Board of Advisors

Governor Michael Dukakis
(frmr USA)

Evelyn (Pat) Foote
BG USA (Ret)

Hon. John Garamendi
Lieutenant Governor

California

Joseph P. Hoar
General USMC (ret)

D.O. (Spike) HelmickCommisioner CHP
(frmr CANG)

Art Hicks
CMSgt USA - Tuskegee Airman

Hon. P. N. (Pete) McCloskey
Col USMCR (Ret)

Hon. Wade SandersCapt USNR (Ret)
(frmr Dep Ass't Sec Navy)

Hon. Jerome (Jerry) Waldie
(frmr USA)

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QUICK STORY ~ 09/25/08-1700

Army investigating possible chemical exposure

Maureen Groppe - Gannett News Service

WASHINGTON — The Army will complete an investigation within 60 days into whether Indiana National Guardsmen and other soldiers providing protection at a water pumping plant in Iraq in 2003 were exposed to a deadly chemical.

Two KBR employees told Senate Democrats that workers and soldiers were exposed in 2003 to sodium dichromate, a known carcinogen, despite the company’s assurances that the site was safe.

Members of the 1st Battalion, 152nd Infantry of the Indiana National Guard were among the soldiers providing protection to the defense contractors.

<More at:

<www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/gns_guard_investigation_092308/news/2008/09/gns_guard_investigation_092308

VUFT Documents

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Class Action Suit

We recently - and reluctantly - sued the Veterans Administration and others to improve medical care for veterans, particularly those returning from the current conflicts. The filing is here as

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VUFT’s Five -Point Philosophy

War only if our nation or its true allies are in grave danger

Strict adherence to Article I, Section 8 - “The Congress shall have power … To declare war ...”

A decision for war is a decision for immediate and meaningful national sacrifice which must include relief, wherever possible, of the grave burden on the troops and their families

Affirm the Powell Doctrine - troops must be totally prepared, must be sent in overwhelming numbers, and must know the truth of what they are fighting for, what constitutes success, and how they will exit

Perpetual, timely, quality care for those who have borne the direct burden - the troops and their families - inclusion of these costs in the initial cost of war as part of the continuing national sacrifice