Protesters lie under ambulance during eviction of war vet

After a brief reprieve from an eviction, the King County Sheriff’s Office removed a disabled Vietnam veteran and his family from their West Seattle home, but this time, activists staged what they called an “eviction blockade” and blocked an ambulance outside the home.

Activists from the organization Standing Against Foreclosure and Eviction stood on the porch and chanted when a deputy arrived to serve the court-ordered eviction notice to Jean and Byron Barton again on Friday.

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VFW National Commander Takes Action Against Continued Government Shutdown & Veterans Field Guide To Government Shut Down

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The Pay Our Veterans and Seniors First Act


SEE BELOW:  Veterans Field Guide to Government Shut Down 

We expect more from our elected leadership, and not a piecemeal approach that would use the military or disabled veterans as leverage in a political game.

VFW National Commander Takes Action Against Government Shutdown by Agent Orange Legacy

Veterans Field Guide To Government Shut Down by Agent Orange Legacy

NEWS FROM AGENT ORANGE ZONE

Orange Crush - Part 4

Part IV of our veterans’ exposure to herbicides during the Vietnam War.

In addition to the planned dumps of herbicides, accidental and intentional dumps of defoliants over populated areas and into the water supplies was not unusual, according to government documents.

A memorandum for the record dated October 31, 1967, and signed by Col. W.T. Moseley, chief of MACV's Chemical Operations Division, reported an emergency dump of herbicide far from the intended target.  At approximately 1120 hours, October 29, 1967, aircraft #576 made an emergency dump of herbicide in Long Khanh Province due to failure of one engine and loss of power in the other. Approximately 1,000 gallons of herbicide WHITE were dumped from an altitude of 2,500 feet. No mention was made of wind speed or direction, but chemicals dropped from that height had the potential to drift a long way. 

 

 

 

Wounded Vets Deserve Better Than Anthony Principi

 "Shouldn't there be a cutoff date—either in age or years since service in Vietnam—for disabilities that may be related to Agent Orange? At some point, the system now goes far beyond what the law requires—resolving reasonable doubt about the degree of disability in favor of the veteran, after careful consideration of all available data—as Veterans Affairs is required to do."
Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2001 - 2005

The Law

§3.102  Reasonable doubt.

            It is the defined and consistently applied policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs to administer the law under a broad interpretation, consistent, however, with the facts shown in every case. When, after careful consideration of all procurable and assembled data, a reasonable doubt arises regarding service origin, the degree of disability, or any other point, such doubt will be resolved in favor of the claimant. 

Important Cost-of-Living Legislation Awaits Final Vote in Senate

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Please Write to Your Senators Today!

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (VT) introduced a bill on May 8, 2013, S. 893, that if enacted into law would affect cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) in VA compensation and pension benefit payments, effective on December 1, 2013, for the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) for the survivors of certain disabled veterans. The Committee favorably reported the bill on September 4, 2013 to the full Senate. We are pleased to advise you that, for the first time in more than 20 years, this bill does not contain the round-down provision of previous years that reduced compensation and pension payments by millions of dollars – all at the expense of disabled veterans and their families. DAV strongly supports S. 893.

Please use the prepared electronic letter or draft your own to urge your Senator to cosponsor S. 893, and to urge the Senate Leadership to bring this bill to the floor of the Senate for a vote as soon as possible.

As always, we appreciate your support of DAV and your grassroots activism in participating in DAV CAN, the Commander's Action Network. Your advocacy helps make DAV a highly influential and persuasive organization in Washington.

Thank you for all you do for America's veterans and their families.