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March - April 2008 News
- 4-30-08 Associated Press: Officials say Pentagon easing security clearance screening
- 4-30-08 Reuters: US vets' attorney asks judge to help stem suicides
- 4-30-08 San Jose Mercury News: VA trial concludes with constrasting views of vet care
- 4-30-08 Wall Street Journal: The Fight for Iraq: Wars Harming Mental Health Of Soldiers, Spouses -- Problems Present Long, Hidden Toll; Help Often Avoided
- 4-30-08 American Psychiatric Association: Study Finds Stigma May Still Be a Barrier for Many Military Members and Military Spouses Seeking Mental Health Care
- 4-30-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Corzine announces deal to keep civilian workers after Fort Monmouth closes
- 4-30-08 Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC News Release: GMH Military Housing Becomes Balfour Beatty Communities
- 4-30-08 Army Times: Lawmakers push for barracks hearing
- 4-30-08 Washington Examiner: Traffic congestion in area seen rising 50 percent in 25-30 years
- 4-30-08 NBC4-TV News (Associated Press): Official: 'We Let Our Soldiers Down' -- Bad Conditions At Fort Bragg Prompt Inspections
- 4-30-08 Washington Post: Dulles Rail Set to Get Federal Approval -- In Letter Expected Today, FTA Makes Stark Reversal
- 4-30-08 Gazette.Net: Report: Purple Line trail option could sink funding -- Town of Chevy Chase releases its engineering study
- 4-30-08 Gazette.Net: As fuel prices rise, so does ridership -- Trains and buses report increases as motorists try to find ways to cut costs
- 4-30-08 Gazette.Net: White Flint takes alternative approach to redevelopment -- County planners want to create a ‘vision’ for sector plan
- 4-29-08 U.S. National Guard Bureau News Release: The U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2) Honors Four Years of Serving Severely Wounded Soldiers and Their Families
- 4-29-08 Government Executive: Defense, VA urged to spend more on mental health, brain injury treatments
- 4-29-08 Associated Press: Bush holds firm on war funding bill
- 4-29-08 CNN: Dems may try to add conditions to war funding
- 4-29-08 Congressional Quarterly CQ Politics: House To Take Up Supplemental As Early Next Week
- 4-29-08 Washington Post: Jeffrey Birnbaum Column -- In the Loop: On K Streeet -- Friends of the Earmark Make Themselves Heard
- 4-29-08 Washington Post: Some War Veterans Find GI Bill Falls Short
- 4-29-08 Washington Post: Academic Expansion -- The military offers many more educational opportunities than it did in the World War II era, said Col. Terry McKenrick, a Veterans Affairs spokesman. In the past year, Walter Reed Army Medical Center has expanded educational counseling and opportunities, with more staff members to guide soldiers. About 90 of the 700 patients are pursuing an education, compared with about 40 last year, he said.
- 4-29-08 Washington Post: Bethesda Zoning Dispute Is Case Of Goliath vs., Well, Goliath
- 4-29-08 Washington Post: High-Rising Tensions -- Meridian Group is proposing to build a 200-foot-tall office building on top of the Bethesda Metro station. The proposal has faced opposition from large corporations that occupy the high-rises nearby.
- 4-29-08 Washington Post: Company Unveils Columbia Proposal -- Walker-Friendly Plan Would Bring Shops, Housing
- 4-29-08 Gazette.Net: Maryland to N.J.: Give us your dislocated, yearning to move south -- State opens career centers in Garden State to help with BRAC changes
- 4-28-08 Johns Hopkins University Gazette: 'Green' Engineering Grows More Common in the Classroom
- 4-28-08 Washington Post: Fort Belvoir Blasting Begins With A Quiet Bang
- 4-28-08 MIT Technology Review: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Iraq War Veterans Explored by MITid=bwanpa18>’s Technology Review Magazine -- A High Number of Soldiers Are Suffering from TBI with No Known Cure, Further Complicated by Symptoms That Overlap with PTSD, Leading to Mistaken Diagnosis
- 4-28-08 Government Executive: A Suicide Tracking System for VA?
- 4-27-08 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star: class=majorhead>Washington's Metro was controversial from its inception -- class=summary>Book explores the origins and development of Washington's Metro system
- 4-27-08 Petersburg (VA) Progress-Index: Fort Lee doubles in size
- 4-27-08 Baltimore Sun: Officials move on plan for plant -- County Council's OK is sought on $350 million energy facility
- 4-27-08 Baltimore Sun: Project stall -- Housing woes, economy put $1 billion in city development on hold amid rethinking of plans, hopes for better market
- 4-27-08 Annapolis Capital: M&T Bank expands regional headquarters in Annapolis
- 4-26-08 Washington Post: 'Earmarks' by Another Name: Democracy -- Op-Ed by Dannel P. Malloy (Mayor, Stamford CT), Robert Duffy (Mayor, Rochester NY) and Mark Mallory (Mayor, Cincinnati, OH)
- 4-26-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Maryland opens centers to try to get fort workers to move
- 4-26-08 Picayune (MS) Item: The hidden war: American soldiers vs. TBI
- 4-26-08 Washington Post: Financial Pressures -- Montgomery County Fairgrounds May Be Up for Sale
- 4-25-08 CBS News: VA Health Head Grilled Over Suicide Data -- After E-Mails Obtained By CBS Show VA Hid Numbers; Now Lawyers And Legislators React: This week, CBS News reported on charges of a cover up of suicide data at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Now, more damaging documents have come out in a lawsuit charging the VA fails to properly care for vets.
- 4-25-08 Baltimore Business Journal: Opus East lures defense firm to APG complex
- 4-25-08 The Nation: Alexander Cockburn "Beat the Devil" Column -- Real Clear Numbers: 101,000 US Casualties a Year
- 4-25-08 CBS News: Despite E-mails, VA Boss Denies Cover Up -- Michael Kussman, the VA’s Under Secretary For Health, Denied Any Wrong Doing During VA Lawsuit
- 4-25-08 WTOP Radio News: Explosions to rock Fort Belvoir next week
- 4-25-08 Gazette.Net: Federal contract dollars flat in fiscal ’06 -- New report shows no rise after years of increases
- 4-24-08 Baltimore Sun: U.S. outlays in Md. rise -- Spending here is up about 10%, to $75 billion
- 4-24-08 NNMC Journal: Jeffries Holds Admiral’s Calls -- BRAC Impacts at NNMC
- 4-24-08 NNMC Journal: Commander’s Column -- Joint Task Force CapMed Organizational Structure
- 4-24-08 NNMC Journal: Bethesda Holds Annual Research Competition
- 4-24-08 WRAMC Stripe: Surgeon’s dream spurs premier medical center -- 99 years of Warrior Care
- 4-24-08 Fort Detrick Standard: Injured vets see fruits of battlefield medical product
- 4-24-08 Fort Detrick Standard: Commander enjoys his new responsibilities at Naval Medical Logistics Command
- 4-24-08 Baltimore Business Journal: Unemployment rate in Maryland creeps higher
- 4-24-08 San Jose Mercury News (Associated Press): VA officials denies cover up of suicide rates
- 4-24-08 KHQ TV News (Spokane, WA) (Associated Press): Pelosi developing plan for war funding bill add-ons
- 4-24-08 Politico: Pelosi plots three-step Iraq dance
- 4-24-08 Washington Post: Military Expansion Is Set for Ft. Belvoir
- 4-24-08 Information Week: Federal Spending Telework Expected To Increase -- Telework Exchange issued a report underwritten by RIM that concluded that telework is becoming a significant factor in IT spending for the federal government.
- 4-24-08 TMCnet (Technology Marketing Corp.): Telework Key to IT Infrastructure Decisions
- 4-24-08 Baltimore Examiner: County library-science center would be first of kind in U.S.
