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May - June 2008 News

• 6-30-08 WMAR-TV ABC2 News (Baltimore):  Is Fort Meade Hazardous Site?
• 6-30-08 Christian Science Monitor Blog:  Pentagon to EPA: You and what army?
• 6-30-08 Baltimore Sun:  Pentagon, EPA in stalemate -- Military refuses to sign agreement on cleanups at Fort Detrick, Fort Meade
• 6-30-08 Washington Post:  Pentagon Fights EPA On Pollution Cleanup
• 6-29-08 Washington Post:  Chemical Contamination -- EPA to Propose Fort Detrick as Superfund Cleanup Site
• 6-29-08 Washington Post:  Op-Ed by Jonathan Elkind -- Going Purple Now, For a Greener Future
• 6-28-08 Annapolis Capital:  Rising gas prices pump up mass transit ridership
• 6-27-08 Maryland Daily Record:  Commentary by Tom Sadowski, Executive Vice President of the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore: Greater Baltimore region just might be ‘recession proof’
• 6-27-08 Southern Maryland Newspapers:  Waldorf-to-D.C. express bus route in the works -- More trips to be added to meet increase demand
• 6-27-08 Washington Business Journal:  Nipping at Montgomery County's heels -- Rival counties seek a slice of the biotech pie
• 6-26-08 Army Times:  VA losing care coordinators
• 6-26-08 National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) News Release:  New Command to Oversee Bethesda BRAC Process
• 6-26-08 NNMC Journal:  Warrior Transition Units Helping Rehabilitation
• class=redBold A>6-26-08 WRAMC Stripe:  Groundbreaking slated for new medical center -- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center expected to be completed in September 2011
• 6-26-08 WRAMC Stripe:  WRAMC parking shuttle servive begins Tuesday
• 6-26-08 Alexandria Times:  $1.5 Billion for Ft. Belvoir BRAC projects -- Military construction bill clears House Appropriations Committee
• 6-26-08 U.S. Air Force News Release (Ameican Forces Press Service):  class=maintext_xxlargeb>Officials sign children's educational needs memo
• 6-26-08 Frederick News-Post:  Residents seek safer walking, biking near Detrick
• 6-26-08 Baltimore Sun:  State orders budget trims -- Md. panel OKs $50 million in cuts; nearly all agencies hit
• 6-26-08 Baltimore Sun:  Army, developer reach tentative deal on Fort Meade office park
• 6-26-08 Baltimore Sun:  More funding urged for public transit
• 6-26-08 Baltimore Sun:  A lot of lots, but not enough -- Mass transit riders, car-poolers cruise streets for parking
• 6-25-08 The Hill:  USAF ordered to probe lobbying
• 6-25-08 Baltimore Business Journal:  MARC reports train ridership surge in May
• 6-25-08 Congressional Quarterly CQ Today:  When Is a Report Really a Bill? When It Has Earmarks, Apparently
• 6-25-08 San Francisco Chronicle:  Judge dismisses suit charging VA with shoddy mental health care
• 6-25-08 Army Times:  Young amputees demand the best in prosthetics
• 6-25-08 Hanover (PA) Evening Sun:  Officials listen to Frederick plans
• 6-25-08 Annapolis Capital:  New routes 198 and 32 interchange considered -- State presents five options
• 6-25-08 Hartford Courant:  U.S. Troops To Get Cognitive Screening
• 6-25-08 Politico:  Iraq vet driven by friend's death
• 6-25-08 Gazette.Net:  Leggett scales back funding for Sarbanes transit center
• 6-25-08 Gazette.Net:  Plans discussed for Battery Lane Park -- Open house for Montrose Parkway project planned
• 6-25-08 Gazette.Net:  Visa caps should be lifted, employers say -- ‘We need those workers,’ computer executive says
• 6-25-08 Frederick News-Post:  class=purplehead>New leader takes over at USAMRIID
• 6-24-08 Congressional Quarterly CQ Today:  House Panel OKs Big Spending Boost for Veterans, Military Construction
• 6-24-08 Statement of Chairman Chet Edwards -- FY09 VA-Military Construction Bill Builds on Historic FY08 Funding Increases
  • EXTRACTED BILL  LANGUAGE:  Traffic Impacts at BRAC-Affected Installations.-The Committee is concerned about the potential for increased traffic congestion at the new military medical facility to be constructed in Bethesda, Maryland through the Base Realignment and Closure process. The Committee supports the responsible commander's decision to request certification for two projects under the Defense Access Roads (DAR) program, and urges the Department to expeditiously review this request.  COMPLETE DAR LANGUAGE.
• 6-24-08 Military.com:  All 50 States Support Mission of Pacific Partnership 2008
• 6-24-08 Politico:  Reid: Second supplemental spending bill in the works
• 6-24-08 National Public Radio:  Against the Odds, Injured Soldier Returning to Duty
• 6-24-08 Innovations Report (USUHS News Release):  Professor Awarded $5.6 Million NIH Grant to Develop Therapeutics Against Deadly Viruses
• 6-24-08 New York Times:  Bob Herbert Op-Ed -- Wounds You Can’t See
• 6-24-08 Washington Post:  Jolted by HOT Lanes' Start
• 6-24-08 WTOP 103.5 FM Radio News (Associated Press):  Governor: No time to wait to fix roads funding
  • 6-19-08 WTOP 103.5 FM Radio News (Associated Press):  Panel cuts Va. road projects; Kaine offers a fix
  • 6-19-08 WTOP 103.5 FM Radio News (Associated Press):  Key points of Kaine transportation bill
• 6-23-08 Atlanta Journal-Constitution:  Chaplain Turner's War: Chapter 2 of 8 -- The invisible burden
  • Eight-Part Series -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sopecial Report:  class=promo>CHAPLAIN TURNER'S WAR: color=#b20006> Compelled to serve where the suffering was greatest, he headed to Iraq
• 6-23-08 Chicago Tribune:  Army's battle: Mental illness -- Military tries to balance caring for true PTSD patients, keeping eye out for malingering soldiers
• 6-23-08 Government Executive:  DISA: No Longer Dissed
• 6-23-08 Worcestor (MA) Business Journal:  Defending Defense -- The companies that supply the U.S. military drive the state’s economy. But does anyone care?
• 6-22-08 Baltimore Sun:  Business Notes -- BRAC talk at Fort Meade meeting -- Fort Meade Alliance will hold its annual meeting and reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., June 26 at the BWI Marriott, 1743 W. Nursery Road, Linthicum
• 6-22-08 Baltimore Sun:  Facing demons in 'Virtual Iraq' -- A 3-D simulator in which soldiers see, hear and smell the rigors of combat may help ease war-induced stress
• 6-22-08 Baltimore Sun:  Developer previews Edgewood housing -- Old buildings to be razed for nearly 300 units
• 6-22-08 Baltimore Sun:  Showcase draws exhibitors, visitors -- Electronics, armor among displays at event by Army agency
• 6-22-08 Baltimore Sun:  Less density sought in Aberdeen annex -- Panel seeks changes from developer
• 6-22-08 Frederick News-Post:  class=purplesubhead>There and Back — Trying to improve access near Fort Detrick
• 6-22-08 Washington Post:  Regional Briefing: BASE REALIGNMENT -- More Help Needed for BRAC Transition
• 6-22-08 Alexandria Times:  BRAC hosts Fort Belvoir commuting event
• 6-22-08 Roanoke Times:  Kaine renews old road plans -- Gov. Tim Kaine is calling for increased taxes and fees to fund the state's transportation
• 6-21-08 Washington Post:  Roger K. Lewis column: Shaping the City -- Lessons of Arlington's Urban Development Needn't Be Just History
• 6-21-08 Annapolis Capital:  Editor's Notebook -- BRAC HELP
• 6-21-08 Fayetteville (NC) Observer:  Army's top general says BRAC on schedule
• 6-20-08 Air Force Times:  Groundbreaking for new Walter Reed next week  NOTE: BRAC Groundbreaking has been postponed to a later date.
