Author Archives: Team VCS

Newspaper Editorial: Legislators – Compensate Troops

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Team VCS

July 16, 2008 – Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Betty Sutton (D-OH) were joined by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D – IL) and Congressman Walter Jones (RNC) to call on Congress to compensate troops affected by “stop loss,” a … Continue reading →

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Sides Clash Over Treatment of Bin Laden’s Driver

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Team VCS

July 16, 2008, Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba – The prosecution and defense witnesses have given widely different accounts of the way Osama bin Laden’s former driver has been treated in U.S. prisons in Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay. … Continue reading →

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ACLU Seeks Answers on Torture from Former Attorney General Ashcroft

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Team VCS

July 17, 2008, Washington, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union calls on former Attorney General John Ashcroft, in today’s House Judiciary hearing, to provide Congress and the American people with answers to questions about when, why and how the … Continue reading →

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Taliban Breached NATO Base in Deadly Attack

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Team VCS

July 15, 2008, Kabul, Afghanistan – The Taliban insurgents who attacked a U.S.-run outpost near the Pakistani border on Sunday numbered nearly 200 fighters, almost three times the size of the allied force, and some breached the NATO compound in … Continue reading →

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Gitmo Interrogation Video Released

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Team VCS

July 15, 2008, Toronto, Canada  – Lawyers for a Canadian prisoner at Guantanamo Bay released excerpts of videotaped interrogations Tuesday, providing a first-ever glimpse into the secretive world of questioning enemy combatants at the isolated U.S. prison in Cuba. The … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: The Murder Trial of George W. Bush?

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Team VCS

July 13, 2008 – There are those who say that President George W. Bush should be impeached for intentionally overstating the case for war with Iraq and misleading the American public and Congress about the threat of WMD as well … Continue reading →

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Civilian Casualties Fuel Afghan Conflict

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Team VCS

July 16, 2008, Kabul, Afghanistan – The killing of civilians in foreign military airstrikes is shattering Afghans’ support for keeping international troops in their troubled land and driving angry young men into the arms of the Taliban, analysts say. International … Continue reading →

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Understanding the Journey of War Veterans: Screening Documentary ‘All The Way Home’

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Team VCS

July 15, 2008, Washington, DC – Bob Filner, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, will hold a screening of the documentary “All the Way Home” on Wednesday, July 23 at 10 a.m. in Cannon 334.  The documentary follows … Continue reading →

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Veterans: From Iraq War Battlefield to the Homeless Shelter

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Team VCS

July 13, 2008 – When Johanna Montalvo, 35, returned home from a tour of duty in Iraq in 2006, the drug habit she says she acquired in the military got her kicked out of her house. She has since cleaned … Continue reading →

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Senator Casey: U.S. Military Must Eliminate Sexual Assaults

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Team VCS

July 15, 2008 – A Pennsylvania lawmaker who says he continues to hear many complaints about sexual harassment and abuse from women who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan wants the Defense Department to do more to stop mistreatment and … Continue reading →

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