Author Archives: Team VCS

Fixing the First War: As US-Pakistani Tensions Mount, General Petraeus Steps In

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Team VCS

June 18, 2008 – They seem an odd couple: the general who engineered President Bush’s surge in Iraq, and the presidential candidate who has promised to undo it. But look again. Gen. David Petraeus’s broad new agenda as the likely … Continue reading →

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June 21, VCS in the News: VA Grants Only Six Percent of SHAD Veteran Disability Claims

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Team VCS

“These numbers are shocking, disgraceful and disappointing and reflect poorly on VA,” said Paul Sullivan, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense.  Low approval rate for vets’ chemical tests claims June 19, 2008, Washington, DC (AP) — The Veterans Affairs … Continue reading →

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Army Contract Officer Ousted After Refusing to Pay $1 Billion in Questionable KBR Bills

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Team VCS

June 17, 2008, Washington, DC – The Army official who managed the Pentagon’s largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR, the … Continue reading →

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Report Questions Pentagon Accounts of Use of Torture on Enemy Prisoners of War

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Team VCS

June 17, 2008 – A Senate investigation has concluded that top Pentagon officials began assembling lists of harsh interrogation techniques in the summer of 2002 for use on detainees at Guantanamo Bay and that those officials later cited memos from … Continue reading →

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Disabled American Veterans Testify that DoD Violates New Disability Severance Payment Law

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Team VCS

June 18, 2008 – At the end of a boisterous House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing in which lawmakers lambasted Veterans Affairs Department and Pentagon officials for not meeting various deadlines for improving care for wounded combat troops, Disabled American Veterans … Continue reading →

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Medical Exams Prove Torture by U.S. of Prisoners of War in Iraq and Guantanamo

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Team VCS

June 18, 2008, Washington, DC – Medical examinations of former terrorism suspects held by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, found evidence of torture and other abuse that resulted in serious injuries and … Continue reading →

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June 18 VCS in the News: Congress and VCS Demand a Stop to Experimental Drug Testing on Veterans with PTSD

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Team VCS

“VA should have done a better job protecting the human rights of our veterans,” said Paul Sullivan of VCS. June 18, 2008 – The Chair of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee is calling for an immediate suspension of government tests … Continue reading →

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Veterans Risk Ruin While Awaiting VA Disability Benefit Checks

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Team VCS

June 17, 2008, San Antonio, TX – His lifelong dream of becoming a soldier had, in the end, come to this for Isaac Stevens: 28, penniless, in a wheelchair, fending off the sexual advances of another man in a homeless … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Bush Detention Policy Seemed All About Him

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Team VCS

June 17, 2008, Washington – President Bush is in the midst of a farewell tour of some of the nations that like him the least – from oft-ridiculed France, which his defense secretary derided as part of “old Europe,” to … Continue reading →

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June 17, VCS Weekly Update: Bush Administration Overruled by Supreme Court Again – Three Strikes, You’re Out

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Team VCS

June 16, 2008 – This week’s update contains important news about a new Supreme Court ruling, about a special VCS report, and about our landmark lawsuit against VA. First, VCS applauds our Supreme Court for restoring Habeas Corpus last week. On … Continue reading →

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