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| Alan Hart Where is Palestine's Mandela? The answer to my headline question is that he, Marwan Barghouti, is in an Israeli jail where he has been since his arrest in Ramallah by an IDF unit in 2002, after which, in 2004, he was sentenced to five life terms in prison. »» |
Veterans Today VA Progress on Claims Backlog Highlighted during Congressional Testimony.. At a hearing today before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the Department of Veterans Affairs' Under Secretary for Benefits, Allison A. Hickey, outlined progress made by the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) in reducing the backlog of Veterans' disability compensation and pension claims by 36 percent since March -- attributing the success to the combined impact of VBA's transformation initiatives and increased employee productivity. »» |
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