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Iraq War Veteran with PTSD Saves Life of Traffic Accident Victim
Traumatized Marine ignores doctor’s orders to save injured motorcyclist May 2, 2008, Buffalo, New York – Others drove past the injured motorcyclist, who lay bleeding to death on the side of Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst on a Monday afternoon … Continue reading
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Pentagon Plans National Mental Health Campaign
May 2, 2008, Washington, DC – Senior military officers could be talking about their emotional struggles on YouTube and MySpace this year, in a Pentagon campaign to urge troops into counseling for wartime mental problems. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced … Continue reading
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Mythmaking and Democracy – Protecting Voting Rights for All
April 30, 2008, Washington, DC – History is forever burdened by the propensity of the political class to stir the public into hysteria over this or that threat, even if fabrications—not fact—form the basis of the provocation. The Iraq war … Continue reading
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Jury Acquits Six in Anti-Iraq War Protest in Maine
May 1, 2008 – Six longtime anti-war activists arrested last year for refusing to leave the Federal Building when it closed for the day were found not guilty Wednesday of criminal trespass. A Penobscot County Superior Court jury deliberated for … Continue reading
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May 3 Editorial Column: President George W. Bush Admits He Approved Torture
May 1, 2008, Washington, DC – The American people have heard President Bush and his spokespeople say many times that the U.S. government does not engage in torture. Whether Bush was believed or not is another story — especially in … Continue reading
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May 3: VCS Supports Sen. Bond’s Bill to Open VA’s Vet Centers to Active Duty Troops
May 2, 2008 – Active and reserve service members would be eligible for mental health counseling from one of the 207 veterans’ centers operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs under bipartisan legislation introduced Thursday. [Note: Veterans for Common Sense … Continue reading
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Union’s War Protest Shuts West Coast Ports
May 2, 2008, Seatle WA – West Coast ports were shut down on Thursday as thousands of longshoremen failed to report for work, part of what their union leaders said was a one-day, one-shift protest against the war in Iraq. … Continue reading
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May 2: Shh! . . . . (VA E-Mail Conceals Suicide Epidemic Among Veterans)
Official VA e-mail from February 13, 2008, where top VA official concealed the enormous and growing suicide epidemic from CBS Evening News. http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/VA_email_021308.pdf The e-mail was obtained by attorneys representing veterans in the lawsuit Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United … Continue reading
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May 1 VCS in the News: Vets’ Case Rests With Call to Overhaul System
May 1, 2008 – Veterans are suffering and dying because of a broken-down mental health system at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the only remedy is a court-ordered overhaul, a lawyer for advocacy groups told a federal judge Wednesday … Continue reading
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May 6: Congress Holds Hearing to Investigate VA Scandal Concealing Veteran Suicide Epidemic
Witness List for Hearing, “The Truth about Veteran Suicides” Where: 334 Cannon House Office Building When: May 6, 2008, 10:00 a.m. Witness Panel 1: The Honorable James B. Peake, M.D., Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Accompanied by Gerald Cross, … Continue reading
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