Aerospace & Defense News - Defense.
7/21/2008 The US DoD's accounting unit agreed Wednesday to double-check requests by more than 25,000 veterans who were turned down for back benefits, concurring with U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich that "a veteran deserves better." Kucinich, head of a House panel that found flaws in the military benefits...

The man behind principles of refrigeration.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Few technical books remain in print for almost 50 years. Principles of Refrigeration by Roy J. Dossat, Life Member ASHRAE, is a rare exception. First published in 1961, the book quickly became an international best seller in its field and through five editions, the latest...

Veterans Forum visits Auburn.
COLUMN: VETERANS NOTES The Route 9 Veterans Forum will hold a live show at 7 p.m. Friday at Auburn Town Hall. The show will be hosted by Dan Stacks. For more information, call Dan Stacks at (617) 727-2974 or send e-mail to www.dav.org. The show...

ECHO--The Extended Care Health Option: more healthcare options for military families.
Are you struggling with caring for a family member with physical or mental disabilities and wondering how to tap into more resources and pay for additional quality care? If so, ECHO is just a call away. The Extended Care Health Option (ECHO) is a supplemental portion of...

Managing DoD in fiscal crisis: at the LMI Executive Forum, senior government executives and private-sector leaders examine the hard choices that must be made when it's time to pay the bills.
By any "per-unit" measure, national defense is increasingly costly. The largest discretionary element of the federal budget, defense is on a collision course with other domestic spending priorities. The federal budget pays healthcare and retirement benefits to a steadily growing share of the population; similarly, the most rapid growth...

How much are we fighting for? With recruitment and reenlistment numbers sinking, are bonuses and death benefits really bribes to buy the bodies of the poor?
WHAT IS A POUND OF FLESH WORTH? IN Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, the wealthy Antonio secures a loan of 3,000 ducats by putting up 16 ounces of his skin and bones as collateral, and his friend Bassanio offers Shylock 10 times as much to redeem this portion of...

Statehouse to White House: 10 hot policy ideas for the governor who would be president.
By The Editors For of our last five presidents, and seven of the last 14 party nominees, have been governors. There's a good reason for that. Unlike, say, senators, who debate and vote for a living, governors are executives who create and manage real programs. Voters can...

Boost the 'death gratuity'.
Byline: The Register-Guard At the start of this week, 1,415 U.S. troops had died in the Iraq war and 156 in Afghanistan and other hot spots in the global fight against terrorism. Under the Pentagon's existing "death gratuity," their survivors received a paltry $12,420 each in compensation....

Arroyo ends state visit in US, brings home $4.1-B aid package.
Byline: FERDIE MAGLALANG NEW YORK CITY (via PLDT) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo winded up yesterday (Thursday in Manila) her three-day state visit in the United States, bringing back home the prospect of some $4.1-billion in economic and military assistance and some 30,000 to 50,000 jobs for the...

Vets' support has improved in recent years.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Jim Feldkamp For The Register-Guard Rep. Peter DeFazio's comments concerning veterans' affairs in his June 6 guest viewpoint deserve a response. I agree that a `one-day celebration does not fulfill our obligation to honor fallen soldiers and others who have sacrificed...