Yearly Archives: 2007

December 7, 2007 – While the Navy is facing challenges in recruiting and retaining doctors and other medical personnel, it has no problem meeting medical demands in the Central Command theater, where it treats the wounded, injured and sick coming … Continue reading →

November 13, 2007 – Two days before a 10-mile race here, Army 1st Lt. Ivan Castro is explaining how he will run tethered to another soldier — one who can see. As he speaks, his wife lovingly extends her right … Continue reading →

December 5, 2007 Dear Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: I am asking you as a constituent not to vote for James Peake as the next Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Because of his dismal Record as the Surgeon General of the Army and … Continue reading →

December 5, 2007 – The American Civil Liberties Union is in court today calling for the release of three documents issued by the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) that are believed to have authorized the CIA to … Continue reading →

December 2, 2007 – Arthur McCants III has drowned many times in his dreams, by his account. The lanky 60-year-old from Eight Mile said he is haunted by “waterboarding” — an experience some decry as torture — that he endured … Continue reading →

Congress OKs new pay and benefits provisions [VCS Note: VCS worked very hard on key passages of this critical legislation.  We await word on the final details of the bill and how it will be implemented when it becomes law, … Continue reading →

December 5, 2007 – “Support our troops.” How often have we heard this Bush administration mantra whenever Congress or the public demands Iraq funding accountability or an Iraq withdrawal timeline? Yet, once the troops become veterans, too often they are … Continue reading →

December 5, 2007 – A plan by the state [Massachusetts] Highway Department to remove dozens of flags, banners, and other signs hanging over highways across the state was halted yesterday by Governor Deval Patrick, just hours after the father of … Continue reading →

“In all fairness, Gen. Peake was really busy setting up combat hospitals in the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones,” VCS Executive Director Paul Sullivan said. “And he gets an ‘A’ for doing a fine job at that.  But when it … Continue reading →

December 4, 2007 – In April 2007, William Winkenwerder Jr. retired from his position as assistant secretary for health affairs at the Department of Defense, where he had been in charge of all military healthcare. On June 1, he went … Continue reading →