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36 Veterans & military organizations advocate with U.S. Senate regarding Higher Education Act
This week, thirty-six veterans service organizations (VSO’s) and Military Service Organizations (MSO’s) including Veterans for Common Sense avocated with the U.S. Senate regarding the Higher Education Act and provisions important to veterans and military service members. The letter, with earlier … Continue reading
Injured Contractors Sometimes Caught in Legal Wrangling for Disability Compensation
November 28, 2007 – For some injured workers returning from Iraq, seeking disability compensation through insurance companies is a battle they did not anticipate. They are employees of the private contractors commissioned by the U.S. government to provide such services … Continue reading
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VCS Expresses Concern about End to VA Data Report
(Washington, DC – June 9, 2017) — In a news story published this week, Veterans for Common Sense expressed concern regarding plans by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to end a national data report used internally and by … Continue reading
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VCS Calls for Continued Defense Medical Research Funding
(Washington, June 8, 2017) – Veterans for Common Sense today joined with more than 100 organizations in calling on Congress to provide continued support for the “critical and highly successful defense health research programs” of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) directed … Continue reading
VA Claims Errors Leave One in Every Seven Veterans Shortchanged
(Washington – June 7, 2017) — The Boston Herald today reported higher than average error rates on veterans’ disability claims at one regional office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“Errors Leave Veterans Shortchanged“, June 7, 2017, by Jack Encarnacao). The … Continue reading
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VCS Urges a Strong Borrower Defense Regulation to Protect Veterans and Servicemembers
(Washington, June 6, 2017) – Veterans for Common Sense today joined with nearly 30 national veterans service organizations and other education coalition allies in calling on Congress that the Borrower Defense Regulation not be watered down or delayed. The regulation, scheduled to … Continue reading
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VCS Calls on Education Secretary for For-Profit School Reforms
(Washington, May 4, 2017) – Veterans for Common Sense today joined with more than two dozen veterans service organizations and other education coalition allies in calling on U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to provide openness, transparency, and an … Continue reading
VCS Supports Continuation of Gulf War Illness Treatment Research Program, Expresses Thanks
(Washington – Mar. 16, 2017) – Veterans for Common Sense (VCS), a national veterans advocacy organization and national leader on military toxic exposures and Toxic Wounds, yesterday sent the following letter of support for the treatment-focused Gulf War Illness Research Program (GWIRP) to the bipartisan House … Continue reading
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VCS Supports the VA Prescription Drug Accountability Act
(Washington – Mar. 15, 2017) – Veterans for Common Sense, a national veterans advocacy organization, today sent the following letter of support for the VA Prescription Drug Accountability Act to the legislation’s co-authors: “Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) is in … Continue reading
Thomas Paine Celebration in Southwest Florida Expected to be Largest in the Nation
Event commemorates 280th anniversary of the birth of the Revolutionary War patriot, whose writings remain central to democratic movements worldwide (Sarasota, Fla. – January 23, 2017) – This year’s southwest Florida commemoration of the 280th anniversary of the birth of … Continue reading
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