- 4-24-08 San Francisco Chronicle: Attorney leading suit a veteran in battling VA
- 4-23-08 CBS News: VA Official Grilled About E-Mails -- After CBS News Report, Senators Say Department's Top Mental Health Official Should Go
- 4-23-08 Federal Computer Week: Agencies cite data sharing to aid troops
- 4-23-08 San Francisco Chronicle: VA faulted in diagnosing suicide candidates
- 4-23-08 Stars and Stripes: Clinics gird for doctor shortage
- 4-23-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Lawmakers ask Christie, gov to help stop fort closure
- 4-23-08 Gazette.Net: Honoring a new generation of soldiers -- Community recognizes wounded warriors
- 4-23-08 Gazette.Net: Country club letter riles Purple Line advocates
- 4-23-08 Gazette.Net: Bethesda trailhead gets facelift
- 4-22-08 CBS News: Senators Call For VA Official To Quit -- In Wake Of A CBS News Report Revealing The VA Withheld Critical Information, Top Mental Health Official Scrutinized
- 4-22-08 MIT Technology Review, May/June 2008: Part I: Brain Trauma in Iraq -- Thousands of U.S. soldiers have survived powerful explosions. Many are returning home with brain injuries that could result in lingering disabilities
- 4-22-08 Baltimore Sun: Gates says Air Force must step up effort in Iraq, Afghanistan -- He calls for more drone aircraft, chides military leaders as 'stuck in old ways'
- 4-22-08 Washington Post: Fairfax Prepares to Raise Tax Rate As Region's Fiscal Outlook Darkens
- 4-22-08 U.S. Air Force News Release: class=maintext_xxlargeb>Funding concerns remain for morale, welfare programs
- 4-22-08 Hanover (PA) Evening Sun: York County plans for development growth from military base closings
- 4-22-08 San Francisco Chronicle: VA stalling on care, judge told at S.F. trial
- 4-22-08 New York Times: In Federal Suit, 2 Views of Veterans’ Health Care
- 4-22-08 New York Times: Talking Veterans Down From Despair
- 4-21-08 CBS News: VA Hid Suicide Risk, Internal E-Mails Show -- Follow-Up Reporting On Exclusive Investigation Reveals Officials Hid Numbers
- 4-21-08 Southern Maryland Online: Lt. Governor Tours Charlotte Hall Vets Home
- 4-21-08 Baltimore Sun: Op-Ed by John R. Leopold, Anne Arundel County Executive: Misusing transit funds compromises our future
- 4-21-08 Washington Post: A Switch on the Tracks: Railroads Roar Ahead -- Global Trade, Fuel Costs Add Up To Expansion for Once-Dying Industry
- 4-21-08 Boston Globe: Humbled at Walter Reed
- 4-20-08 ABC News10 (Sacrmento) (Associated Press): Lawsuit: Veterans Affairs Failed to Prevent Suicides
- 4-19-08 Washington Post: Metro Will Need Hundreds Of New Cars, Manager Says
- 4-19-08 Washington Post: Projected Needs -- The Metrorail system needs 220 more rail cars at a cost of $660 million to avoid exceeding capacity in 12 years. Officials project that nearly 1 million daily passengers will be riding by 2030, which is roughly 250,000 more people over the next 20 years.
- 4-19-08 Washington Post: Smartbike DC -- Bicycle-Sharing Program to Debut
- 4-19-08 Baltimore Sun: Public budgets get shaped by squeeze -- Economic woes mix with state aid cuts, demand for services
- 4-19-08 Baltimore Examiner: Columbia Bank moving into Anne Arundel
- 4-19-08 Houston Chronicle (Associated Press): class=storyheading3>Units' mission is to rebuild wounded -- class=storydeck3>Army brings a military-style structure to the healing process
- 4-18-08 Medical News Today: Disfigured Wounded US Soldiers To Get New Skin, Ears And Fingers
- 4-18-08 Government Executive: Nation faces billions in long-term care costs for wounded troops
- 4-17-08 NNMC Journal: Troop Health Care Improving
- 4-17-08 NNMC Journal: Military’s Top Doc Speaks About Nursing Shortage
- 4-17-08 NNMC Journal: Army Officials Claim Body Armor Tested, Ready for War
- 4-17-08 NNMC Journal: Commander's Column -- The Joint Task Force National Capital Region⁄Medical (JTF CapMed)
- 4-17-08 WRAMC Stripe: TEAMS offers support, hope during transition
- 4-17-08 WRAMC Stripe: Construction of WRNMMC one step closer
- 4-17-08 CBS News: The Military's Showdown Over PTSD -- Battle Between The Old School And New School Methods For Handling Troops' Mental Health
- 4-17-08 U.S. Dept. of Defense News Transcript: DoD Media Roundtable with Col. Sutton and Col. Jaffee from the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. -- Presenter: Director, Defense Center of Excellence for TBI/PTSD Col. Loree Sutton and Director, Defense Veterans Brain Injury Center Col. Michael Jaffee
- 4-17-08 U.S. Dept. of Defense News Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Dr. S. Ward Casscells and Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
- 4-17-08 Los Angeles Times: 18.5% of Iraq, Afghanistan veterans have depression or PTSD, study finds -- The Army has stepped up mental health screening at the end of tours, but the Rand study says many soldiers are still undiagnosed. Less than half of the 300,000 affected veterans have been treated.
- 4-17-08 Washington Times: Vets of Afghanistan, Iraq wars have stress disorder
- 4-17-08 Associated Press: Nearly 1 in 5 vets reports mental problems
- 4-17-08 Air Force Times: Care program misses badly wounded troops
- 4-17-08 ADVANCE for Health Information Executives: class=title id=ctl01_cphContent_ED_pevFull_lblArticleTitle>IT Perspective at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- 4-17-08 York (PA) Daily Record: County plans for growth from BRAC -- One of the planners said they hope to steer development to places 'where it can flourish.'
- 4-17-08 Frederick News-Post: class=purplesubhead>Military Intelligence -- Company buys Detrick housing
- 4-17-08 Baltimore Sun: Fort Meade plans laid out -- Defense agency will move workers there as part base realignment
- 4-17-08 Washington Post: Ft. Meade Readies for Influx -- Construction Begins on Buildings for 5,700 New Workers
- 4-17-08 Washington Post: Virginia Department of Transportation: Plan Would Cut Roads Funds 44% -- Slowing Economy, Lack of Legislative Fix Create Short
- 4-17-08 Washington Post: For Buses, Wheels To the Shoulders?
- 4-16-08 Washington City Paper: The Unsung Hero of the Washington Post
- 4-16-08 Mount Vernon (VA) Gazette: NGA Lets BRAC Contract For Move To Belvoir
- 4-16-08 Maryland Daily Record: BRAC reality: Ground broken for first project at Fort Meade
- 4-16-08 AScribe Newswire: Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Awards $48,000 for Operation Education
- 4-16-08 Washington Post: Montgomery Weighs Rise In Energy, Land Taxes -- Council Seeking Ways To Balance '09 Budget
- 4-16-08 Gazette.Net: Bethesda employers take carpooling to next level
- 4-16-08 Gazette.Net: After Annapolis, lawmakers head for home -- Millionaire tax weighs heavy for some, but bond bills appeal to others
- 4-16-08 Gazette.Net: FEMA pulls grant from B-CC Rescue
- 4-16-08 Baltimore Messenger: BRAC pack eyes north Baltimore -- Charles Village invites transplants to live here
- 4-16-08 Baltimore Examiner: County office park sells for ‘monumental’ $44.2M
- 4-16-08 Baltimore Examiner: N.J. union disavows connection to Md.-bashing e-mail
- 4-16-08 Baltimore Examiner: BRAC bill to bring money to county, officials say
- 4-15-08 U.S. Army News Release: MILCON: Belvoir Projects to Enhance Quality of Life
- 4-15-08 Frederick News-Post: Editorial -- class=purplehead>NRC request
- 4-15-08 Federal Computer Week: DISA to break ground for new headquarters
- 4-15-08 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star: class=majorhead>Stafford may look at road referendum -- class=summary>Stafford may consider road bond referendum again size=1>
- 4-15-08 Associated Press: Army creates new units to help wounded soldiers get better
- 4-15-08 Dallas Morning News: class=vitstoryheadline>VA closes psychiatric after 4th patient kills himself
- 4-15-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Army audit can't be released yet -- Military branch at odds over prep school report
- 4-15-08 Baltimore Sun: Editorial: Harford in Joisey eyes -- Our view: Newcomers shouldn't fall for such drivel
- 4-15-08 Baltimore Examiner: Harford officials vow to counter union criticism
- 4-15-08 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star: class=majorhead>Stafford may look at road referendum -- class=summary>Stafford may consider road bond referendum again
- 4-14-08 U.S. Army News Release: New Pain Management Clinic to Open
- 4-14-08 Sedona(AZ).Biz: Sedona Film Festival presents Phil Donahue's critically-acclaimed "Body of War" -- Documentary makes exclusive Arizona premiere in Sedona on April 22
- 4-14-08 Fox 5 News (Associated Press): Army Concerned About Possible Water Contamination Near Ft. Detrick
- 4-14-08 Annapolis Capital: BRAC will require more police officers -- County hopes to figure out how many
- 4-14-08 Lawyers and Settlements.com: Veterans Malpractice: Will More Money Help?
