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Oct. 1, 2014
Obama administration lawyers have been debating whether Treasury Dept must inform people or groups it lists as foreign terrorists when it relies on warrantless surveillance as basis for designation; provision in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act requires government to disclose when it uses information from eavesdropping in any proceeding against people. MORE
Oct. 1, 2014
The Upshot; Lawrence Summers, former chief economic adviser to President Obama, says that Treasury Department has undermined Federal Reserve's stimulus campaign and that doing so is a large and expensive mistake; argues lack of cooperation has slowed growth and left more Americans jobless. MORE
Sep. 25, 2014
Treasury Dept imposes sanctions on 11 people and one entity it says are sending financial and other support to terrorist groups, including the Islamic State. MORE
Sep. 25, 2014
Special inspector general report finds that top executives at General Motors and Ally Financial, both of which received bailouts from Treasury Dept, were paid excessively even as taxpayers lost money; report criticizes Treasury for loosening its own restriction on executive pay for GM and Ally year after year. MORE
Sep. 24, 2014
Editorial welcomes new rules from Treasury Dept that are likely to slow practice known as corporate inversion, which allows American companies to avoid taxes by merging with foreign rivals; contends only Congress can pass a law to stop tax-motivated corporate inversions completely. MORE
Sep. 23, 2014
The changes by the Treasury Department will not stop the deals but may make some more difficult to execute, corporate advisers said. MORE
Jun. 27, 2014
Treasury Sec Jacob J Lew, observing fifth anniversary of the Making Home Affordable programs, announces further steps by federal government to ease foreclosures, rising rents and scarce mortgages; move follows wave of criticism that department has not done enough to help homeowners in wake of financial crisis. MORE
Jun. 4, 2014
Obama administration is increasingly deploying vastly more sophisticated financial sanctions on foreign governments as alternative to strict use of military power; administration sees methods as effective way of projecting United States power worldwide; Treasury Department targets about 6,000 people and institutions around globe. MORE
May. 11, 2014
Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is intent on clearing up misconceptions about his tenure; Geithner has written book Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises, in which he clarifies his perspective. MORE
Apr. 11, 2014
Treasury Department reports surge in tax revenue and decline in spending; notes that federal budget deficit for first half of 2014 fiscal year totaled $413 billion, down $187 billion from where it stood at same period in 2013; rise points to rejuvenated upper class and recovering stock market. MORE
Apr. 9, 2014
The stock sale will raise about $2.4 billion for the government. MORE
Apr. 2, 2014
Multibillion-dollar lawsuit filed against Arab Bank by relatives of American citizens killed or injured by terrorist attacks in Israel has caused a significant split in the Obama administration; State Dept wants the administration to come to the bank's aid while Treasury and Justice Depts says it should stay out of the case; bank has now asked the Supreme Court to intervene, court has asked Obama administration whether it thinks it should hear case, and administration is at an impasse over what to tell the justices. MORE
Mar. 15, 2014
Federal Reserve reportedly paid $79.6 billion to Treasury Department in 2013 as Fed's enormous investment campaign to stimulate economic growth continues to generate windfall profits for taxpayers; Federal Reserve, required by law to put most of its profit in government's coffers, has contributed almost $323 billion in last four years. MORE
Feb. 22, 2014
Floyd Norris Off the Charts column observes that Federal Reserve was principal buyer of United States Treasury securities in 2013, while American private sector appears to have been net seller of Treasury debt at that same time; notes that the foreign private sector was also a substantial buyer, with Japan replacing China as largest foreign investor in Treasuries. MORE
Feb. 16, 2014
Gretchen Morgenson Fair Game column highlights an internal Treasury Department memo that put future earnings of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac off limits to their shareholders; contends that change in bailout terms that would deny shareholders from company profits seems punitive. MORE
Jan. 23, 2014
Treasury Secretary Jacob J Lew warns Congress that the government will most likely exhaust its ability to borrow in late February 2014, setting up yet another fiscal showdown with Republicans. MORE
Dec. 20, 2013
Treasury Department warns Congress that government could run out of cash by late February or early March, setting up yet another showdown in Congress over raising or suspending the debt limit. MORE
Dec. 3, 2013
Treasury Department delays weekly auction of three-month and six-month Treasury bills because of error that occurred during test of its auction system. MORE
Sep. 7, 2013
European Union court throws out sanctions on seven Iranian companies, rejecting arguments that they were acting as front companies to bypass punitive measures; ruling comes as United States Treasury issues imposing new restrictions on a network of six individuals and four businesses linked to Iranian oil sales. MORE
Aug. 30, 2013
Floyd Norris High & Low Finance column analyzes implications of appeals court decision that prohibits Argentina from selectively paying back its vast number of creditors; notes that decision was strongly opposed by International Monetary Fund and United States Treasury Department, which warn that it could undermine norms of international debt restructurings and path to solvency for indebted countries. MORE
Jul. 25, 2013
Watchdog for Treasury Dept's Troubled Asset Relief Program reports banks and other mortgage servicers have accepted $815 million in taxpayer-funded incentives for helping homeowners who have since redefaulted on their home loans; more than third of homeowners who received loan modifications from TARP have since stopped paying. MORE
Jun. 18, 2013
Those awaiting a new, Slinky-like John Hancock upon their dollar bills may be disappointed by the Treasury secretary's official signature. MORE
May. 27, 2013
Close examination of conservative groups that claim to have been unfairly targeted by Internal Revenue Service reveals an array of election activities that tax experts say would provide legitimate basis for closer review; report issued by J Russell George, Treasury Department inspector general, asserting that IRS used inappropriate criteria has been disputed by former agency officials. MORE
May. 21, 2013
White House officials say they were first notified on April 16 about investigation into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups and discussed its findings with Treasury Department, but never told Pres Obama; say decision was made that it was 'not necessary or appropriate' to inform president of situation and that no action was taken to intervene. MORE
Apr. 10, 2013
