(NEW YORK) MintPress — Friday, Aug. 10 marks 51 years since the beginning of the American military’s spraying of Agent Orange in Vietnam, and it took the United States until Thursday, Aug. 9 to begin cleaning up. The project aims to remove the dangerous chemical dioxin, which has been linked to cancer, birth defects, and other […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — Friday, Aug. 10 marks 51 years since the beginning of the American military’s spraying of Agent Orange in Vietnam, and it took the United States until Thursday, Aug. 9 to begin cleaning up. The project aims to remove the dangerous chemical dioxin, which has been linked to cancer, birth defects, and other […]
This year US presidential election is perhaps the most expensive in history with the least issues concerning America and Americans with the American/Israeli Jewish businessman Sheldon Edelson calling the shots and shaping the election. 2% of the US population, 60% of political donations and with “Israel First” as the only agenda, no wonder both candidates […]
This year US presidential election is perhaps the most expensive in history with the least issues concerning America and Americans with the American/Israeli Jewish businessman Sheldon Edelson calling the shots and shaping the election. 2% of the US population, 60% of political donations and with “Israel First” as the only agenda, no wonder both candidates […]
President Barack Obama said Friday he is releasing an additional $70 million in military aid for Israel, a previously announced move that appeared timed to upstage Republican rival Mitt Romney’s trip to Israel this weekend. The stepped-up U.S. aid, first announced in May, will go to help Israel expand production of a short-range rocket defense […]
President Barack Obama said Friday he is releasing an additional $70 million in military aid for Israel, a previously announced move that appeared timed to upstage Republican rival Mitt Romney’s trip to Israel this weekend. The stepped-up U.S. aid, first announced in May, will go to help Israel expand production of a short-range rocket defense […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – When Virginia Sen. Jim Webb (D) introduced the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act in January 2007, he hoped the new benefits would help current veterans as much as the original GI Bill helped the so-called Greatest Generation, a term coined by veteran journalist Tom Brokaw to describe those who fought in World War II and helped establish America as […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – When Virginia Sen. Jim Webb (D) introduced the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act in January 2007, he hoped the new benefits would help current veterans as much as the original GI Bill helped the so-called Greatest Generation, a term coined by veteran journalist Tom Brokaw to describe those who fought in World War II and helped establish America as […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — Straight on the heels of the news that suicides in the U.S. military have reached the fastest pace yet in the country’s decade of war — averaging nearly one a day this year — comes some new insight into the reason behind the surge. When researchers asked 72 soldiers at Fort Carson, […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — Straight on the heels of the news that suicides in the U.S. military have reached the fastest pace yet in the country’s decade of war — averaging nearly one a day this year — comes some new insight into the reason behind the surge. When researchers asked 72 soldiers at Fort Carson, […]
(MintPress) – The State Department recently released its annual Trafficking in Persons Report, listing governments in seven countries that continue to recruit child soldiers – nearly all of which receive military financing from the United States despite provisions in place against it. The Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (CSPA) prohibits the U.S. government from […]
(MintPress) – The State Department recently released its annual Trafficking in Persons Report, listing governments in seven countries that continue to recruit child soldiers – nearly all of which receive military financing from the United States despite provisions in place against it. The Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (CSPA) prohibits the U.S. government from […]
Fifteen months on, the short Syrian spring of 2011 has long since morphed into a harsh winter of discontent. Syria is close to full-scale civil war. If the conflict escalates further, it will have ramifications far outside the country itself. As former UN Secretary-General and current envoy of both the UN and the Arab League […]
Fifteen months on, the short Syrian spring of 2011 has long since morphed into a harsh winter of discontent. Syria is close to full-scale civil war. If the conflict escalates further, it will have ramifications far outside the country itself. As former UN Secretary-General and current envoy of both the UN and the Arab League […]