- 4-14-08 eWEEK.com: class=Article_Title>IT Helping Vets Get Back on Feet -- A new program aims to help injured soldiers make a transition into the IT work force
- 4-14-08 Southern Maryland Online: Veterans Secretary Pushing For More Resources in Southern Maryland
- 4-14-08 Baltimore Examiner: Base realignment transplants get first taste of Baltimore
- 4-14-08 Baltimore Examiner: KKK, tainted milk await transfers in Harford, newsletter says
- 4-14-08 WTOP-FM News Radio: Senator 'Happy' to Block Metro Funding
- 4-14-08 CBS News: Military Releases High Casualty Figures -- Department Of Defense's Latest Numbers: 31,590 Troops Wounded On Battle Field
- 4-14-08 Baltimore Sun: Editorial: Highway robber -- Our view: Legislature turns its back on traffic woes
- 4-14-08 Norfolk Virginian-Pilot: Editorial -- Easing the strain on military minds
- 4-14-08 My Global Career blog: Injured Veterans Find New Career Opportunities
- 4-13-08 Washington Post: Deborah Howell Ombudsman Column -- The Service Behind the Prizes
- 4-13-08 Baltimore Sun: Tour gives visitors a taste of Baltimore -- City shows its charms to lure families relocating with BRAC
- 4-13-08 Baltimore Sun: County likely gains budget reprieve -- Legislation would allow Anne Arundel to boost fees for restaurants, wells and food
- 4-13-08 Variety: HBO sets Reed story -- Soldier film based on series of Post articles
- 4-13-08 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star: Michael Kole Federal Feedback column: class=majorhead>New program aims at retirement transition -- class=summary>Simplified retirement project an early success
- 4-12-08 Army Times: Many troops with PTSD aren’t treated -- Advocates blame stigma, lack of access
- 4-11-08 Gazette.Net: Montgomery flogs itself over tax measures -- Damned if they do, damned if they don’t
- 4-11-08 WBAL-TV11 News: E-Mail Claims Harford Co. Has 'KKK, 3-Headed Deer' -- Letter Sent To Thousands Of BRAC Workers
- 4-11-08 Wall Street Journal: Environmental Capital -- When Cheap Housing Isn’t: How Transportation Changes the Equation
- 4-11-08 Columbia University Spectator: Stiglitz's Book Triggers White House Criticism
- 4-11-08 Frederick News-Post: class=purplehead>County to keep economic development office
- 4-11-08 Kingston (NY) Daily Freeman: Film captures 'War on War'
- 4-10-08 Gazette.Net: Frederick is at a crossroads again
- 4-10-08 U.S. Army News Release: Chief Outlines Army's Construction Request
- 4-10-08 U.S. Army News Release: Vice Chief Addresses Army's Readiness at House Hearing
- 4-10-08 NNMC Journal: Construction: One Step Closer
- 4-10-08 NNMC Journal: Commander’s Column -- Final Environmental Impact Statement
- 4-10-08 NNMC Journal: Vice Chief: Strain on Forces Unprecedented
- 4-10-08 WRAMC Stripe: Joint chiefs chairman discusses vision for future
- 4-10-08 University of Maryland Diamondback: MTA unveils purple line costs
- 4-10-08 Washington Business Journal: SRA International wins $34M contract for National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Fort Belvoir move
- 4-10-08 Annapolis Capital: No money for Route 3 improvement -- Greenip: BRAC siphons off state funding
- 4-10-08 Frederick News-Post: class=purplehead>Request for review of USAMRIID expansion headed to National Research Council
- 4-10-08 Washington Post: The Young Lions of Able Troop -- To the Cadre on the Front Lines Of Improving Care at Walter Reed, The Challenge Can Rival Combat
- 4-10-08 Washington Post: Upgrades Planned for MARC's Brunswick Line -- Extension of Rail To Va. Also Possible
- 4-10-08 University System of Maryland (USM) News Release: USM Welcomes Civilian Employees and Defense Contractors Relocated due to BRAC -- System Offers In-State Tuition
- 4-10-08 Baltimore Sun: Salaries in area rise faster than inflation
- 4-10-08 USA Today: class=inside-head>Debate rages about impact of Iraq war on U.S. economy
- 4-9-08 Minnesota Public Radio: Central Corridor's funding fight could send project to the back of the line -- City and county leaders planning the Central Corridor light rail line between Minneapolis and St. Paul are urging the governor and lawmakers to find $70 million for the project. The local leaders are worried the governor's line-item risks a costly delay at best and a worst case scenario puts it at the end of a long line of other cities also seeking scarce federal matching funds for their transit projects.
- 4-9-08 Army Times: Army, Marine brass say readiness a concern
- 4-9-08 Maryland Daily Record: Despite upbeat real estate report, experts worried
- 4-9-08 Government Executive: VA pay hurts recruiting of medical personnel, panel says
- 4-9-08 Prince George's Sentinel: Officials hear from residents on transit
- 4-9-08 Baltimore County Community Times: In slumping economy, county stays stable
- 4-9-08 Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce: BRAC Spells Change for Bethesda-Chevy Chase
- 4-9-08 National Society of Professional Engineers: Engineering Firm Delivers Medical Facility for Veterans
- 4-9-08 Gazette.Net: BRAC report brings federal funding shift
- 4-9-08 Gazette.Net: Navy Med outpatient housing gets a facelift -- New patients from BRAC merger will benefit
- 4-9-08 Gazette.Net: Suburban Hospital files for expansion -- The Bethesda facility is also requesting a partial road abandonment, which many residents oppose
- 4-9-08 Gazette.Net: Council president wants to delay construction -- Crunch could hit schools, libraries, police, fire stations
- 4-9-08 Gazette.Net: Tax on millionaires a bitter pill for county -- General Assembly repeals $200 million tax on computer services as 2008 legislative session comes to a close
- 4-9-08 Washington Post: Montgomery County -- Council Supports Whittled-Down Capital Budget
- 4-9-08 Baltimore Sun: Legislative Digest -- The General Assembly adjourned at midnight Monday after a 90-day session in which lawmakers passed hundreds of bills and rejected hundreds
- 4-9-08 Baltimore Sun: Region seen weathering slump -- The outlook
- 4-9-08 Baltimore Sun: Battle over curriculum hits Arundel -- Meeting tests by cutting science, social studies draws wide protests
- 4-9-08 New York Times: Movie Review: 'Body of War' (2007) -- A Wounded Soldier Turns His Fire on the War
- 4-8-08 Washington Post: Cindy Skrzycki Business Column: The Regulators -- It's Not a Backroom Deal If the Call Is Made in the Oval Office
- 4-8-08 Navy Times: Vets’ group: Link between TBI, blindness needs more attention
- 4-8-08 Frederick News-Post: class=purplehead>Commissioners to consider asking for study of Detrick lab expansion
- 4-8-08 Annapolis Capital: 2008 session comes to a close
- 4-8-08 Baltimore Sun: Democrats see victory as session concludes
- 4-8-08 Baltimore Sun: Session closes after a tough few months -- Democrats tout bills on foreclosure, energy; GOP warns of business harm
- 4-8-08 Baltimore Examiner: Franchot wants new state panel to examine cost-cutting possibilities, financial solutions
- 4-8-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Editorial: Fort shutdown draining brains
- 4-8-08 Washington Post: The Post Wins 6 Pulitzer Prizes -- Walter Reed, Cheney and Virginia Tech Coverage Recognized
- 4-8-08 Poynter Institute: Writing/Editing -- Anatomy of a Pulitzer: Q&A with Hull and Priest
- 4-8-08 New York Times: Letter to the Editor from former Senator John Edwards: Broken Soldiers, and a Broken System
- 4-7-08 NBC4-TV News: Post Wins 6 Pulitzers For Walter Reed, Va. Tech Coverage
- 4-7-08 TechJournal South: Telework Exchange says “Perfect Storm” aids mission
- 4-7-08 Baltimore Sun: Senate passes $25 million for cleanup of Md.'s bays -- Funds to be spent on Chesapeake, coastal areas
- 4-7-08 Manchester (NH) Union Leader: N.E. summit eyes federal transport dollars
- 4-7-08 Washington Post: Economic Woes Render Growth Debate Moot -- D.C. Suburbs Shift Focus
- 4-7-08 Washington Post: Editorial: Warning: Congestion Ahead -- In Virginia, a coming showdown over transportation funding
- 4-7-08 Stars and Stripes: Resigning in lieu of courts-martial can allow military to avoid publicity
- 4-7-08 Stars and Stripes: IGs discuss challenges, changes during meeting
- 4-6-08 New York Times: Army Is Worried by Rising Stress of Return Tours to Iraq
- 4-7-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Satellite unit replication in dispute -- Army: Cost can't be released
- 4-6-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Fort memo asked for transfer incentives -- Closing foes cite 'brain drain'
- 4-6-08 Baltimore Sun: County pressed on Odenton -- Developers want action on town center to avoid losing to nearby counties
- 4-6-08 Augusta (GA) Chronicle: Op-Ed by Cone S. Underwood, U.S. Army retired -- The families of service members and veterans need our help as well
- 4-6-08 Alamogordo (NM) Daily News: What's Up at White Sands Missile Range
- 4-5-08 Washington Post: Budget Negotiators Clear Way for Vote On Compromise -- BRAC Bill Regains Momentum
- 4-5-08 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Kaine signs bills related to military -- Legislation covers health care, voting, licenses and more
- 4-4-08 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) News Release: USU Announces New Director for Government, Community Affairs
- 4-4-08 Burlington (IA) Hawk Eye: Harkin offers economy boost -- Harkin sees infrastructure as better way to stimulate slowing economy
- 4-4-08 Charlottesville (VA) Daily Progress: Editorial -- Feds to shift jobs this way
- 4-4-08 Washington Post: U.S. Might Pay for Part Of Bethesda Road Work -- Montgomery Welcomes Navy's Reconsideration
- 4-4-08 Washington Post: BRAC Projects in Bethesda -- Here are some transportation improvements Montgomery County wants to accommodate the expansion of the National Naval Medical Center. The Navy will ask the federal government to consider funding turn lanes into the hospital and a Metro bridge or tunnel.
