Author Archives: Team VCS

January 11, 2008 – Veterans’ advocates can proceed with a lawsuit claiming that the federal government’s health care system for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan illegally denies care and benefits, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Thursday. U.S. … Continue reading →

January 7, 2008 – About six months before the United States invaded Iraq, then-White House economic adviser Lawrence B. Lindsey famously estimated that the war would cost between $100 billion and $200 billion. The prediction ended up being way too … Continue reading →

January 9, 2008 – A federal magistrate has ordered the White House to reveal whether copies of missing e-mail messages written from 2003 to 2005 during an investigation into the disclosure of the name of a C.I.A. operative are stored … Continue reading →

January 7, 2008 Note: The following story is a verbatim transcript of an Investigators story that aired on Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, on KPRC Local 2 at 10 p.m. Local 2 Investigates looks into veterans waiting for needed help. Last … Continue reading →

January 9, 2008 Editor’s Note: Tens of thousands of members of the National Guard and reserves who are called up to serve in Iraq return home to find their civilian jobs gone and face unsympathetic employers. When reservist U.S. Army … Continue reading →

Evangelicals are taking over the US military, reports David Belden. And one man’s determined to stop them January 2008 – If you heard it said that America’s military was being taken over by agents of apocalyptic Christianity, you might think … Continue reading →

The DoD is flirting with the idea of medicating soldiers to desensitize them to combat trauma — will an army of unfeeling monsters result?  January 10, 2008 – In June, the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health acknowledged … Continue reading →

We’ll nuke Iran – Bush promises Israel Thu, 01/10/2008 – 16:08 – Wire Services – US President George W. Bush promised Israel’s opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu that the United States will join the Jewish state in a nuclear strike against … Continue reading →

January 8, 2008 – An Army Reserve Colonel and decorated Iraq war veteran joined a growing pack of Democrats vying for the chance to take on U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) in November. Col. R. Wayne Dudding, who was awarded the … Continue reading →

January 8, 2008 – Stress and fear about terrorism after 9/11 are giving Americans heart problems, even if they had no personal connection to the attacks, according to a UC Irvine study released Monday. UCI researchers linked psychological stress responses … Continue reading →