Treasury Secretary Jacob J Lew's two-day effort to persuade European officials to consider shifting focus from austerity to growth is met with resistance, highlighting deep trans-Atlantic policy gulf that is likely to leave Europe as drag on global economy. MORE
Apr. 9, 2013
United States Treasury Department officials say that they have begun investigating whether Jay-Z and Beyonce violated trade embargo against Cuba by traveling to the island; officials say they are working in response to demands for more information about trip from Florida Reps Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart, both of whom are Cuban-American. MORE
Apr. 9, 2013
Treasury Sec Jacob J Lew urges European officials to adopt more growth-friendly policies; there is little indication, however, European Union is moving away from austerity path it has pursued to deal with debts and imbalances that emerged in 2008-9 financial crisis. MORE
Feb. 28, 2013
Senate easily confirms Pres Obama's choice for Treasury secretary, Jacob J Lew, following highly politicized confirmation vote for Chuck Hagel, new defense secretary. MORE
Feb. 27, 2013
Senate confirms Chuck Hagel as defense secretary after he survives bruising struggle with Republicans; Pres Obama's nominee to be Treasury secretary, Jacob J Lew, moves closer to approval with bipartisan support, suggesting Republican blockade against administration's second-term nominees is beginning to ease. MORE
Feb. 26, 2013
Jacob J Lew, Pres Obama's nominee to lead Treasury Department, received $685,000 in severance pay when he left New York University in 2006 to take a job at Citigroup; disclosure is receiving scrutiny from Senate Republicans, who are raising questions about why such a large bonus was given to an executive who left a tax-exempt university voluntarily. MORE
Feb. 26, 2013
Jacob J Lew, who is poised to appear before Senate panel as Pres Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary, is expected to be confirmed despite questions about his finances and payment for past work, including his tenure at Citigroup. MORE
Feb. 14, 2013
Jacob J Lew, Pres Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary, faces fierce questioning from Senate Finance Committee on his tenure at bailed-out Citigroup and on an investment based in the Cayman Islands; Lew parries blows and appears likely to win committee's approval and Senate confirmation. MORE
Feb. 3, 2013
Gretchen Morgenson Fair Game column assesses former Treasury Secretary Timothy F Geithner's accomplishments and shortcomings; contends that he helped America's big banks get back on their feet after financial crisis, but points out they were rarely on losing end; questions how much Geithner did to prevent future debacles. MORE
Jan. 13, 2013
Treasury Department says it will not mint trillion-dollar platinum coin to head off imminent battle with Congress over raising government's debt limit; says obscure law is meant to apply only to commemorative coins. MORE
Jan. 11, 2013
Outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy F Geithner is remarkably sanguine as he looks back on his tumultuous tenure. MORE
Jan. 10, 2013
Pres Obama will nominate his chief of staff and former budget director Jacob J Lew as secretary of Treasury; Lew has much less experience than predecessor Timothy F Geithner in international economics and financial markets, but has far more expertise in fiscal policy than Geithner did. MORE
Dec. 16, 2012
Editorial contends Pres Obama must choose Treasury secretary whose focus will be public need for broad and shared prosperity; calls for Treasury secretary whose main client is no longer big banks. MORE
Nov. 20, 2012
Editorial criticizes Treasury Dept for exempting foreign exchange derivatives from rules under Dodd-Frank reform law; warns that such exemptions could cause another banking crisis. MORE
Oct. 26, 2012
Treasury Dept says that SKDKnickerbocker, communications firm with close ties to Pres Obama, talked to administration about allowing tax breaks for its corporate clients on more than $1 trillion in offshore revenues; firm has insisted that it never lobbied senior Treasury officials. MORE
Oct. 26, 2012
Treasury economist rummaging in department's library discovers transcript of 1944 Bretton Woods conference, event that cast foundations of modern international monetary system; transcript provides new insight into the World War II meeting, at which 44 allied nations created the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. MORE
Aug. 18, 2012
Treasury Department will change the terms of its bailout agreement with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to shrink the holdings of the two mortgage giants more quickly, and will require payment to the government of all quarterly profits the companies earn. MORE
Aug. 4, 2012
Treasury Department announces that it expects to raise $5 billion from a sale of shares in the American International Group, cutting the government's stake in the company to 55 percent. MORE
May. 26, 2012
Treasury Department announces that China has made progress in allowing its currency to rise against the dollar, declining to accuse the nation of manipulating its currency to gain a trade advantage. MORE
May. 20, 2012
Gretchen Morgenson Fair Game column observes that while a Treasury analysis paints a glowing picture of the eventual outcome of the 2008 financial rescues, the cost of those efforts is not yet known; maintains that what was not included in the analysis, and what taxpayers deserve to know, was the value of the bailout subsidy provided by them as well as a hard-nosed cost-benefit analysis. MORE
May. 4, 2012
General Motors, with the Treasury Department still owning 26 percent of the company three years after its taxpayer bailout and bankruptcy, remains saddled with restrictions and lingering image problems in the eyes of some consumers; unless GM's share price rises significantly, the chances are slim the Obama administration will sell its 500 million shares before the November election. MORE
Apr. 7, 2012
Treasury Department orders heads of General Motors, Ally Financial and American International Group to take pay cuts, freezing their compensation at 2011 levels; all three companies have yet to repay bailout funds they received during the 2008 financial crisis, and their executives are subject to pay cuts as a result. MORE
Mar. 20, 2012
Treasury Department says it has finished selling the $225 billion in mortgage-backed securities it bought to help stabilize the markets during the worst of the financial crisis; $25 billion profit came from interest payments, principal and rising prices for the securities. MORE
Mar. 13, 2012
Treasury Department appears to be investigating fees received by prominent former American officials for speaking on behalf of an Iranian opposition group, the Mujahedeen Khalq, or People's Mujahedeen, an organization on State Dept's terrorist list. MORE
Feb. 3, 2012
Treasury Department issues new regulations intended to make it easier, and maybe less costly, for middle-class retirees to transfer money from their 401(k) account into an annuity that would guarantee payments until they die. MORE
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New York Installs Speed Cameras Near Schools
Mayor Bill de Blasio said 23 of devices are in use, and officials hope that by next year 140 will be operational.