- 4-4-08 WTOP News Radio: Navy Seeks Transportation Cash For Bethesda
- 4-4-08 Washington Examiner: Navy reverses course on seeking federal funds for Walter Reed shift
- 4-4-08 Washington Examiner (Associated Press): Navy to seek federal funds for Bethesda transportation projects
- 4-4-08 Gazette.Net: Repealing levy could hurt road projects -- Montgomery, Prince George’s forced into transportation dilemma
- 4-4-08 Washington Times: Op-Ed by David W. Gorman, Executive Director of Disabled American Veterans -- Hidden wounds of war
- 4-4-08 Washington Post: Editorial: Metro at Risk -- In Congress, an Alphonse-and-Gaston routine imperils the region's main transit system
- Washington Examiner: Debate over transportation tax opens old wounds in legislature
- 4-4-08 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star: class=majorhead>Fourth Lane to Ease I-95 Traffic -- class=summary>A fourth lane on Interstate 95 will move traffic between Springfield and Woodbridge faster
- 4-3-08 NNMC Journal: Ribbon-Cutting Held at Mercy Hall
- 4-3-08 NNMC Journal (American Forces Press Service): Mullen: Lengthy Deployments Can Risk Forces
- 4-3-08 NNMC Journal: Commander’s Column -- Mercy Hall and care for wounded warriors
- 4-3-08 WRAMC Stripe: Retention survey needs staff input
- 4-3-08 Military.com (American Forces Press Service): Wounded Marines Praise Medical Care
- 4-3-08 WTOP Radio News: Hey Montgomery County, Did You Just Get Spanked?
- 4-3-08 NBC4-TV News (Associated Press): Md. Rejects Pentagon-Backed Proposal On School Transfers
- 4-3-08 Annapolis Capital: County on its own for math and science teacher bonuses
- 4-3-09 Baltimore Examiner: Tax district to fund BRAC
- 4-3-08 Frederick News-Post: class=purplehead>Proposal could replace new 'tech tax'
- 4-3-08 Baltimore Sun: Senate panel votes to repeal 'tech tax' -- Levy on millionaires would replace measure
- 4-3-08 Politico: Iraq vets suffer mental health woes
- 4-3-08 All American Patriots.com: England Hails Wounded Marines, Outpatient Facility at Bethesda
- 4-3-08 Washington Post: For Second Year, BWI Logs Record Number of Passengers -- Trend Expected to Continue as Area Grows
- 4-3-08 Washington Post: At Hospital, Part-Time Marine Prepares for War -- Doctor to Trade Obstetrics for Iraq And Trauma Care
- 4-3-08 Newport News (VA) Daily Press: Fort Monroe's closing costs help push up bill nationwide -- Cost estimates have increased $10.7 billion in three years
- 4-3-08 Beaufort (SC) Gazette: Compassion, understanding key to easing soldiers' reintegration -- National Guard prepares for soldiers' return
- 4-2-08 Military.com (Army News Service): WTU Soldier Listed Fit for Duty
- 4-2-08 Navy Times: VA fails at PTSD care, lawsuit charges
- 4-2-08 Washington Post: Maryland Politics -- 'Tech Tax' Repeal Likely to Clear Md. Senate Panel
- 4-2-08 Baltimore Sun: Struggling with computer tax -- Lawmakers want to scrap it, but they're not sure how
- 4-2-08 Gazette.Net: Tech tax repeal clears Senate panel -- Bill replaces controversial levy with tax on millionaires
- 4-2-08 Gazette.Net: New buildings seen as a boon in Bethesda
- 4-2-08 Gazette.Net: Planners find room for thousands more homes, close TDR gap -- Twinbrook plan will test using transferable rights for commercial uses
- 4-2-08 Gazette.Net: Key county transit decisions to come in ‘08 -- Federal funding is pivotal to CCT and Purple Line
- 4-2-08 Gazette.Net: Moving county fair would make sense to upcounty residents -- Clarksburg ready to welcome fairgrounds if it moves; Gaithersburg adjusting to the news
- 4-2-08 Associated Press: Marine Retreat Aids War-Strained Couples
- 4-2-08 Hagerstown Herald-Mail: After years, those elusive high-tech jobs are almost here
- 4-2-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Congress members ask for fort closure audit
- 4-1-08 Maryland Daily Record: Computer tax repeal may pass -- Transportation cuts eyed in possible deal
- 4-1-08 Washington Examiner: Montgomery balks at tax increase for millionaires
- 4-1-08 Baltimore Sun: Ask about BRAC -- Sun reporters answer readers' questions about base realignment
- 4-1-08 Military.com (Knight Ridder): Helmet Sensors to Track Brain Activity
- 4-1-08 Prince George's Sentinel: Changing the county's landscape
- 4-1-08 Business Wire: Fitch Rates Anne Arundel County, Maryland's $87MM GOs 'AA+'; Outlook to Positive
- 4-1-08 Baltimore Magazine: Best Places To Live: A Look at the State of Real Estate -- and the Info You Need on Great Neighborhoods and Towns!
