enhanced_deficit
08-09-2015, 12:37 PM
This apparently has been going for couple of years but no one talks about transparency on this war cost issue.. not even the "left wingy" uncontrolled US media owners?
VA Stops Releasing Data On Injured Vets As Total Reaches Grim Milestone
By Jamie Reno on November 01 2013 12:43 AM EDT
The United States has likely reached a grim but historic milestone in the war on terror: 1 million veterans injured from the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. But you haven't heard this reported anywhere else. Why? Because the government is no longer sharing this information with the public.
All that can be said with any certainty is that as of last December more than 900,000 service men and women had been treated at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics since returning from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the monthly rate of new patients to these facilities as of the end of 2012 was around 10,000. Beyond that, the picture gets murky. In March, VA abruptly stopped releasing statistics on non-fatal war casualties to the public. However, experts say that there is no reason to suspect the monthly rate of new patients has changed.
VA ceased to disclose this data despite President Obama’s second-term campaign pledge that his administration would be open and transparent.
http://www.ibtimes.com/va-stops-rele...lusive-1449584 (http://www.ibtimes.com/va-stops-releasing-data-injured-vets-total-reaches-grim-milestone-exclusive-1449584)
Iraq/Afghanistan wars disabled 624,000 US troops , Divorces up 42%, Foreclosures up 217% (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?424803-Iraq-Afghanistan-wars-disabled-624-000-US-troops-Divorces-up-42-Foreclosures-up-217&)
Suicide Rate Among Vets and Active Duty Military Jumps - Now 22 A Day (http://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniehaiken/2013/02/05/22-the-number-of-veterans-who-now-commit-suicide-every-day/)
(http://www.forbes.com/.../22-the-number-of-veterans-who-now-com...%E2%80%8E)www.forbes.com/.../22-the-number-of-veterans-who-now-com...
Feb 5, 2013 - Veterans now commit suicide at the rate of 22 a day, or almost one an hour. Almost once an hour – every 65 minutes to be precise – a military veteran commits suicide, says a new investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Fox News Defends Jeb Bush's "Disastrous" Iraq War Answer
May 12, 2015 10:33 PM EDT ››› THOMAS BISHOP
Fox News defended Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush after he said he would still have authorized the invasion of Iraq "given what we know now," claiming that Bush simply misunderstood the question.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush faced criticism from conservatives for comments he made during a May 11 interview with Fox News host Megyn Kelly, where he said (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/05/10/jeb-bush-says-he-would-have-invaded-iraq/) that he would have authorized the invasion of Iraq after Kelly asked him if he would have done so "knowing what we know now." Conservative columnist Byron York call (http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/241709-bush-draws-criticism-from-right-on-iraq)ed (http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/241709-bush-draws-criticism-from-right-on-iraq) Bush's response a "disastrous defense of the Iraq War" and radio host Laura Ingraham commented (http://mediamatters.org/video/203601) that "there has to be something wrong" with Bush for his answer.
But Fox News quickly helped Bush whitewash his comments as a misinterpretation. On May 11, soon after the interview aired, Kelly said (http://mediamatters.org/embed/clips/2015/05/12/39966/fnc-kf-20150511-bush-spin) that Bush was trying to answer a different question.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/05...raq-war/203631 (http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/05/12/fox-news-defends-jeb-bushs-disastrous-iraq-war/203631)
VA Stops Releasing Data On Injured Vets As Total Reaches Grim Milestone
By Jamie Reno on November 01 2013 12:43 AM EDT
The United States has likely reached a grim but historic milestone in the war on terror: 1 million veterans injured from the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. But you haven't heard this reported anywhere else. Why? Because the government is no longer sharing this information with the public.
All that can be said with any certainty is that as of last December more than 900,000 service men and women had been treated at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics since returning from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the monthly rate of new patients to these facilities as of the end of 2012 was around 10,000. Beyond that, the picture gets murky. In March, VA abruptly stopped releasing statistics on non-fatal war casualties to the public. However, experts say that there is no reason to suspect the monthly rate of new patients has changed.
VA ceased to disclose this data despite President Obama’s second-term campaign pledge that his administration would be open and transparent.
http://www.ibtimes.com/va-stops-rele...lusive-1449584 (http://www.ibtimes.com/va-stops-releasing-data-injured-vets-total-reaches-grim-milestone-exclusive-1449584)
Iraq/Afghanistan wars disabled 624,000 US troops , Divorces up 42%, Foreclosures up 217% (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?424803-Iraq-Afghanistan-wars-disabled-624-000-US-troops-Divorces-up-42-Foreclosures-up-217&)
Suicide Rate Among Vets and Active Duty Military Jumps - Now 22 A Day (http://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniehaiken/2013/02/05/22-the-number-of-veterans-who-now-commit-suicide-every-day/)
(http://www.forbes.com/.../22-the-number-of-veterans-who-now-com...%E2%80%8E)www.forbes.com/.../22-the-number-of-veterans-who-now-com...
Feb 5, 2013 - Veterans now commit suicide at the rate of 22 a day, or almost one an hour. Almost once an hour – every 65 minutes to be precise – a military veteran commits suicide, says a new investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Fox News Defends Jeb Bush's "Disastrous" Iraq War Answer
May 12, 2015 10:33 PM EDT ››› THOMAS BISHOP
Fox News defended Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush after he said he would still have authorized the invasion of Iraq "given what we know now," claiming that Bush simply misunderstood the question.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush faced criticism from conservatives for comments he made during a May 11 interview with Fox News host Megyn Kelly, where he said (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/05/10/jeb-bush-says-he-would-have-invaded-iraq/) that he would have authorized the invasion of Iraq after Kelly asked him if he would have done so "knowing what we know now." Conservative columnist Byron York call (http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/241709-bush-draws-criticism-from-right-on-iraq)ed (http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/241709-bush-draws-criticism-from-right-on-iraq) Bush's response a "disastrous defense of the Iraq War" and radio host Laura Ingraham commented (http://mediamatters.org/video/203601) that "there has to be something wrong" with Bush for his answer.
But Fox News quickly helped Bush whitewash his comments as a misinterpretation. On May 11, soon after the interview aired, Kelly said (http://mediamatters.org/embed/clips/2015/05/12/39966/fnc-kf-20150511-bush-spin) that Bush was trying to answer a different question.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/05...raq-war/203631 (http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/05/12/fox-news-defends-jeb-bushs-disastrous-iraq-war/203631)