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Subject: IAVA Daily News Brief- September 17, 2014
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 07:16:02 -0600
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IAVA Daily News Brief - Wednesday September 17, 2014
Chief Master at Arms (Select) (SW) Sarah Monson watches as her son, Dominick pins on one of her chief's anchors, assisted by Chief Fire Controllman Josh Preston. | Military Times >> |
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| TODAY'S TOP STORIES |
IG: Sexual assault investigators should improve methods
Military investigators responding to reports of sexual assaults do not always follow the widely accepted standards set by civilian police agencies, according to a new Pentagon Inspector General's report. | Army Times >> Inside #22Kill, a star-studded campaign to fight veteran suicide
It's called #22Kill, a nod toward a jarring statistic: About 22 military veterans commit suicide each day, according to a report released last year by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The majority are committed by veterans who are at least 50 years old, the VA said, but suicides in the active-duty ranks and by recent veterans have hit close to home for individuals like Jernigan, who have served alongside them. | Washington Post >>
House clears increase in veterans' disability payments
The House on Tuesday evening cleared legislation to increase compensation benefits for veterans with disabilities. Passed by voice vote, S. 2258 would hike veterans' disability compensation starting on Dec. 1 so that the cost-of-living increase would match the rate of Social Security benefits. | The Hill >>
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| AFGHANISTAN |
Two American troops and a Polish service member were killed Tuesday when a Taliban suicide car bomber attacked a foreign motorcade just a couple hundred yards from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Fox News confirms. | Fox News >>Though the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan is winding down, agencies still have $16 billion in the pipeline that will be spent on infrastructure and local military capabilities for years to come, a watchdog warned. | Defense One >>
Afghanistan's long post-election stalemate appeared to be nearing a resolution Tuesday after negotiations between the two presidential candidates on a power-sharing deal. | Stars and Stripes >>
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| IRAQ |
America's top general would be willing to recommend deploying American ground troops against Islamic extremists in Iraq if he feels it's necessary, he told a Senate panel Tuesday. | New York Daily News >> Unwilling to send U.S. troops back to Iraq, Washington is trying to persuade armed Sunni factions and tribal figures to fight Islamic State militants in an echo of the "Awakening" movement that drove al Qaeda from the country six years ago. | Reuters >>
The White House and congressional Democrats on Tuesday pushed back against speculation that President Obama could order ground troops into Iraq, after the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said combat forces could fight Islamic militants. | The Hill >> |
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| MILITARY AFFAIRS |
The active-duty community's uncertainty about their future and concerns about their own financial stability are clear in the results of this year's Blue Star Families annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey. | Army Times >> Engineer Katie Thatcher nervously wrings her hands near the flight deck, waiting for updates from the crew six decks beneath her. From her perch, the Navy's next great warship is picture-perfect, its hull shimmering as it slices through the waves. Down below, there's a problem, and the Navy is missing its best man for days like this. | Washington Post >>
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Planned cuts to the U.S. military presence in Europe may be postponed because of concerns about Russian aggression, according to top defense officials. | Stars and Stripes >>
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| NEW GREATEST GENERATION |
Army Captain Justin Fitch is dying. He has only months left. But before he was even diagnosed with cancer he thought about killing himself. "When I first joined the Army in active duty there was a culture, a very quiet culture, of suffering in silence," Fitch told WBZ-TV's Jonathan Elias. "Mission first, never worry about yourself." | CBS Boston >> Erick Scott knows first-hand how it feels to suffer from PTSD. A veteran who served in Iraq, this husband and father came home from the fighting only to be confronted by his own demons. Refusing at first to believe the PTSD diagnosis from his doctor, it wasn't until he heard about K9s for Warriors that he began to feel some hope. | USA Today >>
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Pete Doan tried the working man's life after leaving the Marine Corps in 2010. Fair to say, it didn't work out. Now he's on a new path, with less physical labor but still with its own set of challenges. As owner of 9:24 CrossFit gym in Berlin, Ohio, he's peddling wellness and exercise in the heart of Ohio's Amish country. | Navy Times >>
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| INSIDE WASHINGTON |
Contrary to the findings of the VA's inspector general, there is a link between wait times and patient deaths at veterans hospitals, according to prepared testimony from a VA doctor. | Stars and Stripes >>
Manipulation of an inspector general's report that cleared the Department of Veterans of causing patient deaths through delayed care at a Phoenix hospital was blasted Tuesday by two national veterans' groups. | Washington Examiner >>
President Obama has declined to attend a dedication ceremony in October for a new memorial honoring American veterans who have been disabled fighting for their country in wars, according to sources close to the event. | Washington Times >>
As vice president, Biden has the power to nominate students to three of the nation's service academies. However, the names of the students he chooses for these plum assignments are now secret. | USA Today >>
The doctor who helped expose the VA health care scandal will tell Congress on Wednesday that patients did indeed die because they were stuck on secret waiting lists, and will accuse the department's inspector general of trying to cover up the problem. | Washington Times >> |
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