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June 27, Lawsuit Update: Setback for Veterans Fighting VA for Better Healthcare and Benefits
June 25, 2008 – Link to a KPIX – 5 TV (CBS News) video about the verdict in Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Click here to watch a TV … Continue reading
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June 25, VCS Press Release: VCS to Appeal Court Ruling Against Veterans
June 25, 2008, Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth Press Release: Court Rules that Veterans Should Seek Relief from VA and Congress, Veterans to Appeal Senior Federal District Court Judge Samuel Conti has issued his decision in the … Continue reading
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Tagged backlog, TBI, VA Claims Crisis
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VCS in the News: Judge Rules Court Won’t Step in to Aid Vets
Paul Sullivan, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, one of the plaintiff organizations, chose to look on the bright side. Conti “confirmed many of our allegations” and issued “a huge alarm bell for Congress and the VA to take … Continue reading
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Goodbye Jim Hinde
June 26, 2008 – Jim Hinde was the real deal. He was born and raised in Ohio. He was a Vietnam Vet who rambled homeless and broke in the early ’70s, lived in the skid road missions, and rode the … Continue reading
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Make $1M Donation to Iraqi Children
June 26, 2008 – The Hollywood couple made the donation via their charity, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. The money will go to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict and will help 8,000 children who have lost parents, homes or the … Continue reading
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High-Tech Testing for War Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
June 25, 2008 – An Elk Grove Village hospital plans to use brain-imaging technology to determine whether combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder also might suffer from undiagnosed traumatic brain injuries. A “magnetic stethoscope” primarily used to study epilepsy and … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Veterans for Common Sense News
Tagged TBI
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Iraq Vet Driven by Friend’s Death
June 25, 2008 – On the eve of last month’s Senate vote on Sen. Jim Webb’s GI Bill, Patrick Campbell clicked “send” on one last lobbying e-mail to staffers. Then he broke down and cried. Campbell, the legislative director for … Continue reading
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Veterans Share Concerns With Top VA Official
June 24, 2008 – Air Guard members often do short tours of duty overseas, but still may experience the stress and brutality of war, said Cathy Cook, a retired member of the Vermont Air National Guard. Because of their short … Continue reading
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Anti-War Soldier Jonathan Hutto: People, Not Politicians, Will End the War in Iraq
June 25, 2008 – Active-duty sailor Jonathan Hutto signed up to join the Navy in December 2003, at the age of 26. Previously a college activist fighting police brutality in Washington, D.C., and later an organizer with the ACLU, he … Continue reading
Posted in Gulf War Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News
Tagged ACLU, Gulf War
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Editorial Column: A Victory for Justice
June 25, 2008 – The right of a prisoner to challenge his confinement is central to the American way of justice, and to our reputation as a fair and compassionate nation. So it is a relief to have those values … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties Articles & News, Guantanamo, torture
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