Author Archives: Team VCS

March 18, 2008 – The manager of anti-war candidate Ned Lamont’s 2006 Senate campaign was named Monday as coordinator of a $20 million nationwide effort to oppose the war in Iraq as a continuing economic disaster. Tom Swan is the … Continue reading →

March 18, 2008 – For more than two years, the Pentagon delayed screening troops returning from Iraq for mild brain injuries because officials feared veterans would blame vague ailments on the little-understood wound caused by exposure to bomb blasts, says … Continue reading →

March 9, 2008 – On Feb. 13, 2008, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens voted against a Senate measure that limits the CIA to the 19 interrogation techniques outlined in the Army Field Manual (and so did Lisa Murkowski). That was a … Continue reading →

March 15, 2008 – Washington, DC — Chris Scheuerman believes the military he served for 20 years failed his Army son Jason, who shot himself to death in his Iraq barracks almost three years ago. Carefully choosing his words before … Continue reading →

March 15, 2008 – Silver Spring, Maryland — Garret Reppenhagen received integral training about the Geneva Conventions and the Rules of Engagement during his deployment in Kosovo. But in Iraq, “Much of this was thrown out the window,” he says. … Continue reading →

March 16, 2008 – Fot Knox, KY — When Sgt. Gerald Cassidy died alone from a prescription drug overdose at the Army’s Warrior Transition Unit here, at a facility set up expressly to help wounded soldiers, he had more than … Continue reading →

March 15, 2008 – See a video presentation of this story at http://www.wvgazette.com/costofwar Stan and Shirley White of Cross Lanes remember they were at a restaurant that day – Sept. 26, 2005. They were talking about their youngest son, Andrew, … Continue reading →

March 13, 2008 – Washington, DC — On Thursday, the House Veterans’ Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, led by Chairman Harry Mitchell (D-AZ), conducted a hearing to assess how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is caring for our nation’s … Continue reading →

March 15, 2008 – Nearly five years since the start of the Iraq war, the Bush administration is still funding much of it through emergency appropriations, and only partially through the regular defense budget. This is one of several ways in … Continue reading →

March 16, 2008 – When congressional Democrats called a hearing last month to explore the costs of the Iraq war, their star witness was not some number-crunching Pentagon planner or a besieged administration budget official. It was Joseph E. Stiglitz, … Continue reading →