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Spokane VAMC Reacts To Veteran Being Told: “Say You’re Suicidal”

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on August 18th

SPOKANE, Wash – A local veteran recently contacted KHQ saying a Veterans Affairs Medical Center employee told him to say he's suicidal to get a faster appointment. The story sparked a firestorm – both from within the community and beyond. Staffers from the

Veteran: I Was Told To Say I’m Suicidal To Get A Faster Appointment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on August 4th

SPOKANE, Wash. – Roughly 50,000 veterans live in Spokane County, according to the US Census, and many of them are in need of medical and/or mental health assistance through the Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center. However, as more men and women return home from serving overseas, the

Obama, Romney jab anew, foreign affairs at fore

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 23rd

By JULIE PACE and THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) - Their goodwill moment gone, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney plunged back into their acrimonious political campaign on Monday, Obama doubting Romney's readiness to be commander in chief, Romney accusing the

Obama, Romney jab anew, foreign affairs at fore

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 23rd

JBLM Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 15th

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - The Army says a Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier has died in Afghanistan from wounds sustained when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device. Twenty-five-year-old Sgt. Michael E. Ristau, of Rockford, Ill., died July 13 after the

Kan. battery case dismissed against NC soldier

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 15th

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - A soldier who shot and killed a superior officer before killing himself at Fort Bragg, N.C., last month was just one day away from being sentenced in Kansas for punching a woman in the face. On Friday, a judge in Kansas formally dismissed the aggravated battery charge

Is it just the economy? Other issues may play role

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 14th

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - As the economy colors and polarizes voters' attitudes, the Election Day outcome for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney may be decided on the margins by narrower issues that energize small but crucial slivers of the

Weather stops tandem lawn chair balloon flight

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 14th

By JEFF BARNARDAssociated Press BEND, Ore. (AP) - A gas station owner and an Iraqi adventurer trying to fly from Oregon to Montana in tandem lawn chairs suspended from party balloons made a hard landing Saturday after aborting their flight due to thunderstorms - but their craft kept flying. Kent

Auditors say billions likely wasted in Iraq work

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 14th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - After years of following the paper trail of $51 billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars provided to rebuild a broken Iraq, the U.S. government can say with certainty that too much was wasted. But it can't say how much. In what it called

Panel calls for annual PTSD screening

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Institute of Medicine recommended Friday that soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan undergo annual screening for post-traumatic stress disorder and that federal agencies conduct more research to determine how well the various