September 3, 2014, Wednesday
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New Era in Safety When Cars Talk to One Another
A government-sponsored pilot program in Ann Arbor, Mich., is exploring the benefits that occur when vehicles can talk with one another, and their surroundings.
August 21, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND: Automobile Safety Features and Defects , Traffic Accidents and Safety , Driverless and Semiautonomous Vehicles , National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , Transportation Department (US) , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor (Mich)
Keep Planes a Quiet Space
Passengers do not really need to make phone calls at 30,000 feet.
August 9, 2014, Saturday
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Broadway Is Reined In by a Lower Speed Limit
The speed limit on Broadway, from 59th Street to 220th Street, was lowered on Monday to 25 miles per hour, a change that is part of the city's effort to limit traffic deaths.
August 5, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND: New York City , Deaths (Fatalities) , de Blasio, Bill , Traffic Accidents and Safety , Speed Limits and Speeding , Transportation Department (NYC) , Broadway (Manhattan, NY)
As a Neighborhood Mourns, a Call to Improve Pedestrian Safety Is Renewed
The death of Jean Chambers, struck by an S.U.V. on the Upper West Side this month, was the fourth pedestrian fatality in the neighborhood this year.
July 25, 2014, Friday
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U.S. Proposes Faster Changes in Oil Trains
The new rules lay out a faster timetable than expected to phase out old cars in response to a spate of derailments and spills involving oil trains in the last year.
July 24, 2014, Thursday
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Public Problems, Private Dollars: Obama Seeks Infrastructure Repair Money
With bridges and roadways in serious need of repair, and Congress unwilling to free up money, the White House is turning to other sources.
July 18, 2014, Friday
MORE ON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND: Obama, Barack , Transportation Department (US) , Wilmington (Del) , Infrastructure (Public Works) , United States Politics and Government , Highway Trust Fund
Vast Stretches of Minnesota Are Flooded as Swollen Rivers Overflow
After heavy winter snows and torrential spring rains, floods spread throughout the state, from Canada to Iowa.
June 25, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND: Rain , Transportation Department (US) , Floods , National Weather Service , Mississippi River , Minnesota , Dayton, Mark B , Rivers
New Rail Car Standards Anticipated for Autumn
The Transportation Department has been under pressure to overhaul safety rules after a series of train crashes involving rail tank cars that carry crude oil.
June 25, 2014, Wednesday
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Agency Aims to Regulate Map Aids in Vehicles
In an effort to curb distracted driving, a measure in a proposed bill would specify that Transportation Department could regulate smartphone map apps and systems built into cars.
June 16, 2014, Monday
MORE ON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND: Global Positioning System , Navigation , United States Politics and Government , National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , Automobile Safety Features and Defects , Maps , Mobile Applications , Smartphones , Driver Distraction and Fatigue , Regulation and Deregulation of Industry , Transportation Department (US)
The Future of Safe Driving
The University of Michigan is rolling out a program sponsored by the Department of Transportation that would enable cars to electronically communicate with each other and the road.
G.M. Consent Order Over Ignition Defect
Federal regulators announced that General Motors would pay $35 million in a civil settlement with the federal government over its failure to report in a timely manner a defective ignition switch in 2.6 million cars.
2012 Leak Detection Study
A study found that emergency responders or members of the public were more likely to detect hazardous liquid pipeline spills than pipeline companies themselves.
U.S. Limits Tarmac Waits for Passengers
New York Times reporter Matthew L. Wald discusses the new fines airlines will face if their planes sit on the runway for more then three hours without letting passengers off.
U.S. Limits Tarmac Waits for Passengers
New York Times reporter Matthew L. Wald discusses the new fines airlines will face if their planes sit on the runway for more then three hours without letting passengers off.
