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Washington Post Op-Ed: True Cost of Iraq War is $3 Trillion

September 5, 2010 (The Washington Post) - Writing in these pages in early 2008, we put the total cost to the United States of the Iraq war at $3 trillion. This price tag dwarfed previous estimates, including the Bush administration's 2003 projections of a $50 billion to $60 billion war.

VoteVets: Fire Ex-Senator Simpson Over Anti-Veteran Comments

September 2, 2010 (The Hill) - A group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans called on President Obama to fire Alan Simpson from the White House fiscal commission for suggesting that veterans getting federal medical benefits are adding to the country’s debt problem.

Editorial: Profiting From Fallen Soldiers is Loathsome

August 22, 2010 (The Times Herald Editorial Board) - It might seem unconscionable that any company would attempt to profit from the death of an American service member, but it's not only happening, it's happening on a massive scale.

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.

Veterans Articles & News

Veterans Healthcare and Disability Veterans for Common Sense posts articles, news and other related items about the readjustment needs and concerns of our veterans, with a special emphasis on access to prompt healthcare and disability benefits provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

The Hidden Toll of America's Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Written by Aaron Glantz

Thursday, 10 June 2010 09:34

May 30, 2010, San Francisco, CA (The Bay Citizen) - Every year on Memorial Day, Enrique Villa drinks himself to sleep. It’s been this way the last five years, ever since Villa, a 21-year old San Jose native, watched seven fellow Marines die.

Walter Reed Scandal Uncovered in 2003

Written by Wall Street Journal

Thursday, 10 June 2010 09:10

Coming Home: Disabled Soldier Faces Battle in Seeking Benefits from DoD and VA

Written by Robert Tomsho and Rachel Zimmerman

August 12, 2003, Bluffton, Indiana (Wall Street Journal) — Jason Stiffler, a high-school dropout, hoped the U.S. Army could help him make something of himself. But two years after enlisting, the 20-year-old veteran of the Afghanistan war struggles just to care for the tiny garden outside his rented trailer home.

Written by Kelly Kennedy

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 16:30

New VA benefits claim form: Just 6 pages

June 9, 2010 (Army Times) - After years of complaints from veterans about having to fill out a 26-page-long benefits claims form for the Veterans Affairs Department, the Office of Management and Budget has approved VA’s new six-page form.

Written by Jason Grotto and Tim Jones

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 09:17

Citing the billions more it will cost, Sen. Jim Webb asks VA Secretary for explanation as he freezes funds to pay for expansion of coverage

June 8, 2010, Chicago, IL (Chicago Tribune) - A U.S. senator who is also a highly decorated Vietnam veteran has called into question the spiraling costs of disability claims stemming from veterans' exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides during the Vietnam War.

Written by VCS

Tuesday, 08 June 2010 16:29

On May 28, 2010, VAWatchDog.org broke the news story about VA's anti-veteran legislative proposal sent to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. On June 8, 2010, Veterans for Common Sense wrote Representative Bob Filner, Chairman of the powerful House Veterans' Affairs Committee, and asked him to block VA's outrageous proposal to eliminate veterans' due process legal rights.

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