Yearly Archives: 2008

January 28, 2008 – There’s a cynical old saying that the victors write the history. CBS’s “60 Minutes” demonstrated how that process works on Jan. 27 in airing Scott Pelley’s interview with the FBI agent who de-briefed former Iraqi dictator … Continue reading →

Thursday, January 31, 2008 – Army Lieutenant Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial her for endangering another soldier and turning a gun on herself … Continue reading →

VCS released a statement regarding the enactment of the “Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act,” a bill contained in the large Defense Bill the President signed on Jan. 28. Veterans for Common Sense is very pleased that Congress acted quickly to … Continue reading →

January 28, 2008 – Gordon Kirk, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8854, was the only veteran in St. Paul’s last remaining VFW club one recent afternoon. The 84-year-old walked by his post’s war memorabilia and a case packed … Continue reading →

January 25, 2008 – Paul Wolfowitz, the former World Bank president and former deputy secretary of defense who was instrumental in the US decision to invade Iraq in 2003, has been named chairman of a panel that advises the State … Continue reading →

January 26, 2008 – Legend has it that two thousand years ago President Bush’s favorite philosopher dodged the treason bullet by giving a group of Pharisees his honest opinion on the separation of church and state. Appreciating the wisdom in … Continue reading →

January 26, 2008 – Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are calling for $2 million in additional funding for the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Hawaii senator says many of the servicemen and women … Continue reading →

Edwards visits Jeff City, touts health care for all, higher minimum wage and an end to Iraq war Jefferson City, Missouri, January 29, 2009 – John Edwards brought his populist campaign to central Missouri Tuesday, invoking the names of Harry … Continue reading →

January 25, 2008 – Contrary to the line famously quoted by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, old soldiers do die. And as they do, the organizations they kept alive are fading away. Veterans of World War II are dying at a rate … Continue reading →

January 25, 2008 – A claim by an Eight Mile man that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder — the result of being “waterboarded” during a Navy survival course in 1975 — is a rare one, according to a Department … Continue reading →