• 6-20-08 Baltimore Examiner:  Report bolsters requests for increased BRAC aid
• 6-20-08 Government Executive (Associated Press):  Report calls for more BRAC information and aid
• 6-20-08 Navy Times (Associated Press):  GAO: More BRAC information, aid needed
• 6-20-08 Associated Press:  VA secretary says care of women vets will improve
• 6-20-08 Washington Examiner:  D.C. region to coordinate on traffic, transit information
• 6-20-08 Baltimore Sun:  House OKs war spending measure -- The House approved hundreds of millions of dollars yesterday to speed construction of the new Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethesda, part of the national base realignment that is expected to bring tens of thousands of jobs to Maryland.
• 6-20-08 Gazette.Net:  Federal report chides Pentagon BRAC outreach to communities -- ‘Unfunded mandate’ poses problems for counties
• 6-20-08 Gazette.Net:  State ranks second in nationwide tech index -- Study lauds Maryland’s ability to lure business
• 6-20-08 Baltimore Business Journal:  Millions needed to ready hospitals for BRAC growth spurt
• 6-20-08 New York Times:  House Approves Veterans’ Education Aid in a Deal on War Spending
• 6-20-08 Hanford (CA) Sentinel:  Tom Philpott's Military Update: Disabled soldier returning to war, facing ‘stop loss’
• 6-19-08 Congressional Quarterly CQ Today:  Earmarks in 2009 Spending Measures Will Not Exceed 2008 Levels
• 6-19-08 Congressional Quarterly CQ Today:  Highway Trust Fund’s Projected Deficit Puts Pressure on Appropriators
• 6-19-08 ABC News:  32,000 Vets To Be Warned About Suicide-Linked Drug Chantix -- ABC News/Washington Times Investigation Leads To Action
• 6-19-08 NNMC Journal:  Commander’s Column -- Groundbreaking for BRAC-Mandated Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
• 6-19-08 NNMC Journal:  Town Hall Reiterates Pedestrian Safety
• 6-19-08 NNMC Journal:  Code Delta Drill Tests Bethesda’s Security Posture
• 6-19-08 WRAMC Stripe:  Change of Command -- New leader takes command of Medical Center Brigade
• 6-19-08 WRAMC Stripe:  Soldiers told ‘just say no’ to Question 21
• 6-19-08 WRAMC Stripe:  New, refurbished ICUs will mean improved patient environments
• 6-19-08 WRAMC Stripe:  New director: WTU population doubles
• 6-19-08 Stafford County (VA) Sun:  Business alliance announces BRAC impact event
• 6-19-08 Business Wire:  Fitch Rates Frederick County, Maryland's $79.4MM GOs 'AA+'; Outlook Stable
• 6-19-08 Hanover (PA) Evening Sun:  Military base realignment: Adams, Frederick officials to discuss plan
• 6-19-08 WTOP 103.5 FM Radio News (Associated Press):  GAO report calls for more BRAC information, aid
• 6-19-08 Baltimore Sun:  Letter to the Editor from Alfreed H. Foxx, Director of the City of Baltimore's Department of Transportation -- Red Line remains part of city's plans
• 6-19-08 Baltimore Sun:  Localities said to need more BRAC help
  • 6-17-08 GAO Report 08-665:  DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE -- High-Level Leadership Needed to Help Communities Address Challenges Caused by DOD-Related Growth
  • 6-19-08 Baltimore Sun:  Background -- BRAC in Maryland
• 6-19-08 Frederick News-Post:  class=purplesubhead>Military Intelligence — Defense Department silent about growth
• 6-19-08 New England Journal of Medicine:  Handbook of PTSD: Science and Practice Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans Including Women, Reservists, and Those Coming Back from Iraq
• 6-19-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Missed deadline postpones hearing on fort -- Federal judge delays arguments until July 24
• 6-19-08 Baltimore Examiner:  Case to keep Fort Monmouth open delayed to July
• 6-19-08 Gazette.Net:  Residents offer ideas for Crossroads -- Community members call for better access to public transportation, improved pedestrian safety upgrades to the Takoma⁄Langley commercial district
• 6-18-08 Military.com:  WTU Population Doubles in First Year
• 6-18-08 WTOP FM 103.5 Radio News:  Transportation leaders travel into the future
• 6-18-08 Hinesville (GA) Coastal Courier (American Forces Press Service):  Pentagon improves services for transitioning soldiers, families
• 6-18-08 Hagerstown Herald-Mail (Associated Press):  Maryland to seek Superfund status for Fort Detrick dump site
• 6-18-08 Business Facilities:  Ask the Expert: Covering All the Bases -- This month, the Expert explains why environmental assessments and conveyance strategies are key to locating on a former military site
• 6-18-08 Gazette.Net:  Council answers tough questions -- Two more Town Hall meetings scheduled in the county this fall
• 6-18-08 Gazette.Net:  Plans for Nations Academy opening on hold -- School officials will wait for historic designation decision before moving forward
• 6-18-08 Gazette.Net:  O’Malley: $1.1B biotech plan will pay off -- Initiative ‘a giant step forward in harnessing all the potential that is ... within our grasp,’ governor says
• 6-18-08 Newport News Daily Press:  Army reaches out to help wounded warriors -- There are now 192 wounded soldiers working through the local recovery and rehabilitation program at Fort Eustis
• 6-18-08 Washington Times:  Editorial: Veterans as 'lab rats'
• 6-18-08 Baltimore Sun:  Editorial: Red Line still on track -- Our view: Federal funding an issue, but light rail more than justified
• 6-18-08 Baltimore Sun:  Hope for Essex center -- Developer aims to buy Diamond Point, add retailers
• 6-18-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Op-Ed by John R. Poitras, President of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1904 -- Vultures circle as fight to save Fort Monmouth continues
• 6-18-08 Frederick News-Post:  class=purplehead>State: Speed up cleanup of Area B -- class=purplesubhead>Official wants contaminated Fort Detrick site on Superfund list within 30 days
• 6-17-08 Washington Examiner:  Area bottlenecks rank D.C. 4th on list of worst traffic
• 6-17-08 Baltimore Examiner:  Senator seeks answers for lost Red Line funding
• 6-17-08 Baltimore Sun:  Md. joins sprint to lead in biotechnology -- Governor unveils plan to invest $1.1 billion for research center, medical studies
• 6-17-08 Baltimore Sun:  Community viewed as a draw to city -- Housing intended to serve workers relocated by BRAC
• 6-16-08 Newport News Daily Press:  Tom Philpott's Military Update: Treating mental combat wounds
• 6-16-08 Government Executive:  Veterans groups seek funding in advance
• 6-16-08 Military.com (Army News Service):  WTU Supports, Returns Soldiers to Duty
• 6-16-08 Maryland Daily Record:  Experts: Wholesale changes needed in funding methods
• 6-16-08 Baltimore Sun:  Michael Dresser's Getting There column:  Gas costs demand different solutions
• 6-16-08 FOX News:  John R. Lott, Jr. Commentary -- Is It Really a '$3 Trillion War'?