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The primaries, the debates and the campaigning are all out of the way. The only thing that is left to do is vote -- but chances are, your polling place may have changed due to redistricting.
"If you have not been to your polling place since the last presidential election, there's a good chance that it did change," Casey Carl, Minneapolis City Clerk, warned.
Election officials have been hard at work, delivering voting supplies to thousands of places across the state, but many of those locations were moved after the state's districts changed following the 2012 census. In fact, thousands of Minnesotans will cast their ballots inside a new polling place. So, how do voters know where to go?
All registered voters should have received a card in the mail to confirm their current polling place, but even that's no guarantee.
The best way to avoid wasting your time is to log onto mnvotes.org and type in your address to find out exactly where to go. You can also get a copy of a sample ballot to review before leaving home.
For those who do mistakenly go to the wrong location, the first person to greet you should be able to help point you in the right direction.
"This greeter, as the name implies, will be talking to people as they come into the poling place and making sure that folks are in the right place," explained Ramsey County Elections Manager Joe Mansky. "If they're not, then we'll have the directions for them to go to the correct polling place."
As for when is the best time to vote, Carl recommends avoiding peak hours to avoid long lines.
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On Thursday, April 1, 2010, Adel Kobeissi, better known as "Alex" was murdered on Detroit's west side. He was wrapping up a hard day at work leaving his Sunoco station on Puritan and Schaefer Highway at 9:45pm. As he walked to his white van parked in front of the gas station a man with a gun walked up, shot him, and stole the bag of cash he was carrying. Kobeissi was 51 years old.
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Air Force Veteran Elected to Lead Veterans of Foreign Wars
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 24, 2014) — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States concluded its 115th national convention yesterday with the election of the new VFW National Commander, John W. Stroud.
Stroud served in the U.S. Air Force from 1976-1997, including a tour in Korea in 1992-1993 with the 51st Fighter Wing at Osan Air Base as a Flight Operations Superintendent. His decorations include four Meritorious Service Medals, three Air Force Commendation Medals, three Air Force Achievement Medals, the Korea Defense Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.
He is a resident of Hawthorne, Nev., and a Gold Legacy Life Member of Post 2313, and has served the VFW in a number of leadership positions including Nevada Department Commander and Chairman of the National Veterans Service Committee.
During his acceptance speech, Stroud addressed the recent VA crisis stating, "the VA is a health care system worth saving that right now must identify and fix what's broken … that needs to hold people appropriately accountable to the fullest extent of the law … and a system that must restore the faith of veterans in their VA. He added that he is confident Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson and nominee Bob McDonald—if confirmed—will not make the same mistake as the previous VA Secretary who simply trusted his employees to the point of his demise.
Stroud recounted his first experience with the VFW, stopping in Post 10047 in Las Vegas, Nev., after seeing a sign that read 'Active Duty Military Welcome.' Dressed in fatigues, he entered the Post and was immediately welcomed. Surrounded by his comrades, he learned of the organization's many programs and services, and he knew he wanted in.
"Comrades, I share my story to encourage you to tell your own stories to others. A great part of the VFW story involves the relevance between different generations, and the ability to educate others about who we are, what we do, and who we do it for," he said.
Stroud had high praise for members' work and VFW programs, citing several outstanding instances of disaster relief, troop support and veterans resource efforts. He commended those who worked with the U.S. European Command to operate a Visitor's Center for hundreds of American D-Day veterans and thousands of visitors who were in Normandy for the 70th anniversary of the landing, and praised the Ladies Auxiliary for its donations to cancer research which now total $30 million.
"One of the best things about being a National Officer is I get to brag about the VFW wherever I go … to the troops, to veterans, their families, nonveterans and politicians, too," he said.
VFW National Commander Testifies Before Congress
During today's [Wednesday's] testimony before a joint hearing of the Senate and House Veterans Affairs Committees, the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) expressed the organization's deep concern over America's disregard for veterans.
"What concerns the VFW and patriots everywhere is that America has forgotten that OUR NATION IS STILL AT WAR," explained William A. Thien, commander-in-chief of the VFW. "We have 38,000 men and women stationed inside Afghanistan fighting to ensure the country doesn't become a terrorist training ground again. We have another 30,000 stationed in South Korea helping to preserve a 61-year-old ceasefire that is looking more and more tenuous. We have tens of thousands more service members stationed abroad helping to bring peace and stability, and humanitarian assistance when and where it's needed."
Thien went on to address the war now being waged on American soil as well, reminding lawmakers of the ongoing veterans' fight to retain their promised benefits and Quality of Life programs. He noted the passage of the recent COLA penalty, an initiative that VFW was adamantly against since its introduction late last year. "Some believe the cost of war ends when the last troops leave Afghanistan. We know this is not true, and that is why we need a fully funded state-of-the-art VA health care system, benefits programs and cemetery system."
He pledged that the more than 1.9 million members of the VFW and its Auxiliaries will fight to preserve the safety and security of America and the viability of its All-Volunteer Military. He also vowed to fight attempts to force veterans, service members and their families to shoulder an unfair share of the nation's debt, and promised to continue the fight for adequate funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as for advance appropriations for its programs.
Thien explained to Congress that the VFW's mission is to ensure that a nation that creates veterans fulfills its sacred duty to care for them when they return home. "The VFW exists to serve veterans, and that includes representing them in Washington where the voice of one veteran is often overlooked and the voice of servicemen and women is prohibited.
