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http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/ Ted Sampley, a Vietnam Veteran and former Green Beret, issued a CHALLENGE to John McCain "If you can show us that the information presented in our mailer is untruthful . . . we will Stand Down" This CHALLENGE was issued during an interview with INSIDE EDITION on January 17, 2008. John, family members of Vietnam POW/MIA(s) have been waiting for more then 14 years for you to have the courage to face them eye to eye in front of the American Public - Here is your opportunity for some "STRAIGHT TALK." Stop hiding behind your fabricated "War Hero" persona....

North Korea admitted yesterday that it was still holding prisoners from the Korean War as well as South Koreans it had abducted since. Ten PoWs are still in the North, 52 years after the war ended, the South Korean ministry of unification was told in response to inquiries about 103 missing people. Another 11 people who had been abducted were also being held. Six PoWs and 10 abducted prisoners whose existence was previously unknown had died in captivity. The rest were unaccounted for, the ministry said. Pyongyang said the 21 would be included in the next re-union for relatives separated...

CAMP LESTER, Okinawa — U.S. Navy Hospital Okinawa personnel said a final goodbye Wednesday to three fallen comrades who went missing during the Vietnam War. The hospital’s honor guard removed the pictures of three hospital corpsmen from their POW/MIA wall after their remains recently were identified. Corpsmen James Patrick McGrath, Ronald James Manning and Bernard Gause Jr. all died during or immediately after attacks on their air transport, according to Navy records. Even after 30 years or more of waiting, it’s a relief to families when POW/MIAs are found, said retired Lt. Cmdr. Lawrence Alsop, a veteran of World War...

Moscow (CNSNews.com) - Russia has for the first time agreed to open its remote far eastern region to U.S. officials searching for American servicemen missing in action from past wars. The U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs is to undertake an expedition that will take in the region bordering the Korean peninsula, including the major urban centers of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk. Details are scarce, but the mission will take place from Sept. 21-30. In the past the commission's work has mostly taken place in Moscow. Established by the U.S. and Russian presidents in March 1992, the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission (USRJC)is designed...

<p>When Nikki Mendicino speaks about veterans' affairs, she speaks with an authority well beyond her 14 years. Mendicino, a nationally recognized veterans' advocate from Springdale Borough, will be among the speakers at Sunday's "Rally For America" in Cranberry. The 1 p.m. rally will be at the township municipal building, 2525 Rochester Road.</p>