- 4-1-08 Annapolis Capital: BRAC funding goes to Meade roads, AACC
- 4-1-08 University of Maryland Diamondback: Staff Editorial: The People's Line
- 4-1-08 Yahoo News: Paul Rieckhoff Op-Ed -- Stop-Loss: Another Hollywood Iraq Film Misses the Mark
- 4-1-08 Annals of Internal Medicine: The Importance of Efficient Depression Management in Primary Care
- 4-1-08 Army Times: 4 wounded warriors graduate from BNCOC
- 4-1-08 Washington Post: Maryland Briefing: Military Base Realignment -- State to Get Funds for Transportation, Training {C}
- color=#800080>4-1-08 Salisbury (MD) Daily Times (Associated Press): State to get $5.7 million for BRAC costs
- 3-31-08 Baltimore Business Journal: Feds give $5.7M to region's BRAC infrastructure
- 3-31-08 News-Medical.Net (Australia): Post-traumatic stress disorder associated with more, longer hospitalizations
- 3-31-08 New York Times: Five Years In -- Tracking a Marine Lost at Home
- 3-31-08 Boston Globe: Program targets veteran suicides -- Fledgling prevention effort relies on shared experience
- 3-31-08 Newport News (VA) Daily Press: Combat trauma can fuel addictions, experts say -- Civilian counselors are told to expect more military patients and veterans
- 3-30-08 Hagerstown Herald-Mail: Changes at Fort Ritchie mean changes for its neighbor, Rouzerville
- 3-30-08 Stars and Stripes: At home, but not at peace: A soldier's struggle with PTSD -- Spc. Brandon Garrison volunteered to deploy and loved putting on his uniform each day. But after watching a mortar attack claim one of his friends in Afghanistan, he joined the thousands of servicemembers battling PTSD
- 3-29-08 Washington Post: In Faith's Pawprints, an Abiding Hope -- A Walking 2-Legged Dog Inspires Awe on Va. Visit
- 3-29-08 Washington Post: War's Wounded Find Guidance in Aftermath -- Walter Reed Chaplains Help Amputees, Other Soldiers Confront Unpleasant Realities
- 3-29-08 BlackAnthem.com Military News: class=article_title>Army to Focus More on Family Support
- 3-28-08 U.S. Army News Release: Students Graduate from First WTB BNCOC at Walter Reed
- 3-28-08 Gazette.Net: Contracts, etc. -- Henry M. Jackson Foundation of Rockville won $23.19 million from the Army to manage the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center program.
- 3-28-08 Carbondale (IL) Southern Illinoisan: More quality of care issues cited at Marion VA
- 3-28-08 Medical News Today: Society 'Discriminating' Against Brain Injured
- 3-28-08 Georgetown University Hoya: Pork Barrel May Be Empty This Year For GU
- 3-28-08 Baltimore Sun: More post-deployment aid urged -- O'Malley, Mikulski seek more funds to help returning troops
- 3-28-08 Baltimore Sun: Movie Review -- 'Stop-Loss' underscores how many can't go home again
- 3-28-08 Minneapolis Star Tribune: Movie review: 'Stop-Loss' shows patriotism -- and pain -- The story steers away from clichés and political polemics, maintaining a tone of unflinching emotional realism. The movie creates its characters with love and detail
- 3-27-08 Washington Post: General Assembly -- O'Malley Discusses Deal to Kill Computer Services Tax
- 3-27-08 Baltimore Sun: Deal may end 'tech tax' -- O'Malley, leaders back income tax surcharge and cuts in spending
- 3-27-08 Fort Myer (VA) Pentagram: ‘Stop-Loss’ stops being real, loses momentum
- 3-27-08 NNMC Journal: Ribbon-Cutting Scheduled for Mercy Hall -- National Naval Medical Center Continues to Improve Quality of Life for Wounded Warriors
- 3-27-08 NNMC Journal: Health Assessments Helping Soldiers Heal
- 3-27-08 WRAMC Stripe: Walter Reed officer earns ‘9A’ proficiency designator
- 3-27-08 National Academies' Science in the Headlines: Hearing Damage Prevalent in the War on Terror
- 3-27-08 Annapolis Capital: Senators advance Leopold's agenda
- 3-27-08 Baltimore Examiner: Property, taxes generate highest revenue
- 3-27-08 Washington Examiner: Bad economy scuttles Kings Crossing
- 3-27-08 Washington Post: Cash-Strapped Metro Needs Millions in Repairs
- 3-27-08 Washington Business Journal: Metro needs cash to stay on track
- 3-27-08 Medical News Today: National Museum Of Health And Medicine To Open New Exhibit 'Triumph At Carville: A Tale Of Leprosy In America'
- 3-27-08 Health News Digest: North American Brain Injury Society -- Brain Injury Experts Rally for Reform
- 3-26-08 Gazette.Net: Fair site could be developed -- Nonprofit officials enter discussions, say a move to Boyds is possible
- 3-26-08 Gazette.Net: Consultants lay out options for making Rockville Pike work
- 3-26-08 Gazette.Net: Open forum: Pedestrians should be willing to share the trail with bikers
- 3-26-08 Gazette.Net: Open forum: Military should stop using live animals to train medical students
- 3-26-08 class=relinst>Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) News Release: WRAIR investigators pioneering work on an exciting new class of antimalarial compounds
- 3-26-08 KKTV-11 News (Colorado Springs): Army Doubles Support Funds For Soldier, Families
- 3-26-08 WISC -TV3000 News (Madison, WI): More Soldiers Returning From Iraq With PTSD -- Up To 20 Percent Of Iraq Veterans Have PTSD
- 3-26-08 Stamford (CT) Advocate: Don Russell Op-Ed: A sad, but needed, reminder of the war
- 3-26-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Editorial -- Army's numbers don't compute
- 3-25-08 U.S. Army News Release: Aberdeen Breaks Ground for Commo-Electronics Complex
- 3-25-08 Military.com: AER Doubles Aid to Meet Rising Needs
- 3-25-08 Editor & Publisher: Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) Awards Top Honors To 'Wash Post' and 'NY Times'
- 3-25-08 Annapolis Capital: Transit plan could buoy Odenton Town Center
- 3-25-08 Albany (GA) Herald: Bishop to keep district projects -- A member of the House Appropriations Committee, Albany's Sanford Bishop defends the budget line-items he secures for the Second Congressional District -- It was an earmark, not a request by the Bush administration that funded a fix for deficiencies at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and the list goes on and on — food safety, immigration, housing — said Bishop, whose Web site includes applications for funding.
- 3-25-08 AlterNet: For Iraq Vets and Their Families, Trauma Can Be Contagious -- Depression and suicidal thoughts aren't limited to vets with PTSD; family members may experience it as well
- 3-25-08 Baltimore Examiner: Historians hopeful about preserving proving ground’s past
- 3-25-08 Baltimore Examiner: County gets top credit rating
- 3-25-08 Business Wire: The Judge Group Opens a Branch Office in Baltimore, MD
- 3-25-08 Poynter Institute: Writing/Editing -- What it Takes: Behind the Scenes with Goldsmith Winners
- 3-25-08 Stars and Stripes: Warrior Transition Battalion waits for go-ahead
- 3-24-08 Columbia Journalism Review: The Survival of Investigative Journalism -- From Iraq to China, health and medicine under scrutiny
- 3-24-08 Nursing Spectrum: Warrior Assistance Program Screens Returning Soldiers for TBI and PTSD
- 3-24-08 Congressional Quarterly Weekly: Mass Transit, Road Repair Vie for Federal Dollars
- 3-24-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Army's savings estimates for fort not clear
- 3-24-08 Navy Times: Overdose raises questions at Walter Reed
- 3-24-08 Pleasanton (CA) Tri-Valley Herald: VA steps up effort to educate families on stress disorders
- 3-24-08 Forbes: class=mainarttitle xmlns:lxslt="http://xml.apache.org/xslt">Innovative Care Is Helping Iraq War's Injured Survive
- 3-23-08 Cincinnati Enquirer: Woodruff: Improve soldiers treatment
- 3-23-08 CBS News (Associated Press): Sgt.'s Death Not Counted As War Casualty -- Family Says "Undetermined" Cause Of Death Following Battlefield Injury Puts Son In Limbo
- 3-23-08 Maryland Daily Record: New nutrient policy may help growth -- Pollution credits could be traded under MDE’s plan
- 3-23-08 New York Times: Nicholas Kristo Op-Ed -- Iraq, $5,000 Per Second?