• 6-16-08 Congressional Quarterly CQ Weekly Report:  The Long Road to Fiscal 2009
• 6-15-08 Baltimore Sun:  Editorial: Rethinking BRAC -- Our view: High gas prices and slowing economy signal a shift
• 6-15-08 Editor & Publisher:  Column -- Pressing Issues by Greg Mitchell: Full Story of Suicide in Iraq Finally Emerges -- A preliminary investigation had found that Sgt. Jeffrey McKinney, after all the recent deaths, felt he had let his men down. He had been having trouble sleeping, and communicating, and was on medication. Beyond that, there was great mystery.
• 6-15-08 Los Angeles Times:  Mental health and the military mind-set -- A young sergeant's case illustrates the difficulty of balancing sensitive treatment against Army needs
• 6-15-08 Annapolis Capital:  Eric Hartley Column -- The good news (really) about $4 gas
• 6-15-08 Washington Post:  The Sunday Fix -- GOP Incumbents Are Serving a Familiar Dish
• 6-14-08 Washington Post:  A Transit System That Feels Its Age
• 6-14-08 Baltimore Sun:  Red Line hits a wall -- Transit plan costs and proposals clash with city ideas, federal guidelines
• 6-14-08 Frederick News-Post:  Editorial -- class=purplehead>Signaling a right turn
• 6-13-08 Baltimore Examiner:  Effect of federal land leasing could soon be made public
• 6-13-08 Associated Press:  Study sees discrepancies in VA care for men, women
• 6-13-08 Washington Post:  Earmark Spending Makes a Comeback -- Congress Pledged Curbs in 2007
• 6-13-08 Washingtoin Post:  Planning Board Votes Down 16-Story Project At Bethesda Metro Stop -- Officials Say Tower Doesn't Fit Outline For Area, Won't Rule Out New Proposal
• 6-13-08 New York Times:  V.A. Ban on Voter Drives Is Criticized
• 6-12-08 Baltimore Business Journal:  Greater Baltimore Commitee to form task force to study transportation funding challenges
• 6-12-08 Twin Cities (MN) Finance and Commerce:  States could face huge reduction in federal Highway Trust Fund dollars
• 6-12-08 Gazette.Net:  For wounded Laurel soldier, serving country just felt right -- Twenty-five-year-old father does not regret second tour in Iraq despite becoming triple amputee
• 6-12-08 CNN Money:  Iraq war could cost taxpayers $2.7 trillion -- In addition to the cost of war, taxpayers pay for rising veteran health care costs, and returning soldiers faced with foreclosure and unemployment
• 6-12-08 Annapolis Capital:  Anne Arundel County home sales fall 29 percent -- Prices remain steady in May, but houses are sitting on the market longer
• 6-12-08 NNMC Journal:  Strides Made to Battle War Stress -- Ground Broken for National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Bethesda
• 6-12-08 NNMC Journal:  Commander’s Column -- Command changes at NNMC
• 6-12-08 NNMC Journal:  Town Hall Explained Pedestrian Safety
• 6-12-08 Stars and Stripes:  House considering ombudsman for VA
• 6-12-08 Baltimore Examiner:  Officials ready for more congestion when agency moves to Fort Meade
• 6-12-08 Baltimore Examiner:  Military agency looks to Maryland for new recruits
• 6-12-08 Washington Post:  Bipartisan Bill Funding Amtrak Passes in House -- an amendment to the bill would authorize $1.5 billion for Washington's Metro transit system over the next 10 years if Maryland, Virginia and the District provide matching funds. All three have pledged to do so.
• 6-12-08 Washington Post:  Critics of High-Rise Accelerate Efforts To Sideline Project -- Foes Seek Fuller Review, Hearings
• 6-12-08 Hagerstown Herald-Mail:  Garrison commander shares details of Fort Detrick
• 6-11-08 Fairfax County Times:  Alternate plan for South County
• 6-11-08 Gazette.Net:  Editorial -- All thumbs: Storms, roads, unions and fireworks
• 6-11-08 Gazette.Net:  Cardin: Feds should ante up for roads near Bethesda Naval -- ‘Wisconsin Avenue is the greatest challenge I’ve seen’
• 6-11-08 Gazette.Net:  Commission approves Walter Reed plans
• 6-11-08 Gazette.Net:  Advocate says bus rapid transit beats light rail options -- Benefits are similar, but BRT costs less, according to expert
• 6-11-08 Gazette.Net:  Board approves six-story Bethesda condo building
• 6-11-08 Gazette.Net:  Some grads explore technical trades -- High school programs allow students to try out alternative career paths
• 6-11-08 Navy Times:  Current, incoming flags get assignments
• 6-10-08 Army Times:  VA officials grilled on PTSD e-mail -- Memo urged substituting less-costly diagnosis
• 6-10-08 San Francisco Chronicle (Associated Press):  Judge considers new e-mail evidence in veterans care trial
• 6-10-08 Land Line Magazine (Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association):  Infrastructure funding in Congressional spotlight
• 6-10-08 Camden (NJ) Courier-Post:  Staffers-turned-lobbyists work on earmarks
• 6-10-08 Rochester (NY) Messenger Post:  VA suicide hotline takes 43,294 calls
• 6-10-08 Washington Post:  Dr. Gridlock Column: Get There -- Bikers Question Trail Speed Limit
• 6-10-08 CBS News:  Many Frontline Troops Turn To Meds To Cope -- David Martin: They're Using Anti-Depressants, Sleeping Pills To Combat Stress Of Battle
• 6-10-08 Washington Post (Health Day News):  Combat Vets Display Severe Sleep Disorders
• 6-10-08 Federal Times:  Construction wish list totals $8.6 billion
• 6-10-08 Annapolis Capital:  BRAC workers spurred by weak economy -- More Virginians say they will follow jobs to Anne Arundel
• 6-10-08 Washington Post:  A Welcome Mat For the Wounded -- At Andrews Air Force Base, medical evacuees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan make their first stop in the homeland
• 6-10-08 Baltimore Sun:  Frederick revives debate on growth -- Water deal opens door to wave of development
• 6-10-08 Frederick News-Post:  class=purplehead>Frederick Community College wins grant for training related to BRAC
• 6-9-08 Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett News Release:  Leggett Introduces Legislation to Establish Veterans Commission
• 6-9-08 Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin News Release:  Mikulski, Cardin Fight for Federal Investment in BRAC-Related Transportation Costs
• 6-9-08 Washington Post:  Letter to the Editor -- Medical Risk in the Military, by Stephen K. Trynosky, reserve captain in the Army Medical Service Corps
• 6-9-08 Washington Business Journal:  Construction work remains steady in D.C. area
• 6-9-08 Baltimore Examiner:  For Harford’s Haas, teacher development is key
• 6-9-08 Christian Science Monitor:  Air Force shake-up may lead to deeper overhaul -- Secretary Gates is likely to nominate a new civilian chief in days
• 6-8-08 TIME:  Purple Hearts for Psychic Scars?
