Commandos face Medicaid trap as Vietnam era pay rises
Viet Namese commandos who spied for the United States face a mask of benefits with a new pay plan. Up to 40,000 dollars each was approved by Congress but could render recipients ineligible for Medicaid, risking essential health coverage. Veterans advocates press for fixes including hospital access and VA treatment rights, complicating decades of wait for compensation.
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Ashington
United States
Congress
Pentagon Creares
John C. Mattes
John F. Kerry
Dmass
John McCain
Rariz
Kerry
Tovah Ravitz
Mattes
Vietnam
Defense
William F. Cohen
Veterans
Pentagon
Loretta Sanchez
Dcalif
North Vietnam
CIA
U.S
US General backs land mines in Korea amid DMZ tensions
General John Tilelli, commander of US and South Korean forces, argues there is no alternative to land mines along the DMZ to protect soldiers and civilians. He notes Korea is unique with a heavily militarized border and only a truce, not a peace treaty, in place. The Clinton administration seeks an exemption at talks in Norway.
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Washington
North
South Korea
America
John Tilelli
U.S
Tilelli
Clinton
Norway
Korean Peninsula
Korea
Pentagon weighs ground laser test on dying satellite
Pentagon officials consider firing a ground based laser at a dying satellite from White Sands New Mexico. Defense spokesmen say the test would involve an Air Force satellite and the Army laser already tested on various targets. No decision yet and no treaty bars the experiment. International diplomatic implications noted by officials.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense
Kenneth Bacon
White Sands
N.M
Air Force
Army
America
Silent Warriors honored at Arlington ceremony for Cold War air crew
At Fort Meade the Simpson family and NSA officials marked 39 years since Capt John E. Simpson and 17 others perished on a Cold War C-130 mission over Armenia. The event added to a memorial park honoring unrated reconnaissance crews, with Major Mark Simpson and his brother John Jr in attendance.
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Robert Burns
Ort Meade, Md
Ricci
Texas
Mark Simpson
Air Force
Turkey
Intelligence Agency
John E. Simpson
Mark
John Jr
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Fort George G. Meade
National Security Agency
U.S
Simpson
Soviet Union
Ralph E. Eber
Hart
Armenia
Sadnashen
Yerevan
Kenneth Minihan
Paul E. Duncan
Edward J. Jervis
Rudy J. Sciestra
Ricardo M. Villareal
George P. Petrochilos
Arthur L. Mello
Larry Price
Robert J. Oshinskie
Archie T. Bourg Jr
James E. Ferguson Jr
Joel H. Fields
Harold T. Kamps
Gerald C. Maggiacomo
Clement O. Mankins
Gerald H. Medeiros
Robert H. Moore
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