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Welcome Home: Vietnam Veterans Day

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day from Agent Orange Legacy by Sharon L. Perry, Founder and Dee Reyes, Co-founder

(WASHINGTON DC) - Today I Welcome Home my husband, Reuben 'Bud' Charles Perry, III, because he didn't live to see it (Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day) for himself.

I also Welcome Home all Vietnam veterans who came home and those whom have died from exposure to Agent Orange or physical & emotional wounds as a result of their service in Vietnam & to their country.

Palmyrenes: Risking their Lives to Preserve our Global Cultural Heritage

The international community is obligated to preserve and protect, and also, where necessary and where possible to reconstruct the damaged archeological sites...

(PALMYRA, Homs Governorate, Syria) - This observer, seemingly ever miscalculates life’s realities.

For example, he deluded himself recently into believing that Hezbollah guys were about the wildest, luckiest and fastest drivers from the archeological sites in Baalbek in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, or for a fast trip from the charming village of Britel, to Beirut’s southern suburbs.

President Assad and Ayatollah Khamenei are Keeping Their Word Will President Obama Keep His?

US sanctions continue to compound and increase the nearly unfathomable suffering of the Syrian people, all of whom have been targeted by Barack Obama.

(LATAKIA, Syria) - Recent reports from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the accuracy of which have been conceded by the White House, but denied in Tel Aviv, have it that slightly less than half of Syria’s chemical weapons have already left the country.

100% of the country’s stockpiles are believed to have been neutralized.

Demilitarisation, Human Rights, and Indo-US Interests

This balancing act of managing legitimate security concerns of Sri Lanka with human rights and interests of India can be complex.

(LONDON) - The US is reported to have requested a military installation in Sri Lanka as part of its “Pivot Towards Asia”. The Pentagon stated that approximately 60% of U.S. Navy assets will be involved.

Sri Lanka is currently under increasing international pressure for violations of international law and views the continued U.S. sponsored resolutions at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) against the island nation as interference in its domestic affairs...

The Administration`s Hypocrisy

The U.S. has threatened to attack Syria and Iran. And Mr. Obama is using drones to kill people in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia without even calling it war. There are many more examples.

(RICHMOND) - Secretary of State John Kerry (March 2) described Russia’s action in Crimea as "an incredible act of aggression… You just don't in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pretext," he said.

And President Barack Obama (March 17) declared “Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected, and international law must be upheld.”

Why Ukraine`s Next President Doesn`t Matter

Regardless of who wins the presidential vote, the Maidan will be disappointed.

(LONDON OilPrices.com) - Having ridden roughshod over Ukraine, Russia's annexation of the Crimea is now over and a new chapter in Ukrainian politics is about to begin—but it won't be much different than the last chapter, with the same old faces surfacing for May presidential elections.

In the aftermath of the Maidan protests that overthrew president Viktor Yanukovych in February and Russia's retaliatory annexation of the Crimea in March, Ukraine has moved presidential elections forward a year to 25 May.

Honored Air Guard Special Tactics Airmen Reflect Core Values of Talented Unit

The strength of the 125th STS is reflected in their unique mission and the camaraderie they have quickly shaped as a unit in less than nine years, becoming officially founded on May 1, 2005.

(CLACKAMAS) - They left behind civilian jobs or college class rooms to deploy, chancing their own safety to protect their teammates and carry out grueling operations that changed virtually every day during their six months in combat.

Hometown heroes Doug Matthews, Matthew Matlock, Christopher Jones and George Thompson were honored this week.

Crimea is the First Bite in Russia`s Political Appetite Who is Next After Crimea?

"… only the full inclusion of the territory of Russian regions in Ukraine - namely Crimea, Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhiya, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernigiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kiev, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odesa regions - to the Russian Federation can guarantee peace, security and prosperity for its population..."

(WASHINGTON DC) - Russia’s annexation of Crimea, calls for the federalization of Ukraine - these are not the last declarations made by the Russian President and his officials recently.

Defying Ukrainian protests and Western sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty in Moscow on Tuesday, March 18, making Crimea part of Russia.

Navy Extends Public Comment Period for NW Training and Testing Draft Environmental Impact Statement

The Navy is accepting comments throughout the extended public comment period, which now runs until April 15, 2014.

(SILVERDALE, Wash.) - The U.S. Navy is extending the public comment period for the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) until April 15, 2014, to allow the public more time to submit comments.

The Navy prepared the Draft EIS/OEIS to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with military readiness training and testing activities conducted primarily within existing range complexes, operating areas and testing ranges in the NWTT Study Area.

What the Loss of Crimea Means for Ukrainian Energy: Interview with Robert Bensh

Birth of a New Ukrainian Nation? Interview with Robert Bensh

(LONDON OilPrices.com) - Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula is now Russia's. It was done with an impressively organized non-violent military operation, and supported by the foregone conclusion of a referendum on independence from Ukraine.

One Ukrainian soldier was reportedly killed on 18 March, after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the treaty to annex the Crimea and troops moved to take over a Ukrainian military facility in Simferopol.