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Mar 24, PTSD News: Veterans Groups Seek Update in Definition of Combat

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Team VCS

March 24, 2009, Washington, DC (AP) — Veterans advocates told Congress on Tuesday that a World War II-era law requiring proof of participation in combat in order to receive certain benefits creates an unnecessary hurdle for veterans who served in … Continue reading →

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Mar 23, Editorial Cartoon: The Economy v. The War

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Team VCS
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Burning Toxic Waste is Making U.S. Soldiers and Iraqis Sick, But the Pentagon Refuses to Admit It

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Team VCS

Six years into the war, many U.S. bases in Iraq are still without incinerators, leaving open pits spewing toxic plumes over soldiers and civilians. March 18, 2009 – Acetaldehyde, Acrolien, Arsenic, Benzene, Carbon Monoxide, Ethylbenzene,  Formaldehyde, Hydrogen Cyanide, Hydrogen Fluoride, … Continue reading →

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Mar 19: After Six Years of Iraq War, Veteran Hangs Sign from VA HQ in Protest

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Team VCS

Protester scales VA building to hang sign March 19, 2009, Washington, DC (AP) — An Army veteran has been arrested after climbing up the Veterans Affairs Department building in downtown Washington to hang a sign protesting the Iraq war. Forrest … Continue reading →

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Mar 19, VCS Quoted in Article About Iraq War Soldier’s Suicide: The Long Lonely Road Home for John Fish

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Team VCS

Paul Sullivan of Veterans for Common Sense says there is more at stake here than the wishes of one family. “The Army failed to follow their own rules when the Army deployed an unfit soldier,” he said.  “Until there is … Continue reading →

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President Pledges Help to Vets

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Team VCS

March 16, 2009 – President Obama renewed his vow today to uphold the “sacred trust” with those serving in harm’s way abroad. “They are our best and brightest, and our bravest, enlisting in a time of war,” he said at … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: VA Presumes All Veterans are Dishonorable

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Team VCS

March 16, 2009 – Since reconvening in January, Congress has proven surprisingly capable of swift movement to redress some of the worst injustices of the past eight years. The past two months alone have brought legislation in support of job … Continue reading →

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Senator Murray Introduces Bi-Partisan Legislation to Prepare VA for Rapidly Growing Number of Women Veterans

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Team VCS

March 17, 2009 – Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced major bi-partisan legislation to prepare the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the influx of women veterans … Continue reading →

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Mar 16, VCS in the News: Fire VBA Officials Who Hid 16,000 Veterans’ Claim Letters

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Team VCS

March 14, 2009 – The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee wants President Barack Obama to add another $800 million to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs fiscal year 2010 budget to ensure veterans’ health care funding doesn’t dry up. Obama’s proposed 2010 … Continue reading →

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Back Service Personnel, First Lady Asks Nation

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Team VCS

March 12, 2009, Fayetteville, NC –  Michelle Obama flew Thursday to Fort Bragg, where she hugged soldiers, comforted their spouses, read to their children and urged Americans to reach out to the wounded soldiers and military families in their communities. … Continue reading →

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