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U.S. War Resister Avoids Deportation

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Team VCS

July 10, 2008 – U.S. war resister Corey Glass is looking at spending “at least a couple more months in Canada” after a federal court granted him a stay of removal. “I was shocked,” Mr. Glass said shortly after receiving … Continue reading →

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Sesame Street Partners with the USO Bringing the Mupets to Military Families Across the Country

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Team VCS

June 26, 2008 – In the wake of the Vietnam War, the American conscience was able to absorb the brutality of combat on the psyche of the returning soldier mostly by compartmentalizing it: the problem was real, and could be … Continue reading →

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Former VA Secretary Principi Prodded VA on Chantix, Experimental Drug Linked with Suicide

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Team VCS

July 9, 2008 – Former Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony J. Principi contacted colleagues at his old agency as the chief lobbyist for drug maker Pfizer Inc. earlier this year, looking for updates on whether his company’s smoking-cessation drug Chantix would … Continue reading →

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Whistleblower Says Pentagon Putting KBR Over Soldiers

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Team VCS

July 10, 2008, Washington, DC – The Pentagon’s oversight of Houston-based KBR’s work in Iraq and Afghanistan has been “irregular and highly out of the ordinary,” a former Army contracting official told Senate Democrats Wednesday. Charles Smith, the former chief … Continue reading →

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July 10 Media Advisory: Military and Veteran Advocates Invite Senators Obama and McCain to Fort Hood Texas

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Team VCS

Media Advisory:  Military and Veteran Advocates Invite Senators Obama and McCain to Fort Hood Texas Presidential Town Hall to Focus on Military and VeteransFor Immediate Release: July 10, 2008 Contact: Carissa Picard, Managing Director, 2008 Fort Hood Presidential Town Hall Consortium, … Continue reading →

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Misinformation Clouds New GI Bill

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Team VCS

July 9, 2008 – Full-tuition educational benefits included in a new veterans’ program signed into law on June 30 will not take effect until Aug. 1, 2009, unless Congress approves a change in the new law. There will be a … Continue reading →

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Doctors Worried by Chantix in ’07

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Team VCS

July 8, 2008 – Department of Veterans Affairs doctors began raising red flags last year about whether the smoking-cessation drug Chantix was causing severe psychotic episodes among veterans, prompting a quiet investigation last fall but no warning for many months … Continue reading →

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Dollars and Sense

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Team VCS

July 2, 2008 – There has been much talk of late about the cost of the Iraq War, due in no small part to the huge estimates postulated by Nobel Prize–winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Together with his colleague Linda Bilmes, … Continue reading →

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Injured Iraq War Veterans Pay More for Health Care, Report Says

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Team VCS

July 9, 2008 – Former U.S. soldiers who were disabled fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and live far from government hospitals and rehabilitation centers pay more for health care than other veterans, a government report found. To address this “inequity,” … Continue reading →

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Rescuing an Iraqi Family

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Team VCS

June 24, 2008 – On a warm day last summer, new father and Marine Corps Capt. John Jacobs got an e-mail from a buddy he’d served with in Iraq. “I do need help in get(ting) out of home for awhile, … Continue reading →

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