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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blog.newsweek.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>New Ad Tells Vets They're Not Alone, Offers Social Networking</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/soldiershome/archive/2008/11/24/new-ad-tells-vets-they-re-not-alone-offers-social-networking.aspx</link><description>Sometimes one needs to restate the obvious to point out what's right in front of us. That's what New York Times columnist Bob Herbert did recently when he wrote these words : With so much attention understandably focused on the economy and the incoming</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)</generator><item><title>re: New Ad Tells Vets They're Not Alone, Offers Social Networking</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/soldiershome/archive/2008/11/24/new-ad-tells-vets-they-re-not-alone-offers-social-networking.aspx#815672</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:20:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:815672</guid><dc:creator>giblogger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;“VA quickly determined that they have been caught performing what can only be described as illegal activities”.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New Yorkers and fellow veterans, this government regional office serves over 800,000 vets living in New York State. 800,000! Read the articles and demand answers from your local, state and federal representatives. Is this how we treat Veterans in New York!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“This is criminal activity that has been known and ignored by managers at the least and actively supported and encouraged by managers at worst.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“The intentional destruction of evidence that impacted the lives of God only knows how many of us was apparently routine, an accepted part of the daily business at your VA.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“We will never be able to prove how long this had been going on nor will we be able to prove the extent of the true damage done.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; “We must demand to know what has happened to the employees who were caught.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;www.newsday.com/news/printedition/longisland/ny-liva22235939106nov23,0,5524668.story?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfnov08/nf111708-1.htm"&gt;http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfnov08/nf111708-1.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Quotes taken from a post by Larry Scott at vawatchdog.com&lt;/p&gt;
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