"Everything the VFW wants costs money, but everything the VFW wants is for someone else—someone from every city and town in every congressional district, and in every state and territory who swore an oath of allegiance to protect and defend our great country and its Constitution," Thien stated.
VFW Announces 2013-2014 National Youth Scholarship Contest Winners
The winners of the VFW and Ladies Auxiliary sponsored Voice of Democracy audio-essay competition and the Patriot's Pen essay competition were announced yesterday[Monday] during the 2014 VFW Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.
The Voice of Democracy program celebrated its 67th year with this year's theme, "Why I'm Optimistic About Our Nation's Future." The first-place winner, Madison Haley, sponsored by VFW Post 777 and Ladies Auxiliary in Mount Pulaski, Ill., received an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., where she was presented with the T.C. Selman Memorial Scholarship Award in the amount of $30,000. The second-place winner, Grace Speas, sponsored by VFW Post 10097 and Ladies Auxiliary in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., received the $16,000 Charles Kuralt Memorial Scholarship Award. The third-place winner, Luke Ball, sponsored by VFW Post 2573 and Ladies Auxiliary in Wilmington, N.C., received the $10,000 VFW Scholarship Award. All other state winners received at least a $1,000 college scholarship. More than 40,000 students participated in this year's competition.
Read Madison Haley's award-winning essay.
See the complete list of all winners.
The Patriot's Pen program is designed to foster patriotism by allowing students the opportunity to express their opinions on democracy based on an annual theme, this year's being, "What Patriotism Means to Me." The first-place winner, Alexis Canen, sponsored by VFW Post 1125 and Ladies Auxiliary in Glendive, Mont., received an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., where she received a $5,000 award. The second-place winner, Noelle Nakaoka, sponsored by VFW Post 2875 in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, will receive a $4,000 award. The third-place winner, Olivia Leising, sponsored by VFW Post 9357 in Cambridge, Neb., will receive a $3,500 award. More than 111,000 students participated in this year's competition.
Read Alexis Canen's award-winning essay.
See list of all winners.
2014: A Message from the VFW Commander-in-Chief
This year promises to be a momentous one for America's veterans and its warriors. Issues affecting those in and out of uniform will be on the front burner on Capitol Hill.
Two events in 2014 will no doubt put veterans and the armed forces in the national limelight: congressional elections and withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The ending of a war is always a watershed in history, and this one should be no exception.
Achieving such a milestone will attract publicity that should be maximized to the benefit of the Afghanistan War's veterans and their families. While the media is focused on the political ramifications of the combat disengagement, we should draw attention to the needs of the youngest generation of war vets.
Recently, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told the 47,000 GIs remaining in Afghanistan: "I know more than occasionally you wonder if anybody's paying attention, or if anybody cares, but we do."
Hagel may have been speaking on behalf of the American people in general, but his words could have been our own. This is all part of our commitment to "fully support U.S. troops and their mission to prosecute the war on terrorism."
VFW's Priority Goals include a host of issues—health care, housing, education, employment, transition assistance and military quality-of-life as a whole—that are perfectly relevant to those on active duty today. Each and every one of these goals is being pursued with vigor by our Washington Office staff.
Thanksgiving Thank You from the Veterans of Foreign Wars
The National Office of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has created a special Thanksgiving "Thank You" message for all VFW Service Officers, Members and supporters.
VFW Vows to Help the Families of Fallen Heroes
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, America's largest organization of combat veterans, has announced that its official charity, the VFW Foundation, is taking urgent action to help the families of fallen U.S. service members. Because of the federal government shutdown, the Pentagon is withholding a $100,000 death gratuity payment that is usually given to relatives of the deceased. Such payments stopped effective September 30, 2013 at 11:59 p.m.
William A. Thien, VFW Commander-in-Chief, called the delay "disgusting and shameful" and stated that, "It is absolutely appalling and nothing short of a travesty that elected officials continue to receive paychecks and benefits while not providing for those who deserve it most." While imploring the Congress and the President to "immediately resolve this issue" he has directed financial resources be made available from the VFW's Unmet Needs program which is funded through the VFW Foundation to help affected military families.
Established in 2004, Unmet Needs has granted over $4.7 million to military service personnel and their families for expenses due to rent, mortgage, utilities, vehicle repair, medical expenses and food/basic assistance.
Unmet Needs funds would be made directly available to the families of fallen service members to help with their bills, travel and other pressing financial concerns.
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Dear Mr. President, Speaker Boehner, Representative Pelosi, Leader Reid and Senator McConnell:
The United States federal government is ending Day Three of a shutdown that both political parties created. On behalf of 22 million veterans and 2.3 million service members and their families, I urge all of you to start doing what's best for the country and not your own political interests. Every American is or will feel the effects of this budget impasse, but I am writing to you concerning the effects on our nation's veterans, our military personnel and their families.
The lack of a budget prevents countless veterans from taking advantage of transition assistance programs provided by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Labor. The lack of a budget will increase the VA claims backlog, and stop VA disability compensation and survivor benefit payments to millions of combat-wounded veterans and widows because Congress won't extend the department's authorization into the new fiscal year. Many of these heroes depend on those payments to pay for their daily living expenses.
