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Jewish General to Pilot Evangelical-Friendly Air Force

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Team VCS

June 12, 2008 – When he was a cadet at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., in the early 1970s, Norton Schwartz did not hide his religion under his blue-and-white uniform. A member of the academy’s Jewish choir … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Mental Wounds Said to Raise War Casualties Tenfold

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Team VCS

June 13, 2008 – Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, charged Bush administration officials Wednesday with continuing to downplay the mental trauma and brain injuries suffered by veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Filner … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: The Iraq War Becomes Suicidal

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Team VCS

June 12, 2008 – I gave a dollar to a shabbily dressed young man holding a “help me” sign on a Market Street in San Francisco. Most Saturday shoppers, many of them foreign tourists taking advantage of the cheap dollar, … Continue reading →

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Plan Would Lift Saudi Oil Output to Highest Ever

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Team VCS

June 14, 2008 – Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is planning to increase its output next month by about a half-million barrels a day, according to analysts and oil traders who have been briefed by Saudi officials. The … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: A Victory for the Rule of the Law

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Team VCS

June 13, 2008 – It shouldn’t be necessary for the Supreme Court to tell the president that he can’t have people taken into custody, spirited to a remote prison camp and held indefinitely, with no legal right to argue that … Continue reading →

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‘All Options’ Open on Iran, says Bush

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Team VCS

June 11, 2008 – US President George W. Bush said Wednesday after talks here with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that “all options” are on the table for dealing with Iran’s suspect nuclear programme. “We’ll give diplomacy a chance to work,” … Continue reading →

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Rapture-Ready Evangelicals Impersonate Army Officers – Bush Administration Gives Organization Members Award

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Team VCS

June 13, 2008 – A few days ago, a tip was sent to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) research department to check out an organization called Marshall Minute Military Ministries. MRFF has investigated a seemingly endless stream of evangelical … Continue reading →

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Veterans Affairs Tells Court it Can’t Imagine Voter Registration Drives for Its Wounded Veterans and the Homeless

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Team VCS

June 12, 2008 – An attorney for the Department of Veterans Affairs, which runs hospitals and homeless shelters for veterans, told a federal appeals court Thursday that the VA could not conceive of any circumstance where voter registration drives could … Continue reading →

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Review Finds Discrepancies in VA Care for Men,Women

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Team VCS

June 13, 2008 – A review by the Department of Veterans Affairs finds that women veterans aren’t receiving the same quality of outpatient care as men at about one-third of its facilities. The review obtained by The Associated Press appears … Continue reading →

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McCain: Troop Withdraw Date ‘Not Too Important’ in Iraq

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Team VCS

June 11, 2008 – Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama heaped criticism on Republican opponent John McCain for saying it was “not too important” when American troops are withdrawn from Iraq, as Democrats leapt at the chance to attack … Continue reading →

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