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Subject: IAVA Daily News Brief - September 2, 2014
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 07:09:01 -0600
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IAVA Daily News Brief - Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Sgt. Michael Misheff, CH-47F Chinook helicopter chew chief for Task Force Flying Dragons, flies the American flag over southern Afghanistan on Aug. 28. Military Times >>
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| TODAY'S TOP STORIES |
The Department of Veterans Affairs has reduced by half the number of veterans waiting more than three months to see a doctor since a scandal erupted at the agency in spring over delays in health care, according to data released Thursday. | USA Today >>
The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have installed a software viewer that allows clinicians to jointly access health record systems at seven VA facilities and two Defense facilities - and this meets the definition of a "full deployment" set by the secretaries of the two departments, a Pentagon spokeswoman said. | Next Gov >>
Veteran suicide numbers have gone up in recent years with much of the attention focused on veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan killing themselves. However, almost seven out of 10 veterans who have committed suicide were over the age of 50, according to a Department of Veterans Affairs study. | Military.com >>
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| AFGHANISTAN |
A deal brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to end Afghanistan's protracted election crisis was on the brink of collapse Monday, with presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah ready to pull out of talks with his rival. | Wall Street Journal >>
The campaign team of Abdullah Abdullah - the former foreign minister running against Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai for the presidency of Afghanistan - has issued a 24-hour notice to the United Nations and international observers that if changes are not made to the processes of the ongoing audit of all eight million votes cast in the second round of the election, they will back out of the election process entirely. | Los Angeles Times >>
After nearly 13 years of war in Afghanistan, NATO leaders had hoped at this week's summit in Wales to hail the first democratic transition of power in the country and to reaffirm a commitment of military and monetary support beyond the departure of international combat troops at the end of the year. | Stars and Stripes >>
A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan set off a five-hour gun battle between militants and security forces, leaving six people dead and at least 33 injured, most of them civilians, provincial authorities said. | Los Angeles Times >> |
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| IRAQ |
A day after breaking through a siege by Islamic State militants on the Shiite town of Amerli, Iraqi forces and pro-government militias on Monday pushed their way into nearby villages they accuse of helping to enforce the months-long blockade. | Washington Post >>
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday condemned violations committed by Islamic State forces in Iraq that may amount to international crimes and agreed to send a mission to investigate them. | Reuters >>
The American military campaign in Iraq has cost more than $562 million since it began mid-June, the Defense Department said Friday. | Politico Pro >>
Amnesty International says it has new evidence Islamic State militants are carrying out "a wave of ethnic cleansing" against minorities in northern Iraq. | BBC >>
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| MILITARY AFFAIRS |
U.S. military forces conducted an operation Monday against the Al-Shabaab network in Somalia, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said. | CNN >>
Air Force recruiting is plagued by a longstanding epidemic of falsifying records, according to multiple recruiters around the country. | Air Force Times >>
Every year, more than 25,000 Americans undergo surgery to correct a hiatal hernia, a condition in which tissue from the stomach bulges into the chest cavity through a hole in the diaphragm. The hernias often return, but major complications are rare. Hospital stays are usually short. | New York Times >>
Raquel Bradshaw with her daughter Adrianna. Mrs. Bradshaw's son, Kristian, 6, died despite repeated visits to a Navy hospital. "I just feel they screwed up completely," she said. New York Times >>
The Defense Department is closing in on a blood test to detect concussions. | Military Times >>
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| NEW GREATEST GENERATION |
An Iraq war veteran who served 12 1/2 years protecting his country would be considered a hero by most. But for this war veteran, his hero is a generous 8-year-old girl named Rachel Mennett. | Good Morning America >>
Nearly five years after earning a Bronze Star with "V" and a Purple Heart for his actions in Afghanistan at the Battle of Kamdesh, former Army Sgt. Daniel Rodriguez will suit up Saturday to begin his senior football season with the Clemson Tigers. | Army Times >>
Clemson receiver Daniel Rodriguez leaps around defenders after catching a pass during an Aug. 6 practice. Rodriguez, a 5-foot-8 walk-on in 2012, has 10 catches for 30 yards and a touchdown over two seasons. (Mark Crammer/The Associated Press) Army Times >>
Justin Taft, an Army veteran who fought in the Iraq war, stood before a Monroe judge who sentenced him to a year in jail for assaulting a paramedic. | Detroit News >>
Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois congresswoman and Iraq War amputee, announced Monday that she is pregnant and is due in early December. | Chicago Tribune >>
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| INSIDE WASHINGTON |
The House Armed Services Committee will receive a closed-door briefing on the latest security developments in Iraq and Ukraine on Sept. 9, according to a House aide. | The Hill >>
U.S. Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Sunday urged Washington to arm the Ukrainian government, saying it needed help to repel what they called Russia's invasion of the country. | Reuters >>
Melissa Block talks with Sloan Gibson, the deputy secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department, about the results of a recent probe into wait times at VA facilities. | NPR >>
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