Our national security is threatened and at risk because of the lack of a defense budget and the ongoing sequester. Training is what makes our military the strongest in the world, but without a budget, aircraft are being grounded, ships are staying in port, and our Army and Marine Corps ground forces are not receiving the necessary training they need to successfully accomplish their assigned missions and, more importantly, to survive to do it again. We are also hearing the intelligence community is affected by the government shutdown, too. Haven't we all learned the lessons of 9/11? National Security and those who defend us cannot be shortchanged.
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WASHINGTON — The national legislative committee of America's oldest and largest major war veterans' organization concluded its fall meeting here Wednesday with a direct message to all 535 members of Congress: "Finish Strong for Veterans."
"It's a message to Congress that the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is watching, and so is the entire nation," said VFW National Commander William A. Thien, a Vietnam veteran from Georgetown, Ind.
"The federal government's new fiscal year begins in 11 days, but the Defense Department still doesn't know what their FY 2014 budget will be, or if they will have to operate under the strict rules of another continuing resolution and for how long," he explained. "DOD also faces the mandatory sequester, which more than doubles the $487 billion in savings that the department is already required to produce over the next decade.
"This is having a perilous impact on military personnel, readiness and training, and on family Quality of Life issues," said Thien. "And the continuing call for a one percent military pay raise, higher healthcare fees for military retirees, and changing the overall military retirement system is bringing additional stress to a military force in transition while it's still fighting a war."
The VFW national commander said finding a workable solution to the budget sequestration topped the list of five critical issues that VFW legislative committee members took to their congressional delegations. "We know it has to be done now," he said, "because 2014 is an election year, which means the attention of the entire House and a third of the Senate will be divided between doing the people's work and getting reelected."
Navy Veteran Elected to Lead the VFW
Members of the nation's largest organization of combat veterans have elected U.S. Navy and Vietnam veteran, William A. "Bill" Thien to lead the 1.6 million member organization.
William A. "Bill" Thien, a resident of Georgetown, Ind., was elected VFW National Commander on July 24, 2013, in Louisville, Ky., during the 114th VFW National Convention.
Thien served in the U.S. Navy from 1969-1974 and served five years in the Indiana National Guard. His decorations include the Vietnam Service Medal with 3 stars, Vietnam Campaign Medal with 1960 Bar, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea), National Defense Service Medal and several from the National Guard.
During his acceptance speech, he praised the hard work of VFW members and encouraged them not to be overly modest in spreading the word about the organization's accomplishments.
"We have far too many military people and veterans who believe that it's the Pentagon or the President or the Congress who are responsible for their military and disability pay increases or other Quality of Life improvements. We have to tell our story. You tell them that every new program, pay or benefit that they now enjoy is due to the lobbying we do to create them.
"What makes the Veterans of Foreign Wars great is the quality of our people who unselfishly dare to make a personal difference in the lives of fellow comrades, communities and nation. Caring for others, comrades, is what makes the VFW so great … and I hope you continue to spread the word to everyone," he explained.
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Direct injury, such as cuts, can occur to the spinal cord, especially if the bones or the disks have been weakened. Fragments of bone (for example, from broken vertebrae, which are the spine bones) or fragments of metal (such as from a traffic accident or gunshot) can cut or damage the spinal cord.
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Bleeding, fluid buildup, and swelling can occur inside or outside the spinal cord (but within the spinal canal). The buildup of blood or fluid can press on the spinal cord and damage it.
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Older people with weakened spines (from osteoporosis) may be more likely to have a spinal cord injury. Patients who have other medical problems (stroke or prostate cancer, for example) that make them more likely to fall may also be more susceptible.
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Routine bowel care often takes one hour or more each day. Most people with spinal cord injury must perform bladder catheterization regularly.
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OpenGL 3.3 / GLSL 3.30 Lands For Intel Sandy Bridge On Mesa
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AMD's RadeonSI Gallium3D Driver Sees Some Improvements
Marek Olšák has published another big set of fixes/improvements to the open-source RadeonSI Gallium3D driver.
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Besides the Wayland 1.6 release and other exciting Linux news today, Mesa 10.3 is another exciting open-source milestone achieved today.
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GNOME 3.13.92 Officially Released
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Wasteland 2 Officially Launched Today, Including For Linux Gamers
Besides the Linux release of Tropico 5, also available as of today is the official release of Wasteland 2, which is coming twenty-five years after the release of the original Wasteland.
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Tropico 5 Launches On Steam For Linux
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The Intel Core i7 5960X Continues Running Great On Linux
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Geometry Shaders, OpenGL 3.2 Land In Mesa For Intel Sandy Bridge
Those still running Intel "Sandy Bridge" processors with integrated HD Graphics will be ecstatic this morning that the Mesa driver has taken a leap forward.
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Wayland & Weston 1.6 Released
The latest quarterly update to Wayland and its Weston compositor are now available! Wayland/Weston 1.6.0 is another important milestone now crossed in delivering a next-generation Linux display experience.
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Tizen Smartphones Reported To Launch In November
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NVIDIA Releases The 343.22 Linux Driver With GTX 980 Support
NVIDIA has once again managed same-day Linux support for their newest graphics processors.
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NVIDIA Launches The GTX 980: The High-End Maxwell Beauty
This morning NVIDIA lifted the lid on the GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980 graphics cards as the new high-end offerings based on their extremely promising Maxwell architecture.
