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This is an S O S! To all, Veterans For VeteranConnection and Operation Firing For Effect! Is asking every Veteran, family member and supporters! to tune in on this show on Veteran's claimes on Jan 3rd, 2010 and let's get ready to fire for effect! Simper Fi! Gene D. Simes President VFVC/National Chairman OFFEOffice: 315 986-7322 Cell: 585 329-4711----- Original Message ----- From: Namvet2531@aol.com To: Namvet2531@aol.com Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 11:49 AMSubject: CRITICAL TO WATCH CBS "60 MINUTES" THIS SUNDAY, JAN 3rd !!!

IF YOU ARE A VETERAN, SURVIVOR, OR THE OFFSPRING OF A VETERAN.....YOU SHOULD READ THIS.......AND WATCH 60 MINUTES SUNDAY NIGHT !! SORRY FOR THE SHORT NOTICE. MEANT TO GET THIS SENT OUT YESTERDAY MORNING BUT HAD MANY NAMES FROM THE VVA CHAPTER TO ADD TO MY ADDRESS BOOK. I TYPE SLOW !!!! FOR MANY, READING ALL THIS WILL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND INFO BEFORE WATCHING 60 MINUTES. SEMPER FIBOB HOWARD P.S. THIS SOLDIERS SITE BELOW IS A LONG READ, BUT WORTH EVERY WORD; ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE CLAIMS PENDING,ETC, REGARDING HEALTH ISSUES !!! I HAVE PASTED ADDITIONAL INFO AS WELL. SOME OF YOU SAW IT IN '07. MANY OF US HAVE BEEN BEATING UP ON "THER SYSTEM" AND PAST SECRETARYS OF THE VA FOR MANY YEARS......FOR THE SAME REASON AS THIS SOLDIER........."APPOINTED POSITIONS" !!! AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IS A PASTE OF SOME OLD INFO I HAD SAVED FROM NOVEMBER OF '07. SCROLL DOWN THERE AND READ THOSE 2 PARAGRAPHS FIRST !! IT WILL HELP EXPLAIN SOME OF HIS SITE COMMENTS. =========================================================================== Veterans Affairs Media Update x's Three

CBS News 60 minutes.

http://www.2ndbattalion94thartillery.com/Chas/VAmedia.htm

Best,

Kelley

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JAN 1, 2010

A COUPLE SITES ABOUT OUR NEW VA SECRETARY, ERIC SHINSEKI. http://www1.va.gov/opa/secretary/letter.asp

THAT WAS THEN........WHAT IS NOW ??? WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED WE WERE GIVEN MUCH HOPE THAT HE WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. HOWEVER, WITH ALL THE "CHANGE" BEING MADE OF LATE, YOU MUST WONDER IF EVEN HE, A DECORATED VIET NAM VET, WILL HELP OUR PLIGHT, OR WILL HE BECOME JUST ANOTHER MEMBER OF WHAT I CALL THE "DEN OF THIEVES" ???? APPARENTLY, THERE STILL DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WALL STREET AND THE VA TO MANY VETERANS !! BELOW IS AN INTERESTING BIT OF OLD INFO I SAVED. EVEN THOUGH IT'S 'OLD NEWS' NOW, YOU CAN PASS IT ALONG TO WHOEVER YOU LIKE. IT PAINTS A GOOD PICTURE OF WHAT YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT WAS GOING ON !!! I HAD SENT THIS INFO TO MANY VETS BACK THEN. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE C&P EXAMS ARE STILL DONE BY 'QTC' ?? SEMPER FIBOB

From: Namvet2531@aol.com

To: Namvet2531@aol.com

Sent: 11/26/2007 6:04:45 A.M. Central Standard Time

Subj: SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS NOMINEE !!!!......BAD NEWS ????

THIS RADIO SHOW IS "LIVE" EVERY TUESDAY EVENING ON THE WEBSITE BELOW.
GENE IS A MARINE VIET NAM VETERAN AND PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT. I MET HIM AT THE '05 WELCOME HOME IN BRANSON. IF I RECALL, JERE IS A 'BROWNWATER' NAVY MAN.

PRESENTS!

Welcome to VFVC live on the air!

October 30, 2007

Hosted by; Gene Simes & Jere Beery

October 30, 2008 - 8:00 PM [EST]

[All times Eastern Standard Time]

LISTEN LIVE ON YOUR COMPUTER AT THIS LINK!

Tonight

a Special Report

Who does the 2008 Campaign benefit.....do you know ?

And what about v
eterans health care and the VA ?

Read this! It is a joke? Veterans, voice your concerns, and "Fire for Effect" !

Subject:
FYI

The nominee for Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Lt. Gen. James Peake, may be a Trojan horse.

Note the last paragraph of the official press release:

In 2000, Dr. Peake was
nominated
as the 40th Surgeon General of the Army and as Commander of the United States Medical Command. In 2004, he joined Project Hope, a non-profit international health foundation with offices and programs in more than 30 different countries on five continents.
He is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Director at QTC Management where he serves
with
former Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Anthony Principi
.
QTC is currently the largest private provider of government outsourced occupational health and disability examination services in the nation.

QTC Management is the company currently doing most of the C&P exams and/or IMEs now.
The Chairman of the Board is Anthony J. Principi, the former secretary of the VA. There is a very disconcerting relationship between the VA and QTC. And now, with the Chief Medical Director and Chief Operating Officer of QTC taking over as Secretary, there is concern in many circles that this appointment may not be in the best interests of veterans.

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I would agree completely, adding that someone PLEASE record this show, and if possible post it on you tube and put the link on here for the Veterans who miss the show but need to know what it says.

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The transcript of the show.

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