• 6-8-08 Baltimore Sun:  On BRAC: Don't panic -- A Marine veteran in state government explains Maryland's problems and opportunities as the Defense Department carries out its Base Realignment and Closure program
• 6-8-08 Carroll County (MD) Times:  class=headline-detail>Earmarks: Spending your tax dollars
• 6-8-08 Carroll County (MD) Times:  class=headline-detail>Lawmakers say earmarks have bad rep
• 6-7-08 Stars and Stripes:  Center’s focus: Mental health issues, severe brain injuries
• 6-6-08 Baltimore Business Journal:  Navy wins OK for Walter Reed plan in Bethesda
• 6-6-08 U.S. Navy Office of Information:  Rhumb Lines -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)/Deployment Health Assessments
• 6-6-08 Baltimore Examiner (Associated Press):  Colleges, schools get grants to prepare work force for BRAC
• 6-6-08 Fairfax Station Connection:  HOT Lanes Project Could Lead To An Increase in 495 Noise
• 6-6-08 Washington Business Journal:  Montgomery County planners back Bethesda building
• 6-6-08 Washington Examiner:  Officials: Lone tenant stonewalling at possible site for BRAC housing
• 6-6-08 Baltimore Examiner:  Harford looks to fill incoming BRAC jobs with locals
• 6-6-08 Gazette.Net:  Battle of the giants set for Bethesda tower hearing -- Planning department and community staff at odds over proposed Metro development
• 6-6-08 Stars and Stripes:  24 new Fisher Houses to shelter ailing troops’ families
• 6-6-08 Associated Press:  Judge to consider VA e-mail about PTSD diagnoses
• 6-5-08 Washington Business Journal:  Foulger-Pratt Contracting to build Silver Spring Transit Center
• 6-5-08 U.S. Army News Release:  Wounded Help Break Ground on Psychological Health, TBI Center
• 6-5-08 Military Connection (American Forces Information Service):  id=lblArticleContent>Officials Break Ground for Brain Injury Center of Excellence
• 6-5-08 U.S. Dept. of Defense News Release:  Remarks Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, National Intrepid Center of Excellence Dedication (Bethesda, MD)
• 6-5-08 NNMC Journal:  Personal Data Lost at Walter Reed
• 6-5-08 NNMC Journal:  Army Expands Battlemind Training Course
• 6-5-08 NNMC Journal:  Wounded Troops Request Technology-based Care
• 6-5-08 NNMC Journal:  Commander’s Column -- Military medical integration focuses on patient care
• 6-5-08 NNMC Journal:  Town Hall Focused on Gate Modifications
• 6-5-08 WRAMC Stripe:  Increased shuttle service aims to ease parking woes
• 6-5-08 WRAMC Stripe:  New patient evacuation vehicles to improve travel, safety, care of Wounded Warriors
• 6-5-08 WRAMC Stripe:  New integrated department chiefs named
• 6-5-08 WRAMC Stripe:  Integration deputy commanders announce surgery service chiefs
• 6-5-08 Fairfax County Times:  Schools seek relief over BRAC
• 6-5-08 Hartford Courant:  Report: Military Inconsistent' On Medical Records Reviews
• 6-5-08 Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer:  Post denies firing range fuss -- Benning soldiers told Washington newspaper living in barracks near ranges triggers PTSD
• 6-5-08 Stars and Stripes:  VA officials answer criticisms in Congress
• 6-5-08 Seattle Post-Intelligencer:  VA doctor in hot water over stance on stress disorder -- Level of care for vets investigated
• 6-5-08 Corridor, Inc.:  Corridor Economy: Running on Empty -- Gas prices pinch Corridor businesses
• 6-5-08 Corridor, Inc.:  BRAC Bulletin
• 6-5-08 Washington Post:  Md. Offers Vets Back From War Guidance to Mental Health Help -- New Program Aims to Improve Access to VA Treatment
• 6-5-09 National Capital Planning Commission News Release:  NCPC to Review Plans for the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
• 6-4-08 Springfield (VA) Connection:  BRAC Deadline in Jeopardy -- Springfield site will not be ready for GSA personnel by September 2011
• 6-4-08 Mount Vernon (VA) Gazette:  Another Piece Of The BRAC Puzzle
• 6-4-08 Army Times:  Officials to break ground on new TBI center
• 6-4-08 Laurel Hill (Lorton, VA) Connection:  Construction Ahead, But What Kind? -- Newly released report from FCPS facilities staff recommends building addition to South County Secondary
• 6-4-08 NBC4-TV News:  Walter Reed Rolls Out New, Safer Vehicle To Transport Patients
• 6-4-08 Baltimore Sun:  Going BRAC and forth -- Army recruits Md. residents to fill jobs at the N.J. and Va. agencies scheduled to move here by 2011
• 6-4-08 Baltimore Examiner:  MTA’s missed deadline could derail Red Line
• 6-4-08 New York Times:  Editorial -- A Court for Veterans
• 6-4-08 Gazette.Net:  Future of two Bethesda neighborhoods on hold -- Budget and staffing constraints blamed for decision to wait
• 6-4-08 Gazette.Net:  Light rail opponents hit trail Saturday -- Eighteen groups join mounting effort to block light rail on Capital Crescent Trail
• 6-4-08 Gazette.Net:  Planning Board considers Bethesda Metro office building
• 6-4-08 Gazette.Net:  User fees floated to close traffic gap -- Mitigation areas could be left without restrictions if new options aren’t found, planners say
• 6-3-08 Associated Press:  VA denies money a factor in PTSD diagnoses
• 6-3-08 Associated Press:  High gas prices lead to surge in mass transit
• 6-3-08 Ironton (OH) Tribune:  VA facing huge future costs
• 6-3-08 Washington Examiner:  Parkway project lacks funding for key interchanges
• 6-3-08 SearchSecurity.com:  Walter Reed admits breach of patient information
• 6-3-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Op-Ed by David J. Socolow, Commissioner, NJ Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development --- Fort Monmouth: State focusing on fort future
• 6-3-08 Washington Post:  Nearby Firing Ranges Complicate Soldiers' Recovery From Stress
• 6-3-08 Washington Post:  Travelers Turn to Public Transit -- Ridership Surges as Gas Prices Fuel Exodus From Cars
• 6-3-08 Washington Post:  In the Loop: On K Street -- Jeffrey H. Birnbaum column -- Is There Life After Earmarks?
