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31 May 2009, 8:18 pm
Secretary of State Colin Powell stood before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and said that a genocide was occurring in Sudan, specifically invoking Article VIII of the 1948 Genocide Convention, which essentially would give rise to an armed intervention in Sudan (the US is no longer a signatory to the ICC), Any Contracting Party may call upon the competent organs of the United Nations to take such action under the Charter of the United Nations as they… [read post]
22 Nov 2008, 4:46 pm
  Specifically, Secretary Gates states, "The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs reports that while the existing evidence is supportive of cognitive rehabilitation, the rigor of the research by which that evidence was produced has not yet met the required standard. [read post]
11 Nov 2008, 1:01 pm
United States Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. of New Jersey, the co-founder and co-chairman of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, applauded the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for increasing disability payments for veterans diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). [read post]
6 Sep 2008, 10:58 pm
The group of 10 United States Senators, led by Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Barack Obama (D-IL), sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert M. [read post]
6 Sep 2008, 12:00 pm
Department of Labor Announces Initiative to Help Veterans with TBIOn August 20, 2008, the United States Department of Labor announced a new initiative to help employers of veterans and others with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). [read post]
5 Aug 2008, 9:03 pm
  Thankfully, a group of United States Senators led by Senators Evan Bayh and Barack Obama have demanded that the Department of Veteran's Affairs fund cognitive rehabilitation programs for those soldiers returning from the Iraq conflict who have sustained a traumatic brain injury. [read post]
27 Jun 2008, 8:54 am
Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act, S. 2731Summary of Changes in the Bill as Expected to Pass the Senate06/26/2008 Fact Sheet: United States Education Cooperation with VietnamPrepared by the State Department06/26/2008 Legislative Text of a Bill to Increase Global Security for the United States and the International Community by Reducing the Number of… [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 8:35 am
Federal Judge Refuses to Order Overhaul of VA The Associated Press A federal judge in California refused on Wednesday to order an overhaul of the Department of Veterans Affairs' health care system, finding that a lawsuit by veterans group was "misdirected. [read post]
2 Jun 2008, 6:41 am
February 11, 2008 MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE GENERAL COUNSEL, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND SOLICITOR, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR The Department of Labor ("DOL") has determined that the Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") failed to pay the required prevailing wage to eleven alien physicians employed by VA hospitals pursuant to the H-1B visa program. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 12:53 am
Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit02/08/2008 Audit of Veterans Health Administration Blood Bank Modernization Project (PDF 369 KB)Report Prepared by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General02/08/2008 Audit Report: Administrative Law Judges' Caseload Performance (PDF 687 KB)Audit Report as Released by the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General02/08/2008 Brief… [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 2:15 am
Foreign Policy Towards Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and Nuclear Terrorism 01/18/2008 Response Letter From Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Interior Julie A. [read post]
12 Dec 2007, 6:12 am
(Sec. 1702) Pilot Program on Assisted Living Services for Veterans with TBI:  Requires the Secretary of the VA, in collaboration with the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center of the Department of Defense, to carry out a five-year pilot program to assess the effectiveness of providing assisted living services to eligible veterans with traumatic brain injury to enhance the rehabilitation, quality of life, and community integration of such… [read post]