- 3-23-08 Annapolis Capital: Odenton Town Center may hinge on BRAC negotiations
- 3-23-08 Baltimore Sun: Public transit plans expansion -- Two new buses to facilitate adding evening, Sat. service
- 3-23-08 Baltimore Sun: Towns seek equal pay for their police
- 3-23-08 St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Associated Press): Defense sector braces for brain drain as Cold War workers retire
- 3-22-08 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star: class=majorhead>More jobs set for Dahlgren -- class=summary>Dahlgren base will welcome new jobs in coming years
- class=majorhead>class=summary>3-22-08 Albany (NY) Times Union: The Iraq war's impact, in numbers
- 3-21-08 United Press International: Researchers to study PTSD treatment
- 3-21-08 Baltimore Sun: Aberdeen looks again at annexation plan -- Concern, tensions rise over proposal
- 3-21-08 color=#004586>American Psychiatric Association: Care for Vets, Active Military Focus of APA Advocacy Effort
- 3-20-08 San Antonio Express-News: class=vitstoryheadline>Study to look at post-traumatic stress
- 3-20-08 Washington Examiner: Ballston grapples to keep defense research agency
- 3-20-08 Government Executive: Navy must start asking Congress for more money, says analyst
- 3-20-08 U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs News Release: VA to Open 14 New Clinics in Seven States -- Peake: Health Care Closer for Veterans
- 3-20-08 ABC News: How the Military Has Repaid Iraq Vets With Permanent Disabilities -- Why Soldiers With Traumatic Brain Injuries and Permanent Handicaps Are Considered Partially Disabled
- 3-20-08 U.S. Air Force News Release: Air Force Leaders, lawmakers discuss BRAC construction
- 3-20-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Fort's future draws mixed response
- 3-20-08 Baltimore Examiner: Mikulski urges more funding for disabled students
- 3-20-08 Killeen (TX) Daily Herald: Killeen lobbies for second runway
- 3-20-08 NNMC Journal: Troops Agree Military Medical Care is on Track
- 3-20-08 NNMC Journal: Commander’s Column -- care and welfare of deployed Sailors and their families
- 3-20-08 NNMC Journal: Mental Health Doctors Give Back to Troops
- 3-20-08 WRAMC Stripe: WRHCS commander talks BRAC, integration
- 3-20-08 WRAMC Stripe: The Army’s first Warrior Transition Brigade -- Platoon sergeant sees improvements in Warrior Care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- 3-20-08 WRAMC Stripe: Military medical care on right track, Wounded Warriors say
- 3-20-08 WRAMC Stripe: DiLorenzo, Arlington labs earn accreditation
- 3-19-08 Gazette.Net: Cyclists, pedestrians paths cross on safety of trail -- Just how hazardous is the Capital Crescent Trail?
- 3-19-08 Houston Chronicle: class=storyheading3>Brain injury researchers get $33 million for study
- 3-19-08 White House News Release: Interview of the President by Pentagon Channel/AFN
- 3-19-08 U.S. Army News Release: MILCON: Meade Prepares for New Tenants
- 3-19-08 Baltimore Sun: Slump in housing spills on suppliers -- Hunt for business a little more anxious at Builder Mart
- 3-19-08 Stafford County (VA) Sun: Chamber social draws a crowd
- 3-19-08 NPR National Public Radio: The Impact of War -- Medical Care for Soldiers Wounded in Iraq
- 3-19-08 FOX News: Warrior Hotline Program Helps Soldiers With Post-Traumatic Stress
- 3-19-08 CNN: For amputees, an unlikely painkiller: Mirrors
- 3-19-08 KTBS-TV3 (Shreveport, LA): Veterans hospital changes its focus
- 3-19-08 GIS User.com (U.S. Army News Release): Army Appoints Service's First Geospatial Information Officer (GIO)
- 3-19-08 CNNMoney.com: A soldier's story: Financial rehab -- A mortar shell in Iraq shattered Ivan Castro's eyesight and maybe his military career. Now he's on a new mission: making sure he's got enough money to live on.
- 3-19-08 CNNMoney.com: Injured vets: What do they get? For disabled soldiers, navigating the compensation command chain can get tricky
- 3-19-08 Washington Post: Iraq: Five Years In -- Voices of Policymakers, Soldiers, Families and Iraqis
- 3-19-08 Gazette.Net: Interstate compact helps military children transfer schools -- BRAC-affected families would benefit from measure
- 3-19-08 New York Times: The Reach of War -- Estimates of Iraq War Cost Were Not Close to Ballpark
- 3-19-08 Long Island (NY) Newsday: Iraq veterans speak of a suffering without end
- 3-19-08 Clarksville (TN) Leaf-Chronicle: Editorial -- Treat injuries to head
- 3-19-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Fort could go green
- 3-19-08 Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Herald: Military post-traumatic stress at record high
- 3-19-08 Audio-Infos News: US troops losing hearing massively
- 3-18-08 WPVI-TV6 News (Philadelphia) (Associated Press): High-tech work likely to continue at Fort Monmouth
- 3-18-08 Montgomery County Sentinel: Johnson upbeat on county economy
- 3-18-08 Tallahassee Democrat: In its fifth year, Iraq war sparks diverse reactions in Tallahassee area
- 3-18-08 TIME: Genes and Post-Traumatic Stress
- 3-18-08 Long Island (NY) Newsday (Associated Press): Fort Monmouth redevelopment plan to be shown
- 3-18-08 Baltimore Sun: Demolition makes way for BRAC -- APG ground broken for complex where some 5,000 will work
- 3-18-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: A Glimpse of New Digs
- 3-18-08 Washington Post: Taxing Times for County Budgets -- Chiefs of Montgomery, Prince George's Wary Of Fragile Economy
- 3-17-08 USA Today: class=inside-head>Col.: DOD delayed brain injury scans
- 3-17-08 WNBC4-TV News: Montgomery Co. Budget Includes Job Cuts, Higher Taxes -- Budget Aims To Close $400M Operating Budget Gap
- 3-17-08 Gazette.Net: Leggett: Slice economic development budget -- Montgomery County agency faces 3.2 percent cut in fiscal ’09 proposal
- 3-17-08 Gazette.Net: Property tax increase ahead for Montgomery -- Job buyouts, ambulance fee part of Leggett plan
- 3-17-08 Navy Times: Vets still struggle with medical systems
- 3-17-08 Washington Post: Leggett Unveils $4.3B Montgomery Budget Plan
- 3-17-08 Washington Post: Md. Budget Crunch Has Residents on The Ropes
- 3-17-08 Washington Post: Changes in Property Tax -- When Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) presents his budget blueprint today for fiscal 2009, he could recommend that the County Council raise property tax revenue above the charter limit to help close a projected $300 million shortfall. Below are examples of how changes in the property tax would affect three homes
- 3-17-08 Washington Post: Higher Taxes in Maryland -- As Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and other Maryland county executives consider raising revenue to help close projected budget shortfalls for fiscal 2009, they are considering the impact on taxpayers already affected by tax and fee increases passed at the state and regional level
- 3-17-08 WTOP Radio News: HOT Lanes May be Hot Option for Md.
- 3-17-08 Washington Post: Report Suggests New Tolls For Region -- Plan Could Produce $2.75 Billion Yearly For Roads, Transit
- 3-17-08 Washington Post: Letting the Market Drive Transportation -- Bush Officials Criticized for Privatization
- 3-17-08 Washington Post: Running on Empty -- The federal government pays for roughly 40 percent of national transportation spending, but gas tax receipts have not kept pace with the growth of the economy, rising construction costs or the demands of an aging system after adjusting for inflation. Without changes, the highway account of the gas-tax-dependent national Highway Trust Fund is expected to hit empty in 2009
- 3-17-08 New York Times: As the Economy Falters, So Do State Budgets
- 3-16-08 Washington Post: Book Review: The Three Trillion Dollar War (By Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes) -- What's the Tab? Two economists attempt to calculate the price of U.S. intervention in Iraq
- 3-16-08 Boston Globe: Linda Bilmes Op-Ed -- Another year, another $300 billion
- 3-16-08 Wichita Falls (TX) Times Record: Our Opinion: Bringing home the bacon -- Blanket ban on earmarks impractical
- 3-16-08 Attleboro (MA) Sun Chronicle: Editorial: Keep faith with the troops
- 3-16-08 San Francisco Chronicle: Navy corpsman never saw car bomb coming
- 3-16-08 Southtown (Chicago) Star: When combat comes home -- Many veterans don't address psychological trauma they carry after returning home from battle, but there is help
- 3-16-08 Baltimore Sun: Insiders' Guide -- Russett houses surrounded by parks
- 3-16-08 Baltimore Sun: Build for BRAC begins
- 3-16-08 Boulder (CO) Daily Camera: A time to heal -- Former Marine rises from devastating injuries suffered in Iraq to follow road to recovery
- 3-16-08 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: War's legacy: Its human toll
- 3-16-08 United Press International: Army faults medical care at Fort Knox
- 3-16-08 Indianapolis Star: Special Report: A soldier's death, a family's fight -- Army probe finds failures in care at Fort Knox unit
- 3-16-08 Indianapolis Star: Taking better care -- Fort Knox unit is keeping closer watch on soldiers and their medications
- 3-16-08 Hartford Courant: Many Returning Troops Struggle To Reconnect
- 3-16-08 Wichita (KS) Eagle: Dole VA will treat more PTSD cases
- 3-15-08 Gillette (WY) News-Record: Slipping through the cracks
- 3-15-08 San Diego Union-Tribune (Associated Press): 5 years and counting in Iraq: Nearing the endgame or the midpoint?
