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Defense Department Announces Expedited Disability Evaluation System Process for Combat Wounded

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Team VCS

January 23, 2009 – The Department of Defense announced today, in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a process designed to expedite a service member seriously injured in combat from military to veteran status, by waiving the standard … Continue reading →

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Jan 23, VCS in the News: Senator Cornyn Calls for Hearings on Army Recruiter Suicides

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Team VCS

Veterans’ rights activist Paul Sullivan called on the Army to release a copy of its report to the public and echoed Cornyn’s request for hearings. “He should invite families of soldiers who completed suicide as well as suicide experts so … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Awards for the Year that Was

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Team VCS

January 21, 2009 – Who’s On First Award? to U.S. intelligence for its analysis of al-Qaeda. According to CIA Director Michael Hayden, the organization is growing stronger and preparing to launch attacks in Africa, Europe and the Arabian Peninsula. He … Continue reading →

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Jan 21, Civil Liberties Update: UN Special Torture Rapporteur – Try Bush for Torture War Crimes

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Team VCS

January 21, 2009 – The UN’s special torture rapporteur called on the US Tuesday to pursue former president George W Bush and defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld for torture and bad treatment of Guantanamo prisoners. “Judicially speaking, the United States has … Continue reading →

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Taliban Fills NATO’s Big Gaps in Afghan South

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Team VCS

January 21, 2009, Tsapowzai, Afghanistan – The Taliban are everywhere the soldiers are not, the saying goes in the southern part of the country. And that is a lot of places. For starters, there is the 550 miles of border … Continue reading →

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Army’s Drug Abuse Policy Under Fire

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Team VCS

January 22, 2009 – Fort Leonard Wood — Spec. Jeremiah Thomson didn’t know what was worse: excruciating back pain from a combat explosion in Baghdad or the prescription drug addiction he developed once home, for which, he had to be … Continue reading →

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Boston University Professor to Study Partner Abuse by Veterans with PTSD

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Team VCS

$1.5 million DOD grant will open doors on relationships of soldiers with PTSD January 22, 2009 – Newly minted First Lady Michelle Obama has pledged to turn up the volume on issues facing military families and find concrete ways to … Continue reading →

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Troops, Iraq, Afghanistan on Minds of Local Vets

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Team VCS

January 21, 2009 – While three men stood and chatted quietly along the opposite side of the bar, Ray Tremblay Sr. sat in solitude, his eyes fixed on one of two TV’s that would, in a few minutes, broadcast one … Continue reading →

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Defense, VA Plan to Have Interoperable Health Records by September

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Team VCS

January 20, 2009 – A high-level management committee from the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments said they plan to have interoperable health records by September as part of a program between the two departments to streamline information sharing, according to … Continue reading →

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Shinseki Confirmed as New VA Secretary

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Team VCS

January 20, 2009 – Retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki was confirmed Tuesday to be secretary of veterans’ affairs in President Obama’s Cabinet. The Senate confirmed Shinseki by voice vote and without debate just hours after Obama was sworn in as … Continue reading →

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