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18 September
X.Org Server Shatter Project Fails
As some more unfortunate X.Org news tonight besides the very low turnout thus far for the X.Org OPW women project, the latest attempt at Shatter support for the X.Org Server failed.
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X.Org Women Outreach Program Only Turns Up Two Applicants So Far
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Ubuntu Touch/Phone Reaches Its First RTM Image
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The KMS Mode-Setting Driver Was Imported For X.Org Server 1.17
We have the newest feature of X.Org Server 1.17.
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Graphics Driver Changes Coming In The Linux 3.18 Kernel
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RadeonSI GLAMOR Benchmarks With X.Org Server 1.16
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Tropico 5 Being Released For Linux Gamers This Week
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Intel Userptr Support Added To Mesa's DRM Library
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We all know how much you deserved that vacation, L. Don't be sorry. I'm glad you had a great time.
We all know how much you deserved that vacation, L. Don't be sorry. I'm glad you had a great time.
Me (40) DH (47) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
OMG so much blue!!! It's gorgeous!
Lydia that pool picture looks like something that would be in magazine under a title, "Mom's who've got it Together" or something. It looks like you had fun! I would give almost anything for a few days of pools and sunshine.
We aren't doing much. This morning, after me being up periodically all night with Sawyer and dbf said, "Are we going to try to stay up until midnight tonight" and I mouthed "f*** no" over my coffee. I could see he was chuckling when he walked away. lol I am just a walking zombie these days!
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No! Make us jealous! I want to see more pics. It's fabulous you got a vacation, Lydia. We're all super happy for you.
I'm jealous of Chrissy's boobs too so don't feel bad
I am jealous too....wish mine were smaller like that
L those pics are gorgeous!!!! I wanna go. Saying that as we have a winter weather advisory tonight. Blech.
Umm, DH and I are playing with legos. Building a fire station with a ton of detail...over 2k pieces and for ages 16+. Also have a bottle of red wine in the frig...and yeah I know red should be warm but I like it cold better. Probably will watch the ball drop too. And I'm making a hamburger/tomato/pasta/veggie soup for dinner with french bread. Might watch Dexter too...still need to finish the last 3 of the season.
Seriously - that's what I was thinking when I was looking at your "What Shall I Wear?" thread.
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/939276.../#.Tv-djZgcqR8 There's nothing more disappointing than ordering a bottle of wine that hasn't been cellared correctly. I sound so snooty!
I love a lightly chilled bottle of a light red, like a Pinot Noir. It doesn't taste as "hot" from the alcohol, smoother and you can actually taste all the different notes when it is chilled correctly. Yum.
We are having a lot of champagne tonight. ETA for guests: 1.75 hours and counting. JoJo's at my mom's house and I just got done with a run which was so nice (even though it was difficult since I haven't gone for a run very much in the last three weeks). Now to clean up a bit, fold laundry, etc. Probably sit here for a while surfing. '
I am glad to be done with the holiday season. I did that awful slog of a show again this year to make sure that it was as bad as I thought and it sure is. Won't be doing it again. I actually feel a little giddy and a lot like a huge weight is lifted off knowing that I am free from that obligation. And I may just stop doing eggs except for every once in a while. I work pretty hard on it and the monetary payoff is ridiculously low (though I appreciate those of you who have bought some - thank you!). If I am going to work so hard on something then I think it should pay more. So now I am trying to figure out what I can do that might be a little more financially rewarding. But I always do this in january and by Easter I am roped back in to the eggs. I just don't work well with a boss or coworkers. I'm not a team player and I hate politics. I just want to do something by myself in a little room without supervision or company. Any ideas?
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
Hm, L , I think you have it with the eggs.
You could definitely do research ... But there's a lot of politics with that.
Me (40) DH (47) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
I have no idea. I remember being told over and over by my guidance counselor to "do what you love" for work when I was in high school and thinking "I love to pet kittens. And squander free time. Any chance I can get paid for that?"
Now I realize I really just want to make the most amount of money for the least amount of work, so I have more free time to play with Abbey (and our kitties)
L, your vacation pictures are beautiful! I've never had any real desire to visit Mexico but after seeing your photos, I've put it on my list of places I'd like to visit. There are just so many beautiful countries to visit, aren't there?
We went out and watched Mission Impossible last night. Tom Cruise might be 50 but he is still one of my favourite celebrities to look at (he's number 4 behind Leo DiCaprio, Jude Law, and Elijah Wood.) When we got home, Charlie's Angels was on tv, so we watched that and I fell asleep on the couch just before midnight.
Katy, that's really interesting about the red wine. My British family are snobs when it comes to wine and they always insist on red wine being warm. The last time we were in Spain, we went out to eat one night and they couldn't believe that the restaurant didn't have any unrefridgerated wine. But you know what Brits are like for drinking lukewarm drinks. It's like they have a genetic aversion to ice.
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Dbf puts ice in his red wine. I like mine room temp, or the fridge is fine, but no ice.
I got up to nurse Sawyer in the middle of our movie last night and never came back. Next thing I knew I was waking with him again and it was 2:30. Oops!