• 6-3-08 CBS News:  VA Staffer To Testify Over PTSD E-Mail -- Veterans Affairs Coordinator Suggested Staff "Refrain" From Diagnosing PTSD To Save Money
• 6-2-08 Reuters:  Study finds reliving trauma can help ward off PTSD
• 6-2-08 Twin Cities Finance and Commerce (Minneapolis):  Report calls for national transportation policy
• 6-2-08 Associated Press:  Walter Reed says patient data may be compromised
• 6-2-08 Washington Post:  UPDATE: Historic Designation Might Stall New Bethesda School
• 6-2-08 Washington Post:  Dr. Gridlock's Get There blog:  Purple Line Prospects
• 6-1-08 Easton (MD) Star-Democrat:  Economic conference starts today in Cambridge
• 6-1-08 Washington Post:  Dr. Gridlock -- Many, Many Parts Merge in Even Simplest Projects
• 6-1-08 Washington Post:  Capital Crescent Trail Puts in Speed Limits to Slow Cyclists
• 6-1-08 Baltimore Sun:  New federal rules revisit an old public/private debate
• 5-31-08 Inside NoVA.com:  Business group set to welcome BRAC
• 5-30-08 U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs News Release:  VA Begins Next Phase of Combat Vet Outreach
• 5-30-08 NBC News:  NBC Field Notes -- Three soldiers receiving Purple Hearts today at Walter Reed Army Medical Center spoke about the strains on soldiers in Iraq that contributed to a record number of suicides last year in the Army
• 5-30-08 Baltimiore Business Journal:  Contract Vehicle -- Here's a primer for contractors to get on the BRAC bandwagon
• 5-30-08 Baltimore Sun:  Suicides in Army increase by 13% -- 115 soldiers killed themselves in '07, according to report
• 5-30-08 Baltimore Sun:  Warehouse expansion planned in Halethorpe
• 5-30-08 Gazette.Net:  Gas cost boosts Purple Line support -- Ridership would go up on proposed Metro expansion
• 5-30-08 Washington Post:   Officials Predict 68,000 Daily Purple Line Trips
• 5-30-08 Washington Post (Associated Press):  Suicides in Army Set Record in '07
• 5-29-08 Offutt Air Force Base (Nebraska) Air Pulse (American Forces Press Service):  Gates defends budget request before senate
• 5-29-08 NNMC Journal:  Commander’s Column -- Navy Medicine, National Capital Area Region
• 5-29-08 NNMC Journal:  Bldg. 12 Demolition Makes Way for Future
• 5-29-08 NNMC Journal:  D.C. Veterans Hospital to Receive Fisher House
• 5-29-08 CBS News:  Active-Duty Soldier Suicides Hit New High -- Pentagon Reports 108 Soldiers Killed Themselves In 2007 Marking Third-Straight Increase
• 5-29-08 WTOP 103.5 FM Radio News:  New projections: 68K would ride proposed Purple Line
• 5-29-08 Washington Post:  On the Activist Path (scroll down)
• 5-29-08 Washington Post:  He's Retiring, but His Task Is Far From Over -- Ft. Belvoir Commander Has Overseen the Move Of 20,000 Jobs to Base
• 5-29-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  New Jersey to bid for Cyber Command at McGuire
• 5-29-08 New York Times:  War’s Stresses Take Toll on Military’s Chaplains
• 5-29-08 Army Times:  Walter Reed O-6 tapped for 2-star promotion
• 5-28-08 Biotech Transfer Week:  DoD’s Walter Reed Institute Exclusively -- Licenses Liver Cell Line to Thai Biotech
• 5-28-08 Springfield (VA) Connection:  More Road Woes in Springfield District -- Residents concerned about safety on Rolling Road
• 5-28-08 Reston Connection:  As Ridership Grows: How To Improve Bus Service -- Input sought in county’s transit development study
• 5-28-08 Gazette.Net:  Planning Department ready for staff cuts -- After a hiring binge a year ago, positions could be downsized
• 5-28-08 Gazette.Net:  Council hears testimony on Twinbrook Sector Plan -- Committee to begin reviewing plan June 9
• 5-28-08 Gazette.Net:  New North Bethesda begins to take shape
• 5-28-08 Gazette.Net:  Planning Board approves Hampden Lane project -- Development would bring 60-unit building to downtown Bethesda
• 5-28-08 Gazette.Net:  Editorial -- Traffic congestion talk is cheap, fixes aren’t
• 5-28-08 Wilmington (DE) News Journal:  Editorial --  Selling Wilmington, Delaware to newcomers makes perfect sense
• 5-28-08 Washington Post:  Military Diagnosing More Post-Traumatic Stress
• 5-27-08 CBS News (Associated Press):  New Cases Of PTSD Soar Among Soldiers -- 40,000 Cases Diagnosed Since 2003; Army Surgeon General Fears The Number Is Actually Higher
• 5-27-08 Harvard School of Public Health:  Americans Believe Wounded Iraq War Veterans Are Not Receiving High Quality Medical Care When They Return to the U.S.
• 5-27-08 WTOP 103.5 FM Radio News:  Budget cuts delays transportation improvements
• 5-27-08 Washington Post:  U.S. Medical Research Gets $600 Million From Institute -- Hughes Supplements Gap As Government Funds Lag
• 5-27-08 Washington Post:  Stung at the Pumps, More Hop on a Bus -- D.C.'s Outlying Transit Systems Rush to Add Capacity; Metro Worried
• 5-27-08 Washington Examiner:  Fairfax schools chief threatens Army over BRAC influx
• 5-27-08 Washington Examiner:  Belvoir chief’s retirement prompts worries over BRAC
• 5-27-08 Wilmington (DE) News Journal:  Wilmington jockeys for newcomers
• 5-27-08 CBS4-TV News (Denver):  Warrior Transition Units Help Soldiers Heal
• 5-26-08 Washington Examiner:  Maryland considers adding tolls on I-270, Beltway
• 5-26-08 WTOP 103.5 FM Radio News:  Md. officials considering I-270 HOT lanes
• 5-26-08 Washington Post:  Stephen Barr's Federal Diary -- Offering Direction as 13,000 Crystal City Jobs Migrate
• 5-26-08 Congressional Quarertly CQ Politics Weekly Report:  House Takes on Bush With Defense Bill
• 5-26-08 New York Times:  Op-Ed by Helen Benedict -- For Women Warriors, Deep Wounds, Little Care
• 5-26-08 Science Daily:  Americans Believe Wounded Iraq War Veterans Are Not Receiving High Quality Medical Care In U.S.
• 5-26-08 KRDO-TV News Channel 13 (Colorado Springs):  Number Of Disabled Vets On The Rise
• 5-26-08 IsraelEnews.com:  Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz column -- America`s War-Torn Economy
• 5-25-08 Baltimore Sun:  State to decide on park-and-ride -- Officials' pick for site is unpopular
• 5-25-08 Baltimore Sun:  Seven Oaks braces for influx of BRAC families
• 5-24-08 Frederick News-Post:  class=purplehead>Officials eye commercial and office annexation opportunities -- class=purplesubhead>Leaders must determine what’s best for region
• 5-23-08 Military.com:  The Struggle of Injured Soldiers
• 5-23-08 Montgomery County Planning Board News Release:  With Fewer Funds in 09, Montgomery County Planning Department Will Cut Traffic Relief Studies, Environmental Protection Analyses, Other Programs
• 5-23-08 Washington Business Journal:  Maryland beefs up commuter busses headed to D.C. this summer
• 5-23-08 USA Today:  Op-Ed by Dr. James Peake, Secretary of Veterans Affairs -- Opposing view: VA is reaching out: We’re spending billions to improve veterans’ mental-health programs.
