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		<title>From our partner EPIC: Putting Iraq back on the agenda</title>
		<link>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2013/03/21/from-our-partner-epic-putting-iraq-back-on-the-agenda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Sheehan-Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For more than ten years, Veterans for Common Sense has worked hand in hand with our partner EPIC (The Education for Peace In Iraq Center) on national security issues and on Iraq. Ten years ago the United States launched Operation &#8230; <a href="http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2013/03/21/from-our-partner-epic-putting-iraq-back-on-the-agenda/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Report: New vets showing Gulf War illness symptoms</title>
		<link>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2013/01/25/report-new-vets-showing-gulf-war-illness-symptoms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Sheehan-Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#8212; Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may be suffering from the 20-year-old set of symptoms known as Gulf War Illness, according to a new report released Wednesday by the federal Institute of Medicine. &#8220;Preliminary data suggest &#8230; <a href="http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2013/01/25/report-new-vets-showing-gulf-war-illness-symptoms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>VCS v. VA Update</title>
		<link>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2013/01/11/vcs-v-va-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Sheehan-Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, January 7, 2013, we lost our bid for the Supreme Court to hear our appeal so no Veteran waits for care or benefits, especially for mental healthcare.  Since our landmark lawsuit was filed in July 2007, Veterans for &#8230; <a href="http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2013/01/11/vcs-v-va-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Vow Continued Fight to Fix VA</title>
		<link>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2013/01/07/veterans-vow-continued-fight-to-fix-va/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Sheehan-Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Denies Hearing on Suicidal Veterans Turned Away from VA For Immediate Release January 7, 2013 Contact: 202-558-4553 Washington, DC – On Friday, January 4, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the landmark case brought by Veterans &#8230; <a href="http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2013/01/07/veterans-vow-continued-fight-to-fix-va/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Media Advisory: Judges to Decide if Supreme Court Hears Landmark Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2013/01/03/media-advisory-judges-to-decide-if-supreme-court-hears-landmark-lawsuit/</link>
		<comments>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2013/01/03/media-advisory-judges-to-decide-if-supreme-court-hears-landmark-lawsuit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Sheehan-Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contact: Veterans for Common Sense (202) 491-6953 Date: January 3, 2013 In the next few days, the Supreme Court will determine if it will hear arguments in the case, Veterans for Common Sense v. Shinseki.  An announcement could come as early &#8230; <a href="http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2013/01/03/media-advisory-judges-to-decide-if-supreme-court-hears-landmark-lawsuit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Petition for Supreme Court Hearing</title>
		<link>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/11/16/veterans-petition-for-supreme-court-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/11/16/veterans-petition-for-supreme-court-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Sheehan-Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one of the most important landmark legal cases involving veterans’ access to healthcare and disability benefits in decades, two veterans groups filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on September 5, 2012, asking the Court to hear the case, Veterans &#8230; <a href="http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/11/16/veterans-petition-for-supreme-court-hearing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Changes at Veterans for Common Sense</title>
		<link>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/10/10/changes-at-veterans-for-common-sense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Sheehan-Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Veterans for Common Sense is sorry to announce the departure of Patrick Bellon as executive director of Veterans for Common Sense. Patrick will be moving on to take on bigger challenges, and we wish him the best. &#8230; <a href="http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/10/10/changes-at-veterans-for-common-sense/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>House bill would speed disability payments to wounded troops</title>
		<link>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/10/09/house-bill-would-speed-disability-payments-to-wounded-troops/</link>
		<comments>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/10/09/house-bill-would-speed-disability-payments-to-wounded-troops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Team VCS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Triblive.com By Carl Prine Published: Saturday, October 6, 2012, 5:36 p.m. Updated: Saturday, October 6, 2012 A bipartisan bill promises to speed disability payments to troops wounded in Afghanistan, but it must clear a Congress so divided that 96 percent of proposed &#8230; <a href="http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/10/09/house-bill-would-speed-disability-payments-to-wounded-troops/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans can find help through crisis line</title>
		<link>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/10/09/veterans-can-find-help-through-crisis-line/</link>
		<comments>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/10/09/veterans-can-find-help-through-crisis-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Team VCS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By MARY WICOFF  Commercial-News, Danville, Ill. Published: October 7, 2012 DANVILLE — Veterans in crisis no longer have to keep the problem a secret — especially if it’s something life-threatening, such as thoughts of suicide. “We’re here. We’re proactive,” said Natalie &#8230; <a href="http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/10/09/veterans-can-find-help-through-crisis-line/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sergeant carried his secret anguish home</title>
		<link>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/10/08/sergeant-carried-his-secret-anguish-home/</link>
		<comments>http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/10/08/sergeant-carried-his-secret-anguish-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Team VCS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Leaf-Chronicle by Philip Grey CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Sgt. Justin Junkin came home from Afghanistan to his wife and infant daughter in May 2011, carrying his weapon, his gear and a bomb inside his head. The secret that he brought &#8230; <a href="http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/10/08/sergeant-carried-his-secret-anguish-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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