Author Archives: Team VCS

According to a report published on Monday from King’s College, London, the United States continues to have the highest incarceration rate in the world.     With 714 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants, the United States remains the country with the highest incarceration … Continue reading →

A unanimous House agreed late yesterday to immediately provide nearly $1 billion for veterans health care in a swift answer to President Bush’s call for lawmakers to plug a politically troubling shortfall. House members approved by 419 to 0 a … Continue reading →

KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. helicopters and hundreds of troops were searching on Friday for soldiers who went missing in Afghanistan just before a helicopter coming to their aid was shot down, while the Taliban claimed to be holding one American. … Continue reading →

When President Bush visits military bases, he invariably receives a foot-stomping, loud ovation at every applause line. At bases like Fort Bragg – the backdrop for his Tuesday night speech on Iraq – the clapping is often interspersed with calls … Continue reading →

In anger and embarrassment, Congressional Republicans are scrambling to repair a budget shortfall in veterans’ medical care now that the Bush administration has admitted it vastly underestimated the number of returning Iraq and Afghanistan personnel needing treatment. The $1 billion-plus … Continue reading →

FORT HOOD, Tex., June 28 – Maj. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, home after a year commanding 39,000 troops in Baghdad, will enter a parade field here on Thursday morning to roll up and retire the banner of the Division Artillery … Continue reading →

The War Against Veterans President Bush gives plenty of lip service to men and women in uniform. Now it’s time for the President to put his money where his mouth is and fully fund veterans’ benefits. An official of the … Continue reading →

British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday defended the war in Iraq, and brushed off a new question about a government memo that suggested Washington had been determined to justify the invasion. “I was glad that we took the action … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Veterans Affairs Department will ask for an emergency infusion of cash to meet its health care expenses this year after pressure built in Congress to fill a $1 billion funding shortfall, a senator and other officials … Continue reading →