• 5-23-08 Gazette.Net:  Letter to the Editor from Brig. Gen. Michael Hayes (retired), Director of the Maryland Office of Military and Federal Affairs.-- Assuring all benefit from BRAC
• 5-23-08 Northeast Booster (Baltimore County):  State aid expected for BRAC -- Grants would offset cost of infrastructure
• 5-22-08 WRAMC Stripe:  Wounded Warriors on the Road 2 Recovery
• 5-22-08 WRAMC Stripe:  Military medical university dispenses much more than the typical medical education
• 5-22-08 Congressional Quarterly:  CQ Politics Today -- White House Threatens Veto of Defense Authorization Bill
• 5-22-08 Associated Press:  Highlights of Senate Iraq war funding bill
• 5-22-08 Washington Post:  County Traffic Hits 'Undesirable Levels' -- Planners' Study Pushes Public Transit Debate
• 5-22-08 Washington Post:  Dr. Gridlock Blog: Get There -- Buses Are The Thing This Year
• 5-22-08 Gazette.Net:  O’Malley hails county’s minority-owned firms -- Governor speaks to chamber members
• 5-22-08 NNMC Journal:  Breakthrough in Brain Injury Research
• 5-22-08 NNMC Journal:  Gates: Medical Care, Troop Protection Top Priority
• 5-22-08 NNMC Journal:  Second Town Hall Focused on Construction
• 5-22-08 NNMC Journal:  Commander’s Column -- BRAC Construction
• 5-21-08 Forbes:  class=artsectiontitle xmlns:lxslt="http://xml.apache.org/xslt">Business In The Beltway -- class=mainarttitle>Rough Road Ahead For Highway Bill
• 5-21-08 Montgomery County Sentinel:  County Names Worst Intersections
• 5-21-08 Army Times:  Lawmaker urges better treatment of women vets
• 5-21-08 Poynter Institute:  Watch Walter Reed Seminars with Anne Hull and David Maraniss
• 5-21-08 Baltimore Messenger:  BRAC may bring area road funds -- State will spend millions to enhance communities
• 5-21-08 Baltimore Messenger:  State favors communities near rails
• 5-21-08 Gazette.Net:  Hanson floats tolls based on congestion -- Report showing county’s worst intersections leads planners to consider a new approach to control traffic
• 5-21-08 Gazette.Net:  Work on Montrose Parkway overpass to begin soon
• 5-21-08 Gazette.Net:  Parts of Capital Crescent Trail to close
• 5-21-08 Pittsburgh (PA) Tribuine-Review:  Road leading to VA facility in Lincoln-Lemington will be fixed
• 5-21-08 Washington Post:  Michael Gerson Op-Ed -- Defense's Realist Rebel
• 5-21-08 International Herald Tribune (Associated Press):  Despite veto threat, Senate loads Iraq war funding bill with domestic spending
• 5-21-08 London (United Kingdom) Telegraph:  Injured war veterans not getting care promised
• 5-20-08 Montgomery County Sentinel:  O'Malley seeking calm in middle of economic storm
• 5-20-08 Defense News:  Gates, Mullen: Base DoD Budget Must Be Passed
• 5-20-08 Huffington Post:  Hal Donahue Column -- Rush to Failure: Tripped up by Congress
• 5-20-08 Associated Press:  House approves financial relief for military personnel
• 5-20-08 Washington Post:  Dulles Rail Project -- Tysons Tunnel Supporters Raise Money to Continue Fight
• 5-20-08 Associated Press:  Highlights of Senate Iraq war funding bill
• 5-19-08 Hawaii Reporter:  Inspector General Report Find That VA Continues to Inaccurately Report Patient Wait Times -- class=subhead>Akaka concerned by apparent lack of commitment to accurate assessment
• 5-19-08 KOAA-TV News (Colorado Springs, CO):  Warriors in transition at Ft. Carson
• 5-19-08 American Medical Association News:  Address mental health needs of returning troops, study says -- "Invisible" war wounds could overwhelm military facilities and bring community health care into the mix
• 5-18-08 New York Times:  Editorial -- Fixing the Military
• 5-18-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Op-Ed -- Representatives Frank Pallone sand Rush Holt: Post-fort plans progress as BRAC challenge continues
• 5-17-08 Annapolis Capital:  Opinion -- Editor's notebook: BRAC Aid
• 5-17-08 Washington Post:  Rapid Buses May Be Expanded -- Metro Proposes New Service Along 18 Crowded Routes
  • 5-17-08 Washington Post (graphic):  Metrobus Plans to Expand Rapid Service -- Metro is proposing to add service on 18 crowded bus corridors during the next six years
• 5-17-08 Washington Post:  Montgomery Passes Preliminary Budget That Raises Tax Bills
• 5-16-08 Business Wire:  Fitch Rates Arlington County, Virginia GOs 'AAA'; Stable Outlook
• 5-16-08 California Healthline:  Doctors and Nurses -- VA Reprimands Doctor Who Discouraged Stress Diagnoses for War Vets
• 5-16-08 Hartford Courant:  Jesse A. Hamilton Blog -- Current BRAC Process May Be Replaced
• 5-16-08 Washington Post:  House Panel to Delay Work on Two Projects -- Bill Seeks Better Military Health Care
• 5-16-08 Washington Post:  Official Urged Fewer Diagnoses of PTSD
• 5-16-08 New York Times:  V.A. Disavows Combat Stress Memo
• 5-16-08 Gazette.Net:  New law raises cap for small companies -- More firms will qualify for set-aside program
• 5-16-08 Fayetteville (NC) Observer:  $21.5 million approved for 3 Bragg projects
• 5-15-08 Federal Computer Week:  DOD moves to limit excessive pass-through costs
• 5-15-08 New England Journal of Medicine:  Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Soldiers Returning from Iraq
• 5-15-08 Reuters:  Gates names troop protection, care as top priority
• 5-15-08 TIME:  Commentary -- Taking Care of Our Vets
• 5-15-08 NNMC Journal:  Bethesda Held First Construction Town Hall
• 5-15-08 NNMC Journal:  New Integrated Department Chiefs Named
• 5-15-08 WRAMC Stripe:  WRHCS commander holds BRAC town hall
• 5-15-08 University of Maryland Diamondback:  Purple Line redesign may appease admin.
• 5-15-08 Associated Press:  Highlight of war spending bill
• 5-15-08 Washington Examiner:  O’Malley: It's time to prepare residential influx in Maryland
• 5-15-08 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star:  class=majorhead>Exit 148 Project Funded -- class=summary>Defense budget will pay only a fraction of the costs of needed road improvements as thousands of jobs are shifted to Virginia military
• 5-15-08 Washington Post:  Giving Back, Getting Around -- Segways Presented to Veterans Injured in Iraq, Afghanistan
• 5-15-08 Frederick News-Post:  County, city consider BRAC zone
• 5-15-08 Hagerstown Herald-Mail:  At forum, Washington County delegation looks back and ahead
• 5-14-08 Maryland Daily Record:  With home sales down and listings up, industry cautiously enters busy time of year
• 5-14-08 Laurel Hill (Lorton, VA) Connection:  Construction Well Underway at EPG -- Work on the new NGA headquarters at the Engineer Proving Ground moving along smoothly
• 5-14-08 Mount Vernon (VA) Gazette:  These Are Not Your Father's Barracks -- "Wounded Warrior" housing provides living independence
• 5-14-08 Washington Business Journal:  Opus East lands CACI as tenant for Aberdeen complex
• 5-14-08 Washington Post:  Montgomery Traffic Fixes Are Ineffective, Study Says
  • 5-14-08 Washington Post (graphic):  High-Traffic Areas in Montgomery -- The Montgomery County Planning Board has released a report showing the most congested intersections, roadways and corridors in the county. Here are the 10 most congested intersections, ranked from the most to least congested
• 5-14-08 Washington Examiner:  Report foresees deteriorating commute in Montgomery
• 5-14-08 Gazette.Net:  County seeks federal money for anti-gang initiatives -- Money would support upcounty youth center and create a second police gang unit -- The requests are part of $140 million the county called for in fiscal 2008, which begins Oct. 1 for the federal government. Of that request, $100 million is for consolidation of the Food and Drug Administration in eastern Montgomery and $16 million is for Base Realignment and Closure infrastructure needs.
