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Yearly Archives: 2008
A Victim of the War Within – Another Tragic Iraq War Veteran Suicide in Houston
May 18, 2008 – Army recruiter Nils Aron Andersson sat behind the wheel of his brand-new Ford F-150, firing round after round into the truck’s CD player and radio with a .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol. Spent cartridges littered the seats and … Continue reading
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Bush Torture Policies on Trial in Italy
May 14, 2008, Milan, Italy – Clutching her Italian identity card in a gloved hand, the cloaked wife of a fiery Muslim cleric Wednesday tearfully recounted publicly for the first time how her husband was kidnapped on a Milan street … Continue reading
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Confronting Vets’ Suicide Epidemic
May 17, 2008 – Timothy K. Israel was likely just one of 18 veterans who committed suicide on May 9, according to internal e-mails of the U.S. Veterans Administration. Israel, a decorated Iraq war veteran, was found hanging in the … Continue reading
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Veterans for Peace Ask Congressman Conyers to Impeach President Bush Over Iraq War
May 16, 2008, Washington, DC – A national veterans’ organization today sent a letter to Representative John Conyers, head of the House Judiciary Committee, requesting a meeting with him to deliver over 10,000 signatures on a petition to impeach George … Continue reading
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Taking Care of Our Vets
May 15, 2008 – Etched onto the wall of a sentry box in Gibraltar is an unsigned indictment from an unknown soldier. You imagine him there many wars ago, keeping watch and weighing his prospects for a normal life. God … Continue reading
US Soldier Refuses to Serve in ‘Illegal Iraq War’
May 16, 2008 – Matthis Chiroux is the kind of young American US military recruiters love. “I was from a poor, white family from the south, and I did badly in school,” the now 24-year-old told AFP. “I was ‘filet … Continue reading
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Senator Leahy Schedules Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Right to Vote
May 13, 2008, Washington, DC – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has scheduled a hearing to examine the constitutional underpinnings of voting rights and to investigate obstacles that impede access to the ballot box for all Americans. Several … Continue reading
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NPR News Continues Investigations Into Treatment of Soldiers Suffering from PTSD
May 16, 2008; Washington, D.C. – In its continuing coverage of military treatment of soldiers returning from war, NPR News reports that spouses of troops with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other serious mental health problems have made it their … Continue reading
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May 17, VCS in the News: Furor Continues Over VA Psychologist’s Anti-PTSD E-Mail
What’s at stake is veterans’ ability to get disability and health care benefits from the VA. A diagnosis of “adjustment disorder” doesn’t deliver the same level of benefits as would a diagnosis of PTSD, Paul Sullivan, the executive director of … Continue reading
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Akaka Calls VA Employee’s Suggestion to Misdiagnose Veterans Disturbing and Disappointing
May 16, 2008, Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, issued the following statement this morning regarding an email sent by a Department of Veterans Affairs employee suggesting that in order to … Continue reading
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