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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
Has Your Doctor Asked You About Climate Change? “Plants are flowering earlier in the spring; after hot summers, trees are releasing more pollen the following season”
While a recent Pew Research Center poll found that 59% of Americans think climate change affects their local community “a great deal or some,” only 31% say it affects them personally, and views vary widely by political party. Why do so few doctors talk about the impact of the environment on health? Besides a lack of guidelines, doctors say, they don’t have time during a 15- to 20-minute visit to broach something as complicated as climate change. Some doctors say they worry about challenging a patient’s beliefs on the sometimes fraught topic. more »
Two Reports: Women Veterans Confront Intimate Partner Violence; GAO Reports VHA Improved Certain Prescribing Practices, but Needs to Strengthen Treatment Plan Oversight
Women Veterans who have experienced IPV: “VA can help.” According to the VA Women’s Health Services Office, one third of women Veterans experience IPV in their lifetime, compared with less than a quarter of civilian women. Another story is from VA Officials from the five selected Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers with whom GAO spoke with reported various factors that contribute to providers' mental health treatment decisions, including decisions regarding the prescribing of psychotropic medications and the offering of non-pharmacologic therapy. In addition, a VA study found that a form of brain stimulation that can rapidly improve communication between neurons in the brain helped ease PTSD symptoms. more »
Updated With Events Calendar: Apollo Mission Control Room and the 50th Anniversary of the First Astronauts Who Set Foot on the Moon: "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set foot on the lunar surface – the first men on the moon. The US space agency, NASA, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of this historic event in style – by restoring and reopening the control room that handled the historic Apollo 11 mission. Today it is a museum, but it looks every bit alive and real as it did in 1969, as though engineers and scientists just stepped away for a moment. Lesia Bakalets visited the control room. Anna Rice narrates her story. more »
Updated: Mueller's Testimony Expected on *July 24th in Front of House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees
On April 18, 2019, the Department of Justice released the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election", also known as the Mueller Report. This audio is courtesy of Timberlane Media, which recorded the full report as a podcast. C-Span.org is repeating the report. Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee and Intelligence Committees on the Russia investigation and the published report released by his office on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 more »