• 5-14-08 Gazette.Net:  Long-term forecast for Bethesda traffic looks rocky
• 5-14-08 Baltimore Sun:  Main Street pushed at Canton waterside -- Shopping center would rise on ex-refinery site
• 5-14-08 Blackanthem Military News:  class=article_title>USU Celebrates Historic Opening of New Academic Program Center
• 5-13-08 Baltimore Business Journal:  O'Malley signs bill helping counties absorb BRAC growth
• 5-13-08 Washington Business Journal:  Preservation League releases endangered historic properties list
• 5-13-08 Maryland Daily Record:  Hale adds $150M, 31-acre site to Canton Crossing project
• 5-13-08 Baltimore Examiner:  Hopkins partners with Fort Detrick for biotech program
• 5-13-08 Washington Examiner:  Kaine proposes $1.1 billion tax increase for roads and rail; receives tepid support
• 5-13-08 Washington Post:  Gates Urges Military to Focus on Current Wars -- Defense Secretary Warns Against Falling Back on Cold War Mentality
• 5-13-08 WTOP 103.5 Radio News:  Great Seneca at Muddy Branch: Montgomery Co.'s most congested -- Two intersections on this year's list may be improved as part of the National Naval Medical Center base realignment project along Wisconsin Avenue.
• 5-13-08 Wall Street Journal:  What Are the Wounds of War? -- Military Debates Purple Heart Awards For Mental Stress
• 5-12-08 Military.com (U.S. Navy News Release):  Navy at Forefront of Medical Research
• 5-12-08 Reuters:  US examining satellite images of China quake area
• 5-12-08 Baltimore Sun:  Kimberly Dozier's gripping survival story -- Critically wounded in Iraq, CBS News reporter Kimberly Dozier faced an uphill battle to tell her gripping story of survival
• 5-12-08 Washington Post:  Editorial: Not an Emergency -- Congress again uses a war funding bill to advance pet projects
• 5-12-08 Baltimore Examiner:  Baltimore’s proposed Red Line a hard sell for residents
• 5-12-08 Washington Examiner:  Schools, Belvoir chiefs spar over base realignment
• 5-12-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Ballyhooed partnership focuses on move to Md.
• 5-12-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Army downplays partnership on jobs -- Those near retirement would be likely candidates
• 5-11-08 Washington Post:  Letters To the Editor -- A Chance to Act on Roads
• 5-11-08 Houston Chronicle (Associated Press):  class=storyheading3>Cost of caring for more injured vets is set to soar -- class=storydeck3>Government expects to spend $59 billion a year in 25 years from current $29 billion
• 5-11-08 Baltimore Sun:  Funds sought for study of central water system
• 5-11-08 Baltimore Sun:  Transit line potential discussed -- Residents, officials trade ideas on city's east-west Red Line proposal
• 5-11-08 New York Times:  Editorial -- The Suffering of Soldiers
• 5-11-08 CBS News:  On Recovering Without PTSD -- Kimberly Dozier Was Almost Killed By A Car Bomb In Iraq; Now She Tells How She Went Past Mere Survival -- What does it take to recover from a traumatic war injury? CBS News correspondent Kimberly Dozier knows the answer firsthand. In fact, she's now written a book about it.
• 5-10-08 Baltimore Sun:  MARC station plans speed up
• 5-10-08 Frederick News-Post:  class=purplehead>Detrick boss learns from Walter Reed
• 5-10-08 New York Times:  Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit
• 5-9-08 Washington Post:  Washington Post Investigations -- Walter Reed Closure Looms
• 5-9-08 Washington Post:  Naval Hospital Expansion Starts Soon -- Steps Being Taken to Minimize Traffic Disruption in Bethesda
  • 2-11-08 Washington Post:  Medical Center Expansion Proposal (graphic)
• 5-9-08 Washington Post:  Metro May Delay Some Projects To Fund More-Urgent Repairs
• 5-9-08 Washington Business Journal:  Department of Defense lease renewal signals BRAC delay
• 5-9-08 Navy Times:  House panel adds $950M for readiness needs
• 5-8-08 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery may see first signs of BRAC activity this week
• 5-8-08 NNMC Journal:  Navy Signs Record of Decision
• 5-8-08 NNMC Journal:  Navy at the Forefront of Medical Research
• 5-8-08 NNMC Journal:  Bethesda Supports Troops Through High Quality of Life
• 5-8-08 NNMC Journal:  Fuel Cost $ Affecting Bethesda Commuters
• 5-8-08 NNMC Journal:  Gates Works to Reduce Mental Health Stigma
• 5-8-08 NNMC Journal:  Commander’s Column -- Record of Decision and preparing for BRAC construction
• 5-8-08 WRAMC Stripe:  Record of Decision regarding new Walter Reed at Bethesda signed
• 5-8-08 WRAMC Stripe:  Joint Chiefs panel evaluates Wounded Warrior care
• 5-8-08 WRAMC Stripe:  Army Spouse Employment Partnership seeks to better opportunities for spouses
• 5-8-08 WRANC Stripe:  WTB officials answer town hall queries
• 5-8-08 Fort Detrick Standard:  GMH military housing becomes Balfour Beatty Communities
• 5-8-08 Associated Press:  White House renews veto threat against troop funding bill
• 5-8-08 Annapolis Capital:  Veterans' mental health addressed -- Health department setting aside $50K for treatment
• 5-8-08 Associated Press:  Questions and answers about veterans suicide
• 5-8-08 Congressional Quarterly CQ Today Online News:  With Democrats Divided, Senate Panel Delays Vote on War Supplemental
• 5-8-08 Washington Post:  Work Set to Begin on Expansion of Navy Hospital
  • 2-11-08 Washington Post:  Medical Center Expansion Proposal (graphic)
• 5-8-08 Washington Examiner:  Navy prepares to begin work on medical center expansion
• 5-8-08 WJLA-TV7 News:  Navy Prepares to Begin Work on Bethesda Medical Center Expansion
• 5-8-08 WTOP 103.5 Radio News (Associated Press):  Navy prepares work on medical center expansion
• 5-8-08 WJZ-TV13 News (Baltimore) (Associated Press):  Navy Prepares To Work On Medical Center Expansion
• 5-8-08 USA Today:  class=inside-head2>U.S. deploys more than 43,000 unfit for combat
• 5-8-08 Congressional Quarterly CQ Today Online News:  Senate Appropriators Prepare to Take Lead on War Supplemental
• 5-8-08 Washington Post:  Noise in Artery Could Warn of Heart Risk
• 5-8-08 CNN Money News:  U.S. Navy Receives Funding for Further Development of Hemopure(R)
• 5-8-08 CBS News:  Housing For Soldiers Will Be Repaired -- Army Takes $248 Million In Emergency Funding To Fix Up Decrepit Barracks
• 5-8-08 Gazette.Net:  Upper Marlboro jobs center keeps growing -- Melwood’s new $6M facility could employ war veterans coping with mental health problems
• 5-8-08 Gazette.Net:  Teachers to train outside classrooms -- Schools partner with businesses to create unique summer learning opportunity
• 5-8-08 Gazette.Net:  Students present revitalization concepts for Kenilworth Avenue
