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Congressman Mitchell: Pausing to Consider People Who REALLY Matter

Chairman Harry Mitchell is a Hero to Veterans Nationwide

August 20, 2010 (Arizona Republic) - It's been a month since I spoke to Rep. Harry Mitchell about suicides among military veterans and I'm just getting around to writing something.

What Obama Won't Say Tonight About US Withdrawal from Iraq

August 31, 2010 (ConsortiumNews) - President Barack Obama’s aides say his speech this evening marking the end of "combat operations" in Iraq will avoid the vainglorious aspects of President George W. Bush’s infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech in 2003. We’ll see.

Lawsuit Update: Prudential's Half-Billion in Dirty Secret Profits

Families of Dead Soldiers Sue Insurer Over Its Handling of Survivors’ Benefits

August 29, 2010 (New York Times) - Vickie Castro’s only child was killed six years ago just before Christmas, when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside an Army mess tent in Mosul, Iraq, killing more than 20 people.

Op-Ed: Cost of War Must Also Include Caring for Our Veterans

Overlooked Cost of Iraq / Afghanistan Wars: Our Veterans' Healthcare and Benefits

August 15, 2010 (San Francisco Chronicle) - Two years after an Army specialist saw half his platoon torn apart in Iraq, he hanged himself in a California backyard.

VA Secretary Shinseki's Open Message to Gulf War Veterans

August 11, 2010, Washington, DC (VA Press Release) - August 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Gulf War, launched with Operation Desert Shield and followed by Operation Desert Storm. VA honors this milestone with a renewed commitment to improving our responsiveness to the challenges facing Gulf War Veterans.

National Security Articles & News

National Security Veterans for Common Sense posts articles, news and other related items about the causes, conduct, and consequences of our foreign policy on our military. This includes the use of our military as well as training, equipment, and medical care for our service members. Articles focus on activities of the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of State (DoS).

House Passes $59 Billion to Fund Iraq and Afganistan Wars

Written by Jim Abrams

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 09:56

July 27, 2010 (Yahoo News)- Washington, D.C. - Months behind schedule and stripped of money for domestic stimulus programs, legislation to fund the troop surge in Afghanistan was sent to President Barack Obama on Tuesday after disgruntled Democrats failed to block it.

Written by Paul Krugman

Friday, 23 July 2010 12:21

July 23, 2010 (The New York Times) - Karl Rove now tells us that his "biggest mistake" was not fighting back against the perception that the Bush administration deliberately misled us into the Iraq war. His main evidence that nothing like that happened is the fact that a 2005 commission found no wrongdoing.

Written by Gregg Zoroya

Friday, 23 July 2010 09:30

July 23, 2010 (USA Today) - The number of soldiers forced to leave the Army solely because of a mental disorder has increased by 64% from 2005 to 2009 and accounts for one in nine medical discharges, according to Army statistics.

Written by Gregg Zoroya

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 20:56

Army reports record number of suicides for June

July 18, 2010 (USA Today) - Soldiers killed themselves at the rate of one per day in June, making it the worst month on record for Army suicides, the service said Thursday.

Written by Kelly Kennedy

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 13:46

July 20, 2010 (Army Times) - After looking at 10 years’ worth of cancer data, researchers at the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center found that service members tend to have higher rates of melanoma, brain, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, breast, prostate and testicular cancers than civilians.

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