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Yearly Archives: 2008
U.S. Special Forces Mistakenly Kill 6 Afghan Police
December 10, 2008, Kabul, Afghanistan – U.S. Special Forces killed six Afghan police and wounded 13 early Wednesday in a case of mistaken identity by both sides after the police fired on the Americans during an operation against an insurgent … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: An Action Memo for VA
December 9, 2008 – Action Memo to: President-elect Barack Obama & Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate Gen. Eric Shinseki. RE: Why We Need to Re-Name the VA — to the Department of Veterans Advocacy. America’s military veterans have every reason to be … Continue reading
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Military Leaders Knew of Deadly Roadside Bomb Threat in Iraq But Did Nothing
December 8, 2008 – The Marine Corps left troops in Iraq vulnerable to deadly roadside bombs by failing to answer an urgent request from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant vehicles, according to an internal Pentagon investigation obtained by The Associated Press. … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Mumbai Attacks Point to Needed U.S. Policy Shift
December 8, 2008 – Zbigniew Brzezinski likes to call the part of South Asia that includes the “border” between Afghanistan and Pakistan and related areas the “new Balkans,” which is an apt metaphor given the intense ethnic, religious, nationalist and … Continue reading
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Dec 9, VCS Update: Share Your Vision of Change with President-Elect Obama
Our New VA Secretary, Shaping Our Veterans’ Future, and VCS on Counterspin. Veterans for Common Sense is pleased that President-elect Barack Obama chose General Shinseki as VA Secretary. VCS told reporters that in February 2003, General Eric Shinseki honestly and correctly … Continue reading
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Tagged backlog, Civil Liberties Articles & News, Guantanamo, Gulf War, torture, VA Claims Crisis
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Editorial Column: A Truth-Teller for VA
December 9, 2008 – In the Bush administration, General Eric K. Shinseki committed the crime of truth-telling: He told the Senate in early 2003 that maintaining order in Iraq would take far more US troops than Donald Rumsfeld planned for. … Continue reading
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Making Amends with GI Joe
December 8, 2008 – Almost from the day he took office, George W. Bush has sold himself as a tough commander in chief, resolute in the war on terrorism. “Dead or alive,” he responded when asked about capturing Osama bin … Continue reading
A 21st Century Veterans Affairs
December 8, 2008 – Yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama named ret. Army Gen. Eric Shinseki as his Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), promising “the kind of VA that will serve our veterans as well as they have served us.” Shinseki will … Continue reading
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VA Botches Appointment Scheduling, VA Inspector General Reports
December 5, 2008 – A new report says Veterans Centers run by the Department of Veterans Affairs could have seen more patients in the past year if they did a better job scheduling and rescheduling visits. About 4.9 million appointments … Continue reading
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Spying on Pacifists, Environmentalists, and Nuns
December 7, 2008 – Reporting from Takoma Park, Md. — To friends in the protest movement, Lucy was an eager 20-something who attended their events and sent encouraging e-mails to support their causes. Only one thing seemed strange. “At one … Continue reading
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