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The military’s desperation is showing

Posted on May 20, 2005 by Team VCS

The military’s desperation is showing Suppose they gave a war and nobody came?  This flower-bedecked poster slogan from the ’60s will surely be haunting the Army’s “values stand-down” day today, when the service branch’s 7,500 recruiters and their COs take … Continue reading →

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Profile: Severe brain injuries among Iraq War Veterans

Posted on May 19, 2005 by Team VCS

A new trauma in Iraq Severe brain injuries – and soldiers who live through them – increase in this war, creating challenges Because more soldiers in Iraq are surviving severe brain injury, doctors are witnessing a potentially long-lasting set of … Continue reading →

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Disabled American Veterans: Veteran Affairs Funding Bill Shortchanges Nation’s Veterans

Posted on May 19, 2005 by Team VCS

Disabled American Veterans: Veteran Affairs Funding Bill Shortchanges Nation’s Veterans To: National Desk Contact: David E. Autry of Disabled American Veterans, 202-314-5219 WASHINGTON, May 16 /U.S. Newswire/ — The proposed funding level for veterans medical care is “a cruel pretense … Continue reading →

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Hersh Sees Democracy in Peril in US

Posted on May 18, 2005 by Team VCS

Seymour Hersh, arguably the greatest journalist of our time and certainly the most necessary, joined me last week at a University of Illinois conference that asked the question: “Can freedom of the press survive media consolidations?” The Pulitzer-winning journalist reworked … Continue reading →

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Alert for Chicago Area Veterans: You Can Question VA Chief About VA Disability Benefits

Posted on May 18, 2005 by Team VCS

Alert for Chicago Area Veterans: You Can Question VA Chief About VA Disability Benefits Illinois veterans will have a chance to quiz Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson about the agency’s disability pay disparity on Friday at an open town hall … Continue reading →

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Librarian’s brush with FBI shapes her view of the USA Patriot Act

Posted on May 18, 2005 by Team VCS

  Librarian’s brush with FBI shapes her view of the USA Patriot Act   It was a moment that librarians had been dreading. On June 8, 2004, an FBI agent stopped at the Deming branch of the Whatcom County Library … Continue reading →

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Stones For the Dead

Posted on May 18, 2005 by Team VCS

Stones For the Dead As part of a growing nationwide trend of building memorials to the Iraq war, members of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, Virginia gathered this Sunday to dedicate a cairn to casualties of the two-year-long conflict. … Continue reading →

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Islam as interrogation tool: need for limits?

Posted on May 17, 2005 by Team VCS

Army Sgt. Erik Saar couldn’t wait to get to Guantánamo Bay to help ferret information from the terrorists being held there. When the intelligence linguist arrived, however, he was startled to hear the Muslim call to prayer. Why, he wondered, … Continue reading →

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A message from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

Posted on May 17, 2005 by Team VCS

A message from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton May 17, 2005 Mr. Seth PollackChairman of the BoardVeterans for Common Sense1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, SEWashington, D.C.  20003 Dear Mr. Pollack: I am pleased to announce that the Senate Armed Services Committee approved aprovision … Continue reading →

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Allegations of Kidnap in Controversial Army Recruiting Incident

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Team VCS

Allegations of Kidnap in Controversial Army Recruiting Incident   May 5, 2005 Re: Army Recruitment Malfeasance Dear Congressman Howard Berman, We are writing on behalf of our friend Maria Iris and her son, Ever Jandres. We have known this family … Continue reading →

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