Author Archives: Team VCS

US on Dangerous Ground in Funding Sunni Arabs

 The United States is funding and in many cases arming the three ethnic factions in Iraq—the  Kurds, the  Shiites  and the  Sunni Arabs. These factions rule over partitioned patches of Iraqi territory and brutally purge rival ethnic groups from their … Continue reading

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Justice Department Finds Veterans’ Rights Violated

The federal government could be a step closer to suing the state of Tennessee. It all stems from problems at the Tennessee State Veterans Homes. A NewsChannel 5 investigation first exposed problems at the state-run nursing homes. And soon after, … Continue reading

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Five Years Ago ‘Embeds’ Got Ready for War Duty in Iraq: How Did That Work Out?

NEW YORK (Commentary) In the autumn of 2002, the drumbeat began for a U.S. attack on Iraq. Our “coverage of the coverage” of the war has earned several prestigious national awards, but one of our most significant efforts came near … Continue reading

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Vets don’t need health battle

Editor’s note: Chellie Pingree, from North Haven, is a Democratic candidate for Congress in Maine’s First Congressional District. James E. N. Bachelder from Acton is Maine state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. It was just about a year … Continue reading

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Questions Remain About Rove’s CIA Leak Email

It’s been nearly five years since former White House political adviser Karl Rove sent an incriminating email to then Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley indicating that Rove had a candid conversation with Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper about covert … Continue reading

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Iraq Vets Against the War organize the second Winter Soldier

Mark your calendars and organize a screening in your community. Let this Winter Soldier gathering March 13-16 in Washington D.C. be the most observed and talked about event this year. The four-day event will bring together veterans from across the … Continue reading

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Vote Vets Works With Edwards to Target McCain

Today John and Elizabeth Edwards were joined by surrogates from MoveOn.org, SEIU, the Center for American Progress, USAction, VoteVets.org and Americans United for Change in a conference call to talk about a new joint project reports CBS News’ Michelle Levi. … Continue reading

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Waterboarding Focus of Inquiry by Justice Department

February 23, 2008 – The Justice Department revealed Friday that its internal ethics office was investigating the department’s legal approval for waterboarding of Qaeda suspects by the Central Intelligence Agency and was likely to make public an unclassified version of … Continue reading

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Letter to the Editor: Real Cost of War Begins When It Ends

February 23, 2008 – The Iraq War must finally change the way Americans support and back their war veterans. How nice it is to wear yellow ribbons and wave American flags in support of our troops; they need all we … Continue reading

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Family Thinks PTSD Drove Iraq War Veteran to Suicide

February 24, 2008 – During Michael Sherriff’s nine-month tour in the battlefields of Iraq, his mother worried that one day a pair of Army officers in full dress would come to her door with terrible news. To know more about … Continue reading

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