Author Archives: Team VCS

Paul Sullivan, a spokesman for Veterans for Common Sense, said studies show more than 5,000 veteran suicides a year and a tidal wave of returning war veterans needing mental health treatment.  “What we’re trying to do is stop the VA … Continue reading →

February 22, 2008, London, United Kingdom — In tones freighted with frustration, Britain’s foreign secretary, David Miliband, on Thursday told the House of Commons that “contrary to earlier explicit assurances” the Central Intelligence Agency had confirmed using an American-operated airfield … Continue reading →

February 22,, 2008 Chapel Hill, North Carolina – For John Heuer, burning a fake draft card on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus was a sort of deja vu.  Heuer said he burned draft cards in 1971 while refusing to be part of … Continue reading →

Feb 22, 2008, Istanbul, Turkey (AP) – Turkish troops launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of separatist Kurdish rebels, the military said Friday – a move that dramatically escalates Turkey’s conflict with the militants. It … Continue reading →

A military jury in Hawaii found Army Specialist Christopher Shore not guilty of third-degree murder, but guilty of the lesser charge. Shore had blamed his platoon leader – charged with premeditated murder – for the 23 June killing. Shore could … Continue reading →

February 23, 2008 – The Bush Administration was wrong about the benefits of the war and it was wrong about the costs of the war. The president and his advisers expected a quick, inexpensive conflict. Instead, we have a war … Continue reading →

Over 600,000 Cases in the VA System.  There’s a huge backlog of disability claims among wounded veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.  “Of the 1.6 million service members sent to the Iraq-Afghanistan wars, the VA is estimating about a … Continue reading →

February 22, 2008 – BELGRADE, Serbia — Demonstrators attacked the United States Embassy and set part of it ablaze on Thursday as tens of thousands of angry Serbs took to the streets of Belgrade to protest Kosovo’s declaration of independence. … Continue reading →

February 21, 2008 – If Americans want to continue the Iraq War, then Sen. John McCain — the apparent Republican presidential candidate and relentless hawk — is their man. It seems McCain was not kidding when he said the U.S. … Continue reading →

February 21, 2008 – FRANKLIN, New Hampshire – For Mikell Cousineau Delisle, 43, and her husband Dennis Delisle, 42, it’s been a long journey into a dark night. And even though today they are jobless, in bankruptcy, and  about to … Continue reading →