Veterans for America Daily Report

Fiscal Responsibility

Predatory Lenders Hit 20 Percent of Soldiers
Pentagon sees risk in troops' loan debt: As many as one in five members of the armed services are being preyed on by loan centers set up near military bases that can charge cash-strapped military families interest of 400% or more, a new Pentagon report has found.

DoD Objects to Adopting VA's Computerized Health Records System

Despite congressional urging, DOD insists the VA system does not meet its needs. Some members of Congress have increased their efforts to persuade the Defense Department to adopt the Department of Veterans Affairs’ electronic health records system — or develop a DOD version using the same software — after a top Pentagon official said the department doesn’t believe the VA’s system would meet DOD’s needs.

Iran

Bush Says Iran Will Face Consequences for U.N. Defiance
President Bush said today there "must be consequences" for Iran's "defiance and delay" in responding to U.N. demands it stop enriching uranium.

Iraq War

Iraqi Forces Not Ready Yet, U.S. General Says
Troops need a year or more before they will be able to take over from the Americans, Casey says. Meanwhile, the civilian death toll grows.

Op-Ed: A Familiar Road to Disaster
Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld took to the road this week trying to sell the message that Iraq is part of the war on terrorism and that anyone who thinks differently is morally or intellectually challenged.

AWOL Iraq War Veteran Surrenders at Fort Hood
A year and a half after going AWOL before his second deployment to Iraq, a Soldier surrendered at Fort Hood on Thursday with a dozen war protesters by his side.  Army Spc. Mark Wilkerson said he was tired of running and sought help from Cindy Sheehan's protest camp in nearby Crawford, which helps educate Soldiers about their rights as war resisters.

Prisoner Abuse and Torture

No Death Penalty for Marine in Death of Iraqi Civilian
The government will not seek the death penalty against a Marine Corps private who is among eight service members charged with murder and other crimes in the shooting of an Iraqi civilian, a military prosecutor said Wednesday.  Lt. Col. John Baker announced the prosecution's position during a hearing for Pfc. John J. Jodka III, 20.

New blogs on Veterans for America today:

Iraq Fiasco Leads to Enormous Iran Catastrophe
Posted By Posted By Paul Sullivan at 7:29 AM

Leave No Veteran Behind Convoy kicks off in Kansas
Posted By Posted By Robert Hanafin at 11:03 AM

Lie by Lie:
Posted By Posted By Jim Starowicz at 9:19 AM

Republicans Set to Cut in Half Budget for Center for War-Related Brain Injuries
Posted By Posted By Corpsman1 at 4:45 AM

Do Repugs Get It?
Posted By Posted By Corpsman1 at 10:39 PM

rummy TakeDown
Posted By Posted By Jim Starowicz at 10:28 PM

Americans are Sacrificing!!!!!!
Posted By Posted By Lee at 9:50 PM

This Coming Sunday on 60Min.
Posted By Posted By Jim Starowicz at 9:03 PM

Questions abound as the impropriaties of the Bush admin. mount.
Posted By Posted By Mark Killam at 3:20 PM

Combat vets much more likely to divorce
Posted By Posted By Carol Schultz Vento at 1:49 PM

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