Yearly Archives: 2008

April 7, 2008 – The Pentagon’s decision last year to extend tours in Iraq and Afghanistan to 15 months from 12 months in order to support the Bush administration’s ill-conceived surge has resulted in the longest Army combat tours since … Continue reading →

April 7 Update: Winter Soldier Hearings – What You Might Have Missed The March 2008 Winter Soldier Hearings took place in a virtual vaccum from mainstream media. As with the original Winter Soldier Hearings in 1971, Pacifica Radio was one … Continue reading →

April 4, 2008, Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced S. 2796 earlier this week, to establish partnerships between the Department of Veterans Affairs and community organizations to connect with underserved … Continue reading →

April 5, 2008 – Since 2003, my organisation, the American Civil Liberties Union, has been litigating for the release of government documents concerning the abuse and torture of prisoners at Guantánamo and other US facilities overseas. The litigation has resulted … Continue reading →

April 6, 2008 – Washington, DC — Army leaders are expressing increased alarm about the mental health of soldiers who would be sent back to the front again and again under plans that call for troop numbers to be sustained … Continue reading →

I’m very concerned about frivolous, wasteful spending at the VA,” said Paul Sullivan, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense. “With hundreds of thousands of veterans homeless, VA employees don’t need to be staying at ritzy-glitzy high-priced hotels, possibly gambling … Continue reading →

April 7, 2009 – Washington, DC — It took nearly 10 months before doctors thought to give Glenn Minney an MRI after he lost his vision as a result of a blast wound suffered at Haditha Dam, Iraq. Minney and … Continue reading →

April 7, 2008 – Columbia University Professor Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, and his colleague, Harvard University Professor Linda Bilmes, deserve our gratitude for informing Americans about the human and financial costs of the Iraq War … Continue reading →

April 2, 2008 – TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON IRAQ Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. It is an honor to appear before you again. The last occasion was in January 2007, when the … Continue reading →

April 4, 2008 – Washington, DC — The Bush administration plans to announce next week that U.S. soldiers’ combat tours will be reduced from 15 months to 12 months in Iraq and Afghanistan beginning later this summer, The Associated Press … Continue reading →