Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Iraq Veterans Bring Taste of War to Democratic Convention in Denver

August 27, 2008 – Two dozen Iraq war veterans brought Baghdad to Denver’s sidewalks Tuesday, repeatedly staging guerrilla-style theater before a confused yet generally supportive audience of pedestrians. For the veterans, who aggressively engaged with 50 volunteers acting as Iraqi … Continue reading

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Editorial Column: President Bush is Recklessly Pouring More Gas on Afghanistan’s Bonfire

August 27, 2008 – The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan grind forward with their terrible human toll, even as the press and many Americans play who gets thrown off the island with Barack Obama. Coalition forces carried out an  airstrike … Continue reading

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Aug 26, Denver Post Part Two: Soldiering on in Pain, Deploying Unfit Soldiers to the Iraq War

August 25, 2008 – Strain of duty surfaces Military officials say there is no way to track how much pain and behavioral medication is being consumed by soldiers at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, in part because soldiers and military … Continue reading

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Former Ranger Sharing His Story of Physical and Mental Injuries from Afghanistan War

August 26, 2008 – “I feel like I’m about to vomit,” Nate Self wrote. He and 13 men from a Quick Reaction Force were in a helicopter in March 2002, searching a snowy mountain, crawling with al-Qaida fighters, for a … Continue reading

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Dallas VA Medical Center Praised for Swift Upgrades After Suicides

August 26, 2008 –  The U.S. secretary of Veterans Affairs and Sen. John Cornyn on Monday praised administrators at the Dallas VA Medical Center for what they called an “aggressive response” to four suicides by mentally ill patients earlier this … Continue reading

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Aug 26, VCS Fights for Veterans’ Voting Rights: Time Running Out to Reverse VA’s Ban on Voting Assistance for Hospitalized and Homeless Veterans

“Private nursing homes conduct registration drives,” noted Paul Sullivan of the group Veterans for Common Sense, but “we are not aware of any efforts VA has taken to assist veterans with registering and voting. The goal of President George W. … Continue reading

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Aug 24, Denver Post Part One: DoD Deploys Unfit Soldiers to Iraq War, The Battle Within in a Combat Zone – Updated 9-12-2008

August 24, 2008 – In the weeks before Christmas last year, a brigade of battle-bruised soldiers left Colorado’s Fort Carson for its third round of war in Iraq. Sgt. Colin Barton was getting Botox shots in his forehead to kill … Continue reading

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The Book They Can’t Stop – A Review

August 22, 2008 – A Review of Bugliosi’s — The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder The Prosecutor and the President Vincent Bugliosi wants George W. Bush prosecuted for murder. There are others who are complicit in the crime, … Continue reading

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Veterans Home Resident Dies from Assault Injuries

August 25, 2008 – Richard Lynn Jackson, 54, who sustained severe head injuries in an Aug. 4 assault at the Minnesota Veterans Home, Hastings, has died. He died Sunday, Aug. 24, at Regions Hospital, St. Paul, where he had been … Continue reading

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Aug 24: Fort Lee May Get Statue of U.S. Founding Father Thomas Paine

You won’t find Thomas Paine’s face on a coin. You won’t find his monument in Washington, D.C. In fact, there are only five real statues to this important founding father – the most important, some would say – in the … Continue reading

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