• 5-7-08 University of Maryland Diamondback:  Historic site status may hinder route
• 5-7-08 Congressional Quarterly CQ Politics:  Defensive Strategy is Behind House Leaders’ Plan for War Funding Bill
• 5-7-08 Frederick News-Post:  class=purplehead>County refines transportation priority list
• 5-7-08 Washington City Paper:  The Third Rail -- One man's quest to take the train to New York without ever boarding Amtrak
• 5-7-08 U.S. Air Force News Release:  class=maintext_xxlargeb>New Joint Staff team evaluates wounded warrior programs
• 5-7-08 Corridor, Inc.:  BRAC issue, featuring BRAC at NNMC Bethesda
  • Cover Story -- Medical Marvel: Bethesda braces for mega hospital and traffic nightmare
  • BRAC Bulletin -- Break Ground, Bring on the Office Chairs
  • The BRAC Pack -- County coordinators tackle growth challenges
• 5-7-08 Baltimore Sun:  Military families sought for BRAC focus groups
• 5-7-08 Gazette.Net:  County pushes military transit money -- Officials question housing
• 5-7-08 Gazette.Net:  Army Major happy to return to mommy duty
• 5-7-08 Gazette.Net:  Kids ask to ‘Keep Mommy Safe’ -- Upcounty sisters will mark Mother’s Day with their woman of honor stationed in Iraq
• 5-7-08 Gazette.Net:  Several projects at MC-Germantown move forward -- Business incubator slated to open by early fall; money for long-planned bioscience center still needed
• 5-7-08 Gazette.Net:  Johns Hopkins marks 20 years in Montgomery -- Rockville campus, which helped spur biotech growth, looks to the future
• 5-7-08 CBS News:  Tempers Flare At Hearing On Vet Suicides -- Congress Turns Up The Heat On VA Secretary Amid Cover-up Scandal
• 5-7-08 Washington Post:  Democrats Link Wishes to War Funding -- Proposal Includes Troop-Withdrawal Timeline and Money for Veterans' Education
• 5-7-08 Porterville (CA) Recorder:  Future engineers head East -- Odyssey: A paid trip to Maryland
• 5-6-08 Voice of America:  class=articleheadline style="DIRECTION: ltr">Democrats in US Congress Prepare Iraq-Afghanistan Funding Measure
• 5-6-08 WTOP Radio News:  1.8 magnitude earthquake rattles D.C. area
• 5-6-08 Associated Press:  Committee chairman accuses VA of criminal negligence
• 5-6-08 Reuters:  Iraq war strains U.S. army mental health system
• 5-6-08 Reuters:  U.S. military marriages strained by long deployments
• 5-6-08 New London (CT) Day:  class=basicXLargeBloodNoBold id=ctl00_CPHMaster_ctl00_lblHead>Support For Families Of Deployed Troops Needs Boost, Some Believe -- class=basicLarge id=ctl00_CPHMaster_ctl00_lblSubHead>Rep. Courtney, others say issue needs to be addressed
• 5-6-08 Washington Post:  Metro Won't Raise Fee To Park -- With More Riders, Agency's Financial Squeeze Has Eased
• 5-6-08 Washington Post:  A Breath of Hope -- Walter Reed Tries Yoga to Counter PTSD
• 5-5-08 Government Executive:  VA official says veterans' suicides not reflection of agency negligence
• 5-5-08 Frederick News-Post:  class=purplehead>Commercial real estate market ‘cautious’ -- class=purplesubhead>Minimal subprime impact expected
• 5-5-08 Military.com:  Blindness Becomes a Bitter Legacy for War Vets
• 5-5-08 Baltimore Business Journal:  Employers worried about region's ability to fill BRAC jobs
• 5-5-08 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:  House, Senate OK research funding for maglev
• 5-5-08 Armed Forces Press:  Soldier suicides could trump war tolls: US health official
• 5-5-08 Federal Times:  Wounded in war, ill-treated at home
• 5-5-08 Baltimore Examiner:  Workers from Fort Monmouth tour Harford County’s offerings
• 5-5-08 WTOP Radio News:  NGA more than Mapquest for the military
• 5-5-08 Washington Post:  A Debate Over What Revived Dulles Rail -- U.S. Cites Changes; Others See Politics
• 5-5-08 Washington Post:  Little Relief For Choked Secondary Roads in Va. -- State Funds Slashed By More Than Half
• 5-5-08 New London (CT) Day:  class=basicXLargeBloodNoBold id=ctl00_CPHMaster_ctl00_lblHead>Helping War Vets 'Detox' Is New Task For The Navy
• 5-4-08 Navy Times:  Thousands of medical billets will stay Navy
• 5-4-08 Baltimore Sun:  Schools are playing catch-up, Craig says -- $122 million sought as BRAC influx looms
• 5-4-08 Annapolis Capital:  Gas tax holiday not in state's future -- Officials say roads, bridges can't afford loss of revenue
• 5-3-08 Washington Post:  Navy Is Urged to Lobby for Metro
• 5-3-08 Frederick News-Post:  class=purplehead>Requests for study start of long process
• 5-3-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Editorial -- Corzine hoists the white flag
• 5-3-08 Washington Examiner:  Intersections around Belvoir flunking before jobs influx, report says
• 5-2-08 Washington Post:  Dulles Rail Still Has Miles to Go, Hurdles to Clear
• 5-2-08 National Public Radio:  Health Care: Injured GI's Care Reflects Army's Uneven Progress
• 5-2-08 Annapolis Capital:  County unveils BRAC plan -- But money to make it a reality is scarce
• 5-2-08 Reuters:  Gates acknowledges mistakes in treatment of troops
• 5-2-08 San Francisco Chronicle (AssociAted Press):  VA reports inadequate brain injury care -- The study is first on Bush administration policies on the traumatic wounds from roadside bombings
• 5-2-08 Baltimore Business Journal:  BRAC development in search of financing
• 5-2-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Preventing fort "brain drain" -- N.J. wants jobs kept here after Army post closes
• 5-2-08 Gazette.Net:  BRAC prompts Maryland overtures to N.J. workers -- Labor department opens centers to help Garden Staters relocate here
• 5-2-08 Gazette.Net:  Annapolis Junction opens ‘green’ space for NSA
• 5-1-08 National Public Radio:  Health Care: Army Hospitals Struggle to Stop Drug Overdoses
• 5-1-08 Baltimore Examiner:  Funding needed to implement BRAC plan
• 5-1-08 Portland Oregonian (Associated Press):  Pentagon plans national mental health campaign
• 5-1-08 CBS News:  VA: Brain-Injured Vets Lack Proper Care -- Investigators Say Iraq War Veterans Still Not Getting Adequate Long-Term Recovery Assistance
• 5-1-08 TIME:  Stigma Keeps Troops From PTSD Help
• 5-1-08 NNMC Journal:  Combat Stress Recovery Process Reevaluated
• 5-1-08 WRAMC Stripe:  Casscells: military needs more nurses
• 5-1-08 WRAMC Stripe:  Regenerative medicine seen as means to help wounded warriors
• 5-1-08 Washington Post:  Editorial: Dulles Rail's Revival -- Back from the dead, thanks to effective advocacy
• 5-1-08 Washington Post:  Stephen Barr's Federal Diary: Report Questions Quality of Medical Care for Workers in War Zones
• 5-1-08 Gazette.Net:  Names and Notes -- Keegin to leadFort Detrick Alliance
• 5-1-08 Fairfax County Times:  Major changes for central Springfield

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