From VVAW Meets With Vietnamese President by Jen Tayabji:

On Friday, July 26, 2013 Truong Tan Sang, the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, honored Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) with a meeting in New York City. The day before, President Truong Tan Sang and President Obama met for the first time to discuss a multitude of issues, including military cooperation and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. VVAW members with Colonel Luu Van Hop,Deputy International Director ofthe Vietnam Veterans Association. The New York Chapter of VVAW and other organizations in the New York Vets Peace Coalition had been working for some time with the Vietnamese Ambassador to set up a meeting between veterans of both countries. In late July, VVAW was informed that the President himself would be in attendance. President Truong Tan Sang had an intimate meeting with members of the Coalition before the larger reception and dinner scheduled that evening... Read More

In This Issue:

1. Our War, Our Legacy by Bill Branson
2. VVAW Meets With Vietnamese President by Jen Tayabji
3. Winter Soldier Award to Jim & Virginia Proffitt by VVAW
4. Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
5. Vietnam War Veterans Discussion Panel by Paul Cameron
6. Veterans and the Health Insurance Marketplace by Jen Tayabji
7. The Agent Orange Bill and the "Budget Crisis" by Paul Cox
8. Your Tax Dollars at War (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
9. Kent State May 4th Visitor Center Dedication by Bruce Hyland
10. September 11, 2013, Twelve Years After (poem) by Thomas Brinson
11. Selective Memory of Our Quagmire-Prone History by J. Michael Orange with Cynthia Orange
12. Whistleblower Patriots? by Michael F. Cascanet
13. I Had Ray Davis's Job, in Laos 30 Years Ago Same Cover, Same Lies by Robert Anderson
14. Another Look at "Intelligence" by Thomas F. Bayard
15. Midnight at the VFW (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
16. The Leave Some Vets Behind Law: A National Disgrace by Rick Staggenborg
17. Moment of Silence (poem) by Paul Hellweg
18. The Struggle of African American Vets by Vince Emmanule
19. US Out of Vietnam! by Ted Scott
20. War on the VA (photo) by VVAW
21. A Farewell to One of Our Own: Remembering Dr. Robert M. Bowman by Phil Restino
22. Reclaim Armistice Day by Ben Chitty
23. Oxy, the Smart Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
24. Federal Veterans' Benefit In Washington D.C. - Winter 1971 (poem) by Jim Murphy
25. The Cowardice of Power by Fred Samia
26. September 11? Chile 1973, Chicago 2013: 40 Years of Neo-Liberal Attacks on Our Societies by Kim Scipes
27. Return to Vietnam by Mike Kerber
28. War Overseas, Social Devastation at Home... An Evening with Iraq Veterans Against the War by Kim Scipes
29. Fellow Traveler's Notebook by Elaine Elinson
30. Reflections on the Passing of Comrade General Vo Nguyen Giap - Great Hero of Humanity by Merle Ratner
31. We, The People by RG Cantalupo
32. Operation Egg-Lob: Scrambling with VVAW by Freeman Hobs Allan
33. "A Happy Moving Party" by Jim Willingham
34. Dear Greg: Letters From My Father by Gregory Ross
35. The Weight on My Heart (poem) by Tim Bagwell
36. An Amazing Journey with Vietnam Vets by J. Graley Taylor
37. The Wall (poem) by Barry L. Reece
38. 45 Days (poem) by Marc Levy
39. The Retreat by Dan New
40. The Fallen (poem) by Don "Doc" Mercer
41. The New (old) Patriotism (poem) by Horace Coleman
42. When Men Win Glory by Horace Coleman (reviewer)
43. Miami Beach 1972 (poem) by Pat Finnegan
44. I Love This Man / My Soldier by Teri Saya
45. Dewey Canyon III (photos) by VVAW
46. Fresh On Yesterday's Tracks (poem) by Paul Nichols
47. Book Review of "100 Monkeys" by Bruce Gatten (reviewer)
48. All the Difference by Al Wellman (reviewer)
49. Letters to Editor by VVAW
50. Release of Two Books on the Same Day Recall the Aerial Massacre in Laos Fifty Years Ago by Nick Lombardi
51. Vietnam Vets (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
52. RECOLLECTIONS: Just Another Day by Jeff Motyka As Told To Marc Levy
53. Lieutenant Kerry Asks Secretary Kerry (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger