the United States would consider using American ground troops to assist Iraqis in rescuing Yazidi refugees if recommended by military advisers assessing the situation. | New York Times >>
There may not be many issues on which the Islamic Republic of Iran and the White House agree, but dumping Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in favor of Haider al-Abadi is one of them. The message from a growing number of actors inside and outside Iraq is the same: Maliki must go if the country is to be saved. | CNN >> |
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| MILITARY AFFAIRS |
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's former platoon mates are shopping proposals for a book and movie that are sharply critical of the one-time Afghan prisoner of war, Yahoo News reports. One book proposal depicts Bergdahl as a "premeditated" deserter who "put all of our lives in danger." The account also questions whether he aided the Taliban after he disappeared from his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was captured by the group. | The Hill >> The federal sequester kept the much-loved military acts from performing at last year's Chicago Air and Water Show. But the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and others are back this weekend -- and they're joined by new aerial attractions. "We're very excited to have them back," said Mary May, spokeswoman for the Chicago Air and Water Show. | Associated Press >>
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Robin Williams made four United Service Organization (USO) tours to bases throughout the Middle East during the American campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. On each occasion, according to Thom Shanker of The New York Times, Williams did his best to mingle with soldiers and commanders to get a flavor of the bases he was entertaining. | Business Insider >>
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| NEW GREATEST GENERATION |
A retired captain says his small business is thriving. WTOC first introduced you to the Merritt Brothers and their Nine-Line apparel last year. Since then, they've gone from their 1,300 square foot house on Wilmington Island, to a 5,500 square foot warehouse on President Street. | WTOC 11 >> A US Marine Corps veteran and his trusty sidekick were reunited Wednesday months after serving together in Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Dylan Bogue worked side-by-side with Moxie, a black lab, searching for bombs in Afghanistan. | WHDH Boston >>
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Marine Corps veteran Anthony Ungaro Tuesday landed in Los Angeles aboard a Harley-Davidson after two weeks on a cross-country road trip that saw him deliver donations to animal shelters across the nation. | Contra Costa Times >>
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| INSIDE WASHINGTON |
In the Iowa Senate race, veterans issues have been a central focus in the campaign of Republican Joni Ernst, an active officer in the Iowa National Guard, but less so for Rep. Bruce Braley, her Democratic opponent. Braley is edging onto Ernst's turf, however, with a new television ad released Wednesday. In the ad, Jesse James, whose daughter Holley was murdered by her husband when both served in the military, praises Braley for proposing legislation to support sexual assault and domestic violence claimants in the military. | Washington Examiner >>
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who had championed the need to rethink the bureaucracies that comprise the federal government since the late 1970s, is asking policymakers to take a good hard look at the ability of new technologies to streamline the department and provide, in an efficient and cost-effective manner, the services that America's veterans need. | US News >>
Veterans and active-duty service members who suffer from Lou Gehrig's disease will have immediate access to a government-funded housing program under new rules from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA announced Wednesday that soldiers who suffer from Lou Gehrig's disease, formally known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), will be eligible for its specially adapted housing program. | The Hill >> |
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