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Taken 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

Also 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