Author Archives: Team VCS

‘Lethal Warriors’ in Iraq, Linked to String of Crimes Back Home

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Team VCS

December 21, 2008 – Reporting frоm Orange County аnd Colorado Springs — Thеу nicknamed thеmѕеlvеѕ thе Lethal Warriors, аnd durіng twо tours іn Iraq, thе soldiers оf thе Army’s 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry regiment confronted ѕоmе оf thе war’s cruelest … Continue reading →

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Brother: Torture Drove Shoe-Hurler to Apologize

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Team VCS

December 22, 2008, Baghdad, Iraq – The apology letter from the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush was written against his will after he was tortured in detention, his brother said Monday. Muntadhar al-Zeidi was … Continue reading →

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Pentagon Memo: Trying to Redefine Role of U.S. Military in Iraq

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Team VCS

December 22, 2008, Washington, DC — It is one of the most troublesome questions right now at the Pentagon, and it has started a semantic dance: What is the definition of a combat soldier? More important, when will all American … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Will Obama’s War Strategy Produce a Peace Dividend?

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Team VCS

December 22, 2008 – When The father of President George W. Bush was in the White House, the end of the cold war in the early 1990s gave him a “peace dividend” – a drop in military spending that opened … Continue reading →

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Mystery Illness Still Plagues 210,000 Gulf War Veterans

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Team VCS

A scientific panel chartered by Congress released a report in November acknowledging the Gulf War Syndrome for the first time in 17 years. Gulf War.  December 21, 2008, Lawton, Oklahoma — Recollections are increasingly harder for Gulf War veteran Gary … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Deterring Torture Through the Law

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Team VCS

December 21, 2008 – “First, let’s kill all the lawyers” may have made sense in that Shakespearian scene, but there is a far simpler solution to the legal ambiguities regarding what to do now about the torture approved by President … Continue reading →

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Harvard University Sends Basic Necessities to Marines in Iraq

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Team VCS

A contact drawn by a Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) faculty member’s research has led to the filling of an unmet need for U.S. Marines in Iraq: Harvard-insignia gear. Linda Bilmes, an expert on government budgeting and public finance and co-author … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Cheney Throws Down Gauntlet, Defies Prosecution for War Crimes

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Team VCS

December 19, 2008 – Dick Cheney has publicly confessed to ordering war crimes. Asked about waterboarding in an ABC News interview, Cheney replied, “I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared.” He also … Continue reading →

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Dec 19: Dr. Phil Show Highlights CBS Investigation with VCS into VA’s Failures on PTSD and Suicide

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Team VCS

December 19, 2008 – On Friday, the Dr. Phil television program became the first national mainstream talk show to devote an entire hour to the plight of veterans featuring an investigative report by CBS Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian that … Continue reading →

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VA to Pay Surviving Spouses for Under Payment Error

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Team VCS

A Maui widow’s plight highlights a computer error that wrongfully denied certain benefits. December 20, 2008 – The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin issuing retroactive payments this month to eligible surviving spouses of war veterans who have been wrongfully … Continue reading →

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