Author Archives: Team VCS

Dec 14: A Good Soldier – General Shinseki an Inspired Choice for Obama’s Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Team VCS

December 14, 2008 – Since the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and all of the resulting harms to soldiers, civilians, economies and constitutional principles, no segment of society has been more abused and neglected than returning U.S. … Continue reading →

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More Taliban Attacks Strike Pakistan, Further Widening the Afghanistan War

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Team VCS

December 13, 2008, Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) – Suspected Taliban militants early Saturday staged another attack against cargo terminals in northwestern Pakistan in the country’s restive tribal areas, destroying NATO supplies bound for neighboring Afghanistan, police said. Firefighters extinguish smouldering trucks … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: General Shinseki is the Right Man to Reform VA

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Team VCS

December 14, 2008 – President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of retired Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to head the Department of Veterans Affairs is the smartest and best appointment he’s made so far. It sends a signal to millions of our … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan Airdrops Pose Risks

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Team VCS

December 11, 2008 – U.S. forces have sharply increased the number of airdrop supply missions in Afghanistan in the past three years, as roads have become more dangerous and allied troops have established remote outposts. The number of airdrops has … Continue reading →

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VA Employee Gets Probation After Machine Gun Threats

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Team VCS

December 12, 2008 – An employee of a Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home in San Francisco has been placed on three years of probation after threatening to buy a machine gun and kill everyone there, court records show. Felicisimo … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: More on That Veterans’ Lawsuit Against VA Claims Delays

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Team VCS

December 10, 2008 – The government is seeking dismissal of a recent lawsuit noted here recently. It was filed last month by the Vietnam Veterans of America and Veterans of Modern Warfare, and seeks to compel the U.S. Department of … Continue reading →

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Senior Officials Authorized ‘Aggressive’ Interrogation

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Team VCS

December 11, 2008 – Senior U.S. officials authorized the use of aggressive interrogation techniques resulting in the abuse of military detainees in U.S. custody, according to a report released by the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. The authorization was … Continue reading →

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The Count: The War in Iraq to Date

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Team VCS

December 11, 2008 – As of Tuesday, day 2,091 of the war in Iraq – 5 Blackwater guards were named Monday in a federal indictment for what a sixth guard, who pled guilty to manslaughter, described as the unprovoked shooting … Continue reading →

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Justice, of a Sort, for Blackwater

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Team VCS

December 8, 2008 – For more than five years, the Bush administration’s mercenary force of choice, Blackwater Worldwide, has operated on a US government contract in Iraq in a climate that has wed immunity with impunity. Today the Justice Department … Continue reading →

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U.S. Joins Effort to Bar Claims on Iraqi Coffers

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Team VCS

December 10, 2008 –  George Charchalis says he has never really recovered from the ordeal he endured after Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990. He hid for more than a month in Kuwait City but was ultimately arrested, … Continue reading →

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