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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).

British Ex-Spy Chief: No Link Between Iraq and 9/11

Written by David Stringer

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 09:13

July 20, 2010 (Salon) - The war in Iraq led to a loss of focus on the threat from al-Qaida, emboldened the group's leader Osama bin Laden, and helped to breed a generation of homegrown terrorists, Britain's former domestic spy chief told an inquiry Tuesday.

Reducing Stigma of PTSD In Army Culture

Written by Ron Capps

Monday, 19 July 2010 09:40

July 14, 2010 (NPR) - Ron Capps retired from the Foreign Service and the Army Reserve in 2008, after a 25-year career serving in Kosovo, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan. He now works for a small nongovernmental organization in Washington, D.C. His full essay appeared in the July issue of the journal Health Affairs.

Written by David Wood

Wednesday, 07 July 2010 10:19

July 6, 2010 (Politics Daily ) - More than 13,000 active-duty Army soldiers -- the equivalent of four combat brigades -- are sidelined as unfit for war because of injury, illness or mental stress.

Suicides Climb Despite Prevention Efforts

Written by Kelly Kennedy

Thursday, 01 July 2010 09:44

Vice Chiefs Say Solutions Have Been Elusive.

July 5, 2010 (Army Times) - As Congress continues to take military leaders to task over historically high suicide rates and mental health issues among the troops, the service vice chiefs said the problems are too complicated for quick solutions:

Written by Bob Herbert

Thursday, 01 July 2010 09:33

June 25, 2010 (New York Times) - President Obama can be applauded for his decisiveness in dispatching the chronically insubordinate Stanley McChrystal, but we are still left with a disaster of a war in Afghanistan that cannot be won and that the country as a whole will not support.

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