Indiana National Guard troops gathered to say goodbye to one of their commanding officers on Tuesday, Lt. Colonel Jim Gentry. Gentry believed his terminal cancer was directly related to his service in Iraq and even after death the 52-year-old Indiana National Guard commander is continuing a fight for his troops through a lawsuit.
December 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Qarmat Ali News,Television & Radio,Television Coverage,WHAS-ABC 11 | Read More »
Toxic Tour of Duty: Part 1 & 2 – (WHAS11)–Tell City, Indiana is the small Perry County seat. It’s where a giant We Support the Troops banner hangs on the county courthouse and many a man here has served in the military.
November 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Television & Radio,Television Coverage,Video & Media,WHAS-ABC 11 | Read More »
Senator Evan Bayh made the following statement today at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing about S. 1779, The Health Care for Veterans Exposed to Chemical Hazards Act of 2009:
October 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Congressional Hearings,Senate DPC Hearing | Read More »
Halliburton’s KBR subsidiary, and it’s role in the exposure of hundreds of American and British soldiers protecting KBR’s Qarmat Ali project in southern Iraq in 2003 to sodium dichromate (better known as hexavalent chromium in the “Erin Brockavich” movie), has been the subject of Senate DPC hearings and coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC, Democracy Now, and in The Houston Chronicle, The Oregonian, and other newspapers across the country.
October 5th, 2009 | Posted in Blog,KBR Lawsuits | Read More »
By Sharon Cohen – The Associated Press Posted : Monday Jun 29, 2009 11:39:42 EDT Larry Roberta’s every breath is a painful reminder of his time in Iraq. He can’t walk a block without gasping for air. His chest hurts, his migraines sometimes persist for days and he needs pills to help him sleep. James […]
September 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Assoicated Press | Read More »
Sixteen Indiana National Guard soldiers have sued the Houston-based defense Contractor KBR over Chemical Exposure in Iraq.
August 18th, 2009 | Posted in Democracy Now,Interviews,National Media,Television & Radio,Video & Media | Read More »