- 3-15-08 Mesa (AZ) East Valley Tribune: Ceremony recognizes vets' amazing recoveries
- 3-15-08 The Canadian Press: Health officials fear rising troop death toll could add to emotional issues
- 3-15-08 Edwardsville (IL) Intelligencer: Wounded warrior shares her story
- 3-15-08 Norfolk Virginian-Pilot: Several General Assembly bills focus on aid to troops, vets, families
- 3-14-08 Johnstown (PA) Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown conference to address long-term care for disabled vets
- 3-14-08 NBC4-TV News: Film Looks At Doctors, Nurses Who Treat War's Wounded -- 'Fighting For Life' Examines Uniformed Services University In Bethesda
- 3-14-08 Air Force Times: Mental health care hit and miss, troops say
- 3-14-08 Government Executive: Veterans Affairs closer to deploying comprehensive e-Benefits portal
- 3-14-08 Talk Radio News Service: House Armed Services Committee hearing on Military Mental Health
- 3-14-08 Associated Press: Military Mental Health Policies Examined -- US Congress hears military missteps, improvements in treating mental health
- For complete transcripts of testimony, go to the Walter Reed Page, scroll down to Congressional Hearings on Military & Veterans Health Care
- 3-14-08 Gazette.Net: Rising gas prices, slumping economy and little relief -- Don’t look for the cost of fuel to go down or for taxes to help the state budget, officials say
- 3-14-08 Gazette.Net: Lawmakers aim to ease stress for military families -- One measure would ease pre-K enrollment for children; another would offer services to vets
- 3-14-08 Medical News Today: AHA's Federal Health Systems Section Honors Two Leaders, USA
- 3-14-08 Baltimore Sun: Md. shaken but base is rock steady -- Stable industries anchor state if a recession hits
- 3-14-08 Washington Times: Entertainment: Iraq taxi to bright side
- 3-14-08 Washington Post: MovieMakers -- A Savior For Those Who Save Lives in War
- 3-13-08 NNMC Journal: Denobile Selected as First Chief of Integrated Surgery
- 3-13-08 WRAMC Stripe: Parking? Where? Walter Reed officials wrestle with ongoing space challenges
- 3-13-08 WRAMC Stripe: Commanding general believes fun drives mission
- 3-13-08 WRAMC Stripe: Press secretary: Pentagon ‘extraordinarily transparent’ in reporting cost of the war
- 3-13-08 WRAMC Stripe: DoD, VA officials highlight advances in care of Wounded Warriors, Families
- 3-13-08 WRAMC Stripe: Spouse to Teachers seeks participants
- 3-13-08 WRAMC Stripe: Army releases fifth mental health study
- 3-13-08 WRAMC Stripe: Bethesda credits community for continued BRAC project progress
- 3-13-08 WRAMC Stripe: Army health care takes on whole-person concept
- 3-13-08 CBS News: Camera On America's Iraq War Wounded -- New Terry Sanders Documentary Looks At Wounded Soldiers And Those Who Treat Them
- 3-13-08 USA Today (Associated Press): class=inside-head>Doctors trained for battle zones
- 3-13-08 Federal Computer Week: DISA's Croom to retire
- 3-13-08 Fairfax County Times: Pedestrian improvements slowly coming to Route 1
- 3-13-08 Fairfax County Times: Springfield site a BRAC favorite
- 3-13-08 Washington Post: Serving on the Front Lines of Duty -- After Stints as Medic in Walter Reed, Iraq, Alexandria Deputy Back on Beat
- 3-13-08 Washington Post: Development Plan Becomes Windfall In Gaithersburg
- 3-13-08 Baltimore Examiner: Businesses, educators agree they must unite to address tech job shortage
- 3-12-08 Washington Examiner: Montgomery Council warned on overloading budget
- 3-12-08 Baltimore Examiner: Traffic, trains among priorities as BRAC deadline ticks closer
- 3-12-08 U.S. Dept. of Defense News Release: DoD, VA Highlight Advances in Wounded Warrior, Family Care
- For complete transcripts of testimony, go to the color=#800080>Walter Reed Page, scroll down to Congressional Hearings on Military & Veterans Health Care
- 3-12-08 Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Associated Press): Comrades -- helping wounded come back
- 3-12-08 Gazette.Net: ‘Fighting For Life’ pays homage to military docs
- 3-12-08 Gazette.Net: Trail advocates wary of latest Purple Line plan
- 3-12-08 Gazette.Net: Changes ahead for downtown Bethesda -- Project slated for Woodmont and Bethesda avenues will feature hotel, apartments, retail and office space
- 3-12-08 Gazette.Net: City gets ‘creative’ in raising money for senior center
- 3-12-08 Richmond Times-Dispatch: 'From Navy job to what's really an Army job' -- Sailors train for ground roles
- 3-12-08 Lancaster (PA) Intelligencer-Journal: 477M Aberdeen expansion starting
- 3-12-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: DOD inspector vows to probe e-mails on fort
- 3-11-08 BBC News (United Kingdom): Living with the traumas of war
- 3-11-08 Government Executive: Defense, VA lay out plans to improve health care for wounded soldiers
- 3-11-08 WTOP Radio News: The Loneliest Disease -- In the "The Loneliest Disease," WTOP breaks down what mental illness is and explore how it can and does touch every family across the globe, from military families to teenagers to senior citizens to everyone in between. The series delves into why the mental health system is so complex and why it leaves so many people without the treatment they need. The series also takes a close look at suicide, which claims more than 32,000 lives each year in the U.S. There are hundreds of thousands of suicide attempts made each year. There are 80 percent more suicides compared to homicides in any given year in the color=#29598c>U.S.
- 3-11-08 London (Ontario, Canada) Free Press: Canadian soldiers battling stress woes in higher numbers -- Post-traumatic cases have soared since start of Afghan mission
- 3-11-08 Raleigh (NC) News & Observer: Shalala reports progress in veterans' health care -- Post-Walter Reed panel has seen some ideas come to life, others stall
- 3-11-08 Washington Post: Transportation Projects Hit Roadblock in Virginia -- Four Decades of Planning at Stake
- 3-11-08 New York Times: Proposal Would Let U.S. Troops in South Korea Have Families With Them
- 3-11- 08 WMAR-TV2 (Baltimore): BRAC Preparations Underway in Harford County
- 3-10-08 Washington Post: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) -- Today's Lesson: Major Disaster -- Military Medical School Simulates Chaotic Situations
- 3-10-08 Baltimore Examiner: Base growth brings new challenges for Harford sheriff
- 3-10-08 University of California at San Diego Medical Center News Release: Health Problems in Persian Gulf War Veterans Higher Due to Chemical Exposure -- UCSD researchers warn of potential risk to civilians exposed to pesticides
- 3-10-08 BBSNews.net: Zogby: U.S. Service Members Say Military Medical Care on Right Track -- A majority of severely wounded U.S. service members say they are more optimistic for recovery since arriving home from deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan
- 3-9-08 CBS News (Associated Press): Study: Financial Cost Of War Skyrocketing -- Economists' Book Estimates Iraq War Costing About $12 Billion Per Month This Year
- 3-9-08 Washington Post: Linda J. Bilmes and Joseph E. Stiglitz Op-Ed: The Reckoning -- The Iraq War Will Cost Us $3 Trillion, and Much More
- 3-9-08 Plattsburgh (NY) Press-Republican: class=specialstoryheadline>Editorial: McGuire misfire has base on defensive
- 3-9-08 Connecticut Post (Bridgeport): Red tape blocks returning vets care
- 3-9-08 Hartford Courant: Military Psychiatric Screening Still Lags -- Few Are Ordered, Despite Pressure From Congress
- 3-9-08 Denver Post: The commander's shared scars -- Maj. Gen. Mark Graham, Fort Carson's compassionate new leader, has borne the hardship of losing two sons
- 3-9-08 Reading (PA) Eagle: Mental wounds are often burned into veterans’ psyches -- Society will pay a high price if mental health care for former troops doesn’t improve, activists from Berks
- 3-9-08 Philadelphia Inquirer: Alpha Company hit hard by post-traumatic stress
- 3-9-08 Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch: For some, war hits home -- They are forever altered; for others, it is a world away
- 3-9-08 Rock Hill (SC) Herald: S.C. soldiers to get check-ups for combat stress
- 3-8-08 Deseret (Salt Lake City, UT) Morning News: VA chooses Salt Lake for training program
- 3-7-08 Baltimore Examiner: More liquor licenses sought to keep up with BRAC boom
- 3-7-08 Denver Post: Soldiers seek Ft. Carson deployment probe -- The Army will be asked to investigate generals for deploying ailing GIs
- 3-7-08 WFED AM-1050 Federal News Radio: Butting Heads Over BRAC
- 3-7-08 Hartford (CT) Courant: Mental Health Providers Too Few For Troops -- Army To Recruit Civilian Counselors To Work In War Zones In Iraq, Afghanistan
- 3-7-08 Baltimore Sun: Group urges more U.S., Md. funds for transit
- 3-7-08 FedSmith, Inc.: 2008 BRAC Update--Metro DC: The Outlook in Maryland
- 3-6-08 NNMC Journal: Jeffries Nominated for Second Star
- 3-6-08 NNMC Journal: Bethesda Lauds Community’s Involvement -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command Awards Construction Contract for New Walter Reed Facility
- 3-6-08 NNMC Journal: Construction Forces Relocation for Staff Members
- 3-6-08 NNMC Journal: Joint Commission Awards Medical Center Gold Seal
- 3-6-08 NNMC Journal: Commander’s Column -- Construction Plans
- 3-6-08 WRAMC Stripe: Navy awards contract for initial phase of new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center -- Plans call for world-class facility for troops, Families
- 3-6-08 WRAMC Stripe: Officials answer Warrior Transition Brigade town hall queries
- 3-6-08 WRAMC Stripe: Post continues to tackle parking challenges
- 3-6-08 Tri-State Transportation Campaign (NY-NJ-CT): Building America’s Future - But How to Pay for It?
