Yearly Archives: 2008

March 7, 2008 – Thousands of U.S. citizens who participated in human experimentation for the military may have been exposed to harmful chemical and biological substances. In some cases, healthy adults, psychiatric patients and prison inmates were used in experiments … Continue reading →

March 8, 2008 – New York – The number of wounded soldiers has become a hallmark of the nearly 5-year-old Iraq war, pointing to both the use of roadside bombs as the extremists’ weapon of choice and advances in battlefield … Continue reading →

March 10, 2008 – Get ready for the horrible, honest reality of the American occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan like you haven’t heard it before. For four days, from March 13 through March 16, hundreds of U.S. veterans of the … Continue reading →

March 9, 2008 – When President Bush vetoed legislation Saturday that would have prohibited the CIA from using physical force in interrogations, he had the support of Sen. John McCain – the most outspoken of any presidential candidate in his … Continue reading →

March 9, 2008 – Laura Youngblood clutched her husband’s photo as she drove alone to the hospital. She’d become pregnant nearly nine months earlier, the day he’d left for training for Iraq. Hours later, after the baby was born, she … Continue reading →

March 10, 2008 – According to Wisconsin voters, the war in Iraq is not the top issue on their minds. However, as the nation approaches the five-year anniversary of the war on March 19, Wisconsin officials and political observers have … Continue reading →

March 3, 2008 – Pahrump, Nevada – All Spec. Travis Virgadamo ever wanted was to be a soldier. But two years after his father signed papers for him to enlist at age 17, things went terribly wrong. Last August, three … Continue reading →

March 9, 2008 – The flat roofs across the street were checkered with black shadows. In the dim yellow light of a city sky at night, Sgt. Lorenzo Martinez thought he saw a man move. He jumped away from the … Continue reading →

Paul Sullivan, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, a nonprofit advocacy group, said he was discouraged, but not surprised, that so few service members are being seen by mental-health specialists. The need to maintain troop strength, he believes, is … Continue reading →

March 10 Update – VCS Fights for Veterans in Federal Court, Our Civil Liberties Remain in Danger, and President Bush Endorses Torture Dear #Salutation#: Hearings Progress in California – All week long, VCS Executive Director Paul Sullivan was in San … Continue reading →