Author Archives: Team VCS

April 3, 2008 – Hate mail is useful stuff. First, it proves that somebody is paying attention; second, it reveals public prejudices. Recently, the House of Commons voted to extend the military mission in Afghanistan until 2011. This, I said … Continue reading →

April. 3, 2008 – A week before Army Gen. David Petraeus updates Congress on the war in Iraq, two new studies have found that soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering from especially high rates of post-combat psychological problems, exacerbated … Continue reading →

April 2, 2008 – New York — The military is using the FBI to skirt legal restrictions on domestic surveillance to obtain private records of Americans’ Internet service providers, financial institutions and telephone companies, the ACLU said Tuesday. The American … Continue reading →

April 1, 2008 – The scourge of suicides among American troops in Iraq is a serious and seriously underreported problem. One of the few high-profile cases involves a much-admired Army colonel named Ted Westhusing — who, in his 2005 suicide … Continue reading →

April 1, 2008 – Hastings on Hudson, NY — Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of Multi-National Force Iraq must be held accountable for systematic violations of international law by US forces in Iraq when he appears before Congress next week, … Continue reading →

April 2, 2008 – In Helmand province the British are supposed to be in charge. In Kandahar it is the Canadians, while in Uruzgan they have the Dutch. The Germans are in the north, the Italians in the west, the … Continue reading →

March 31, 2008 – The stories are shocking in their simplicity and brutality: A female military recruit is pinned down at knifepoint and raped repeatedly in her own barracks. Her attackers hid their faces but she identified them by their … Continue reading →

MEDIA ADVISORY: TRIAL TO BEGIN IN FEDERAL COURT CASE BY WOUNDED VETS AGAINST VA PRESS CONTACTS:  1. Paul Sullivan, Veterans for Common Sense, (202) 491-6953 2. Robert M. Handy, Veterans United for Truth, (805) 455-5259 3. Gordon P. Erspamer, Attorney, … Continue reading →

March 28, 2008 – The following information was released by the office of California Rep. Duncan Hunter: As American forces confront the global terrorist threat on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, an equally serious threat exists here at home … Continue reading →

April 1, 2008 – On Tuesday, U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) and committee member Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT) met with Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake. They discussed funding for the National Center for Post Traumatic … Continue reading →