Author Archives: Team VCS

January 29, 2008 – Substandard care at a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital may have contributed to 19 deaths over the past two years, a VA official said Monday as he apologized to affected families and pledged reform. The hospital … Continue reading →

January 28, 2008 – An Eight Mile man’s detailed account of being “waterboarded” while undergoing training in a Navy survival school in California in 1975 is so accurate that “only somebody who went through it would know that,” according to … Continue reading →

January 28, 2008 – There’s a cynical old saying that the victors write the history. CBS’s “60 Minutes” demonstrated how that process works on Jan. 27 in airing Scott Pelley’s interview with the FBI agent who de-briefed former Iraqi dictator … Continue reading →

Thursday, January 31, 2008 – Army Lieutenant Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial her for endangering another soldier and turning a gun on herself … Continue reading →

VCS released a statement regarding the enactment of the “Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act,” a bill contained in the large Defense Bill the President signed on Jan. 28. Veterans for Common Sense is very pleased that Congress acted quickly to … Continue reading →

January 28, 2008 – Gordon Kirk, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8854, was the only veteran in St. Paul’s last remaining VFW club one recent afternoon. The 84-year-old walked by his post’s war memorabilia and a case packed … Continue reading →

January 25, 2008 – Paul Wolfowitz, the former World Bank president and former deputy secretary of defense who was instrumental in the US decision to invade Iraq in 2003, has been named chairman of a panel that advises the State … Continue reading →

January 26, 2008 – Legend has it that two thousand years ago President Bush’s favorite philosopher dodged the treason bullet by giving a group of Pharisees his honest opinion on the separation of church and state. Appreciating the wisdom in … Continue reading →

January 26, 2008 – Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are calling for $2 million in additional funding for the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Hawaii senator says many of the servicemen and women … Continue reading →

Edwards visits Jeff City, touts health care for all, higher minimum wage and an end to Iraq war Jefferson City, Missouri, January 29, 2009 – John Edwards brought his populist campaign to central Missouri Tuesday, invoking the names of Harry … Continue reading →