- 3-6-08 Reuters: Soldiers show mental strain from combat tours
- 3-6-08 Associated Press: Troop Depression on Rise in Afghanistan
- 3-6-08 U.S. Army News Release: Army Announces Fifth Mental Health Advisory Team (MHAT) Assessment
- 3-6-08 Fort Leavenworth (KS) Lamp: DoD News -- WTUs begin 6-phase transition care
- 3-6-08 Associated Press: Care for Injured Vets Raises Questions
- 3-6-08 Springfield (VA) Connection: Belvoir Master Plan Unveiled -- Mill Road ready to go, but how many lanes?
- 3-6-08 The Day (New London CT): class=basicXLargeBloodNoBold id=ctl00_CPHMaster_ctl00_lblHead>Report: 2005 BRAC Process More Expensive Than Expected -- class=basicLarge id=ctl00_CPHMaster_ctl00_lblSubHead>Local Sub Base Advocates Not Surprised, See An Opportunity
- 3-6-08 WJZ-TV13 (Baltimore) (Associated Press): House Passes Higher Education Plan Related To BRAC
- 3-6-08 Monessen Valley (PA) Independent: War vets say stress debilitating
- 3-6-08 Associated Press: Troop Depression on Rise in Afghanistan
- 3-6-08 Associated Press: VA Estimates Fewer Homeless Vets
- 3-6-08 FOX News (Associated Press): Scientists to Pay Volunteers Thousands to Be Exposed to Deadliest Form of Malaria
- 3-5-08 Springfield (VA) Connection: Are Pigs Flying? -- Construction on the Fairfax County Parkway's missing link will start this year
- 3-5-08 Washington Examiner: Bethesda builder earns $641M for medical center upgrades
- 3-5-08 Gazette.Net: Navy awards Bethesda company multimillion-dollar contract
- 3-5-08 Gazette.Net: Residents, council miffed over stalled Long Branch plans
- 3-5-08 Gazette.Net: Hopkins hoping to spark transitway -- University wants project realigned to add research hub stops
- 3-5-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: 211 fort employees offer to make move to Maryland
- 3-5-08 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Lawsuit against fort closure plan returns to active status
- 3-5-08 Baltimore Examiner: Fort Meade to house relocated defense information agency
- 3-5-08 Federal Times: Contract awarded for DISA headquarters at Fort Meade
- 3-5-08 Bloomberg.com: class=news_story_title>Balfour Second-Half Profit Rises 44% on Centex, Government Work
- 3-5-08 Investors Chronicle (United Kingdom): Balfour Beatty's bulging book
- 3-5-08 RTT News (RealTimeTraders Global Financial Newswires): Balfour Beatty FY07 Profit Surges; Expects Further Progress In FY08, Beyond; Receives $1.2 Bln Worth US Contracts
- 3-5-08 ShareCast News Service: Profits climb at bullish Balfour
- 3-4-08 Army Times: Disability ratings improving, critics say
- 3-4-08 San Francisco Chronicle: 30% of vets face stress disorder, doctor says
- 3-4-08 Washington Business Journal: Clark, Balfour Beatty win $641M Naval Medical Center contract
- 3-4-08 Washington Post: Editorial: Services Needed -- The suffering lingers for far too many of the region's veterans of battle
- 3-4-08 Christian Science Monitor: A new push to help families of veterans -- Recognition is growing in the military that soldiers' injuries put extra hardships on immediate family members
- 3-4-08 Baltimore Examiner: Commander warns against taxing on-base contractors
- 3-4-08 Newport News (VA) Daily Press: Can roads plan be fixed by weekend? -- Legislators hope for a solution before session ends Saturday. The state high court gutted the last plan
- 3-3-08 Defense Industry Daily: BRAC Fallout: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- 3-3-08 U.S. Dept. of Defense (American Forces Press Service): Navy Awards Contract for New Walter Reed Facility
- 3-3-08 Dept. of Defense News Release: Navy Contracts -- Clark/Balfour Beatty, Joint Venture, Bethesda, Md., is being awarded a $109,025,544 (first increment) firm-fixed price contract for the design and construction of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
- 3-3-08 U.S. Navy News Release: Department of Navy Awards Contract for Initial Phase of New Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Project -- Facility planned as a world-class medical center for wounded troops, families
- 3-3-08 Associated Press: Hearing Begins in Health Suit Against VA
- 3-3-08 Baltimore Sun (Associated Press): Making life easier for military children -- Bills in Md., other states would simplify school transitions
- 3-3-08 Business Wire: BearingPoint Wins Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Contract Valued Up to $115 Million -- Company to Support Armyid=bwanpa20>’s Medical Research and Development
- 3-3-08 American Medical Association News: Commentary, Edward L. Langston, M.D. -- Close-up look at carrying and caring for wounded warriors
- 3-2-08 Washington Post: Paul Weyrich Op-Ed: Taking the Bus Is Not an Option -- Why the Bush Administration Should Approve Dulles Rail
- 3-2-08 Baltimore Sun: March 10 BRAC meeting set [for Harford County]
- 3-2-08 Baltimore Sun: Craig seeks water merger
- 3-2-08 Baltimore Sun: Land funds nearly dried up -- Free market means considered to reach preservation goal
- 3-2-08 Newport News (VA) Daily Press: Fort Monroe -- Cleaning up the past is a shocking cost, but don't forget the future
- 3-2-08 Billings (MT) Gazette: Wyoming native takes charge of Walter Reed, Army's docs
- Stars adnd Stripes: class=column>Spouse Calls: PTSD support for spouses
- 3-1-08 Washington Post: Walter Reed and Beyond: Mental Health Care -- Va. Braces for Veterans' Needs: Some Returning Troops Rely on Local Services, Not Military
- 3-1-08 Washington Post: Va. Road Taxing Authority Rejected -- Unelected Body Violates Constitution, Court Says
- 3-1-08 Virginia Business: class=blkHeadline>Bringing jobs closer to home
- 3-1-08 Washington Examiner: Dulles Rail contractor to keep working, at undetermined cost
- 3-1-08 White Plains (NY) Journal News: For Palisades native, war trauma ends in suicide
- 3-1-08 Associated Press: Military Divorce Rate Holding Steady
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