Baby S. had a couple of soupy poops several days in a row so I fed him extra cheese yesterday in hopes of reversing that trend, and he spent all night crying and clutching his bum and yelling "POO POO POO POO MOMMY DADDY MOMMY DADDY POO POO!" It is now 6:30 AM and he just passed a very large very firm regretting-all-that-cheese bm. I feel like I saw midnight come and go in a lot of different time zones last night. And so did poor Baby S.
Here's hoping 2012 brings a new level of peace to all of us.
I was telling dh about Gwen's reading during a particularly loud point around 4:30 AM, about the higher resting heart rate and emotional lability early on showing greater emotional and social and behavioral skills later. I actually don't have Baby S's heart rate for comparison, but you might remember I had the twins on heart rate monitors for six months so I could say with confidence that DD had a higher resting heart rate than DS. Anyway, Baby S. is SO much more emotional than even DD was. Much happier and much sadder. DH laughed and said if it corresponded with an increase of skills compared to the level of emotionality, he was going to be president someday.
The other day, both twins were being really defiant. They are having a very noticeable time sitting still lately. Can't stay in their seats even for a minute at the table, are constantly wiggly, can't walk without hopping or skipping, can't brush their teeth without doing it upside down off the back of the couch or running around. They've been telling us "NO" when we ask them to do simple things like take their pajamas off and put their clothes on, or let's put the toys away and get ready to go for a walk (things they normally like to do). Anyway, dh was getting really frustrated at bedtime as they kept being squirmy and refusing to do things, and I took over as he took the baby into our room. I felt completely calm, peaceful, placid. I put them in time out when they both pushed against the bedroom door to try to keep me out, but I didn't feel upset. I was still calm. I didn't take it personally. I kept getting them ready for bed, reined them in when I needed to, loved them, understood that they were feeling antsy but tried to help them quiet down. I felt serene. I read to them, tucked them in, kissed them goodnight, and even though they were still wiggly and a little loud as I left the room, I still felt completely loving and calm as I closed the door. Not like me.
I realized later that I used to feel like this all the time, before Baby S. was born. I could have completely frustrating days, with babies running in two different directions, crying fests, poo-splosions, bath crises, etc. and I would still essentially feel sort of calm and loving toward them even as I handled everything and dealt with any discipline issues in a controlled manner. Since Baby S. was born, I haven't felt this serenity in the face of kid antics until the other night. Unfortunately, it's gone already. I wish I could recapture it. It was so nice. It gives me a little flash of hope, though, that the loss of serenity is due to postpartum depression, since it coincided so completely with the birth of Baby S. and the thoughts of crashing my car into something, and maybe I will get it back.
beanpop (Karen) sent me the missing Doctor Who yesterday and we watched it last night. I'm afraid we were drinking at that point, so I didn't follow it very well, but it was good to see David Tennant again. Did you know he got married yesterday to the girl who played his daughter? The blonde? Kind of creepy I think, but really cool. And her father is one of the original doctors, I believe. I love how Tennant always wanted to be on Doctor Who since he was a kid and then he ended up doing it and also tying in his real life to the show. Talk about devotion!
ANYWAY, last night was kind of weird. I made the fried ravioli and chicken alfredo pizza, except I came up short with the amount of chicken I cooked off, so I put shrimp on the other half. DH wasn't impressed. I wish he hadn't told me Italian was okay if he didn't really want it. He does that a lot, he agrees to what I want to do, because sometimes it's hard for me to make decisions and I think he is just so glad when I do, that he doesn't argue even if he doesn't really like the idea. But I felt upset that I put a good bit of effort into it to be met with lukewarm approval.
Happy new year everyone! I hope this year is a great one for you all.
L, I actually thought of Baby S when I read that part of the article I mentioned. You have talked a lot about his emotional reactions. Between that and that language skills, I can't wait to see how he grows up!
That makes me so sad to think of you getting your "calm" back and thinking it isn't like you. Hopefully you will feel more yourself (the calm self) soon.
Kate, how frustrating about your DH and the dinner.
Me (40) DH (47) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
Lydia, I need a little of that serenity too. DH was wondering if it was the new pills I started a couple weeks ago making me more tense but basically I think I'm fed up with a lot of things. I've been trying to hang on and stay positive but lately I've been in more of a "**** it, it's going to be another long day" mood. IDK if it's the pills talking or just a sense of, what's that word, when you kind of accept that things are how they are. Resigning. I know that's sad but that's kind of how I feel lately.
For those of you who don't get around to facebook often I just posted a link to a UU parenting blog that one of my UU friends linked to. It looks really useful for secular parenting in general. http://blogs.uuworld.org/parenting/?h3
Big hugs Lydia. I hope that you're able to recapture that feeling of serenity as time progresses.
Glad you enjoyed the episode Kate! It's definitely a weird one but I love DT so much. I can't believe he actually married that chick! I knew they had been dating and that her father was like the 5th doctor right? She's pretty but it's kind of creepy at the same time. She definitely doesn't look 27
That sucks your DH didn't like your dinner. I think it sounds amazing personally. Mmm shrimp on pizza.
We ended up having Red Baron for dinner and lots and lots of alcohol. We did three car bombs a piece (one for new years in each time zone ) then we had two "ginger jacks" (ginger ale and honey Jack)...then we split a bottle of champagne. I was pretty toasted by the end of the night. It sure was fun though! And we got to enjoy the downtown fireworks show from our back windows at midnight which was pretty awesome.


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