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Veterans for Common Sense Statement on Appointment of New VA Secretary  

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Team VCS

(Washington – January 11, 2017)  – Veterans for Common Sense, a Washington, DC-based veterans organization, today released the following statement regarding the appointment of David Shulkin, M.D. as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): “After substantial public … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 15, 2016 by Team VCS
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VCS Presents on Gulf War Guidelines to Federal VA Advisory Committee, Provides New Public Education Documents

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Team VCS

(Veterans for Common Sense – August 8, 2016) – Veterans for Common Sense Director Anthony Hardie today presented to a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) federal advisory committee regarding the impetus behind a new federal relook of clinical guidelines … Continue reading →

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VA ends paper signature requirement for VA healthcare enrollment

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Team VCS

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today it has eliminated paper signature requirements for Veterans wishing to enroll in VA health care. Here at wrice you can get more tips on health care.  Effective immediately, VA has amended its … Continue reading →

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House Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Lambastes VA’s Latest Accountability Failures

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON — Today House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller (R-FL-1) released the below statement following VA’s announcement that no employees will be seriously disciplined for the biggest construction failure in VA history as well as a separate $400,000 relocation … Continue reading →

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How For-Profit Colleges Hoodwink the G.I. Bill

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Team VCS

Source: Affordable-Online-Colleges.net Veterans for Common Sense actively supports common sense efforts to regulate G.I. Bill use at for-profit schools.  Contact us at info@veteransforcommonsense.org .

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VCS Helps Expose Cessation of Funding for Unique Burn Pit Exposure Research Program

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Team VCS

(Veterans for Common Sense – Dec. 26, 2015) – Veterans for Common Sense helped expose, in a series of news stories by Military.com reporters, that funding has been quietly dropped for a unique federal Burn Pit Exposure medical research program. The … Continue reading →

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Senate spars on for-profit colleges accused of injuring troops, veterans

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Team VCS

In a Senate floor speech this week, U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) defended for-profit colleges accused of injurious practices affecting military service members, veterans, and student loan recipients. In an Oct. 29, 2015 Huffington Post article, McCain is quoted as accusing U.S. … Continue reading →

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VA Undersecretary Allison Hickey Resigns, Much Remains Unresolved

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Team VCS

(Veterans for Common Sense – Oct. 16, 2015) — “Beleaguered” Department of Veterans Affairs Undersecretary of Benefits Allison Hickey resigned today after the latest scandal on her watch, reports Stars and Stripes. (Stars and Stripes, “Beleaguered Undersecretary Resigns from VA … Continue reading →

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Connecticut the Latest State to Tax-Exempt Military Retirement Pay

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Team VCS

(Veterans for Common Sense – July 29, 2015) – Connecticut is the latest state to exempt military retirement pay from state taxation, according to a recent Hartford Courant news story (“Military Pensions Now Fully Exempt from State Income Tax,” July … Continue reading →

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