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June 12, VCS Suggests Watching PBS Special About Military’s Misuse of Personality Disorder Discharges for Wounded Iraq War Veterans
Is the military wrongfully discharging soldiers in order to deny them benefits? Veterans for Common Sense encourages you to watch a PBS News special on Friday, June 13. The show, “Now,” is a collaboration between PBS reporter Maria Hinojosa and … Continue reading
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GAO Report Finds Army Knowingly Sent Wounded and Unfit Troops Back to War
June 11, 2008 – About two-thirds of the soldiers at three Army bases who had “significant” physical problems were deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan anyway, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office survey released Tuesday. The GAO also reported that … Continue reading
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Veterans for Peace to Deliver Impeachment Petition to Congress
June 10, 2008, Washington, DC – At 1:00pm, June 11, in room 1629, Longworth House Office Building, members of a national veterans’ organization will hold a news conference to display the 22,000 names they collected on a petition to impeach … Continue reading
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Medical Research Study Finds Combat Veterans Display Severe Sleep Disorders
June 10, 2008 – Insomnia among U.S. combat veterans returning from Iraq is as severe as that seen in patients with chronic insomnia, according to University of Pittsburgh researchers. They compared 14 vets with post-deployment adjustment disorders to 14 insomnia … Continue reading
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ACLU Urges Congress to Examine White House National Security Council as Central Decision-Maker on Torture
June 9, 2008, Washington, DC – On the eve of two important congressional hearings tomorrow, Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office said, “It is time to get to the bottom of this administration’s torture regime Congress and … Continue reading
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June 12, Civil Liberties Update: Harsh Rebuke for Bush Administration as Supreme Court Upholds Rule of Law
Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts June 13, 2008 (print edition), Washington, DC — Foreign terrorism suspects held at the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba have constitutional rights to challenge their detention there in United States … Continue reading
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Republicans Block Taxes on Big Oil Profits
June 10, 2008 – Senate Republicans blocked a proposal Tuesday to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies, despite pleas by Democratic leaders to use the measure to address America’s anger over $4 a gallon gasoline. The Democratic … Continue reading
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VA Officials Grilled on PTSD E-Mail
June 10, 2008 – A Senate hearing called to determine if the Veterans Affairs Department is systemically denying veterans’ post-traumatic stress disorder claims in favor of less-costly diagnoses devolved into a circus of denials, backtracking, evasive answers and even an … Continue reading
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June 11, Lawsuit Update: 43,000 Veterans Call VA Suicide Hotline Set Up in Response to Lawsuit
June 10, 2008, Canandaigua, NY – U.S. Army soldiers committed suicide in 2007 at the highest rate on record, and the toll is climbing this year as long war deployments stretch on. At the Canandaigua VA Medical Center, the national … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Investigate This – The Propaganda Leading to Iraq War
June 9, 2008 – “I think the questions were asked. I think we pushed. I think we prodded. I think we challenged the president. I think not only those of us in the White House press corps did that, but … Continue reading
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