Yearly Archives: 2007

For Some, the War Never Ends

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Team VCS

June 3, 2007 – Fallen comrades visit him in dreams. Some were close friends. Some, he barely knew. Some are whole again. Some, he cannot bear to see. He bolts awake in the night, then roams the house, checking locks … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column – Saying Nothing But Still Power-Hungry

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Team VCS

June 5, 2007 – NEW YORK — They say America is the land of the second chance — the chance to make good on a promise, a project or a virtuous deed that might lead to redemption. But in the … Continue reading →

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No Evidence That Iran Is Supplying Weapons to Taliban, Says U.S. General

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Team VCS

KABUL, June 5 (Reuters) – While Iranian mortars and other weapons have been found on Afghan battlefields there is no evidence that Tehran is supplying weapons to the Taliban, the U.S. general who leads the NATO war effort in the … Continue reading →

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An Iraq War Veteran’s Extreme Road Back

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Team VCS

June 5, 2007 – Brett Miller leaned over his mountain bike’s handlebars and took in the breathtaking view as the wind whipped across the grassy ridgeline. Beneath him was an adrenaline junkie’s dream: a narrow dirt trail with steep descents, … Continue reading →

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At U.S. Military Hospitals, ‘Everybody is Overworked’

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Team VCS

June 4, 2007 – FORT STEWART, Ga. — Winn Army Community Hospital has a baby boom it cannot handle. Mothers and children and stroller pack the pediatrics department, another hassle after long waits for hard-to-get appointments. The problems don’t stop … Continue reading →

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Commanders Say Push in Baghdad is Short of Goal

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Team VCS

BAGHDAD, June 3, 2007  — Three months after the start of the Baghdad security plan that has added thousands of American and Iraqi troops to the capital, they control fewer than one-third of the city’s neighborhoods, far short of the … Continue reading →

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Iraq War Veteran Prosecuted for Opposing Military Recruitment in Library

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Team VCS

May 14, 2007 – Tim Coil served in the first Gulf War and now suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. On March 12, he and his wife, Yvette, went to the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library in Ohio. At 37, she … Continue reading →

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55{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} of Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans Have Mental Health Conditions

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Team VCS

May 30, 2007 – Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have a wide range of health concerns, including a 55 percent prevalence of mental health issues, reports a study in the May Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication … Continue reading →

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Action in Congress

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Team VCS

June 2007 Disability Ratings Dustup Senators grilled Pentagon officials about major disparities in the way the armed services award disability ratings. They also challenged disparities in the award practices of DOD and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Retired Army Lt. … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Republican Party Leader Says ‘all we need is some attacks on American soil’

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Team VCS

Another Long Summer Politics in the American style has never been particularly sane, to be sure. Every so often, however, the usual level of strangeness we’re accustomed to reaches a new gear, and the whole show just goes right over … Continue reading →

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