Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

June 23 VCS Update: Administration Experiments on Our Veterans and Tortures Enemy POW’s

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Team VCS

June 23, 2008 – This week’s update contains four critical news articles, including VA’s failure to provide oversight of drug experiments on our veterans, VA’s rejection of nearly all claims for veterans exposed to secret germ warfare tests, how doctors … Continue reading →

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Authors of ‘Three Trillion Dollar War’ Answer Questions About Cost of Iraq Conflict

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Team VCS

When the United States invaded Iraq in March 2003, Americans were told Iraqi oil would cover the costs of the war and rebuilding. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld scoffed at estimates of $100 billion. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia … Continue reading →

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June 22: In Memory and Honor of Jeffrey Lucey

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Team VCS

On this day, our son’s – Jeffrey – anniversary, we want to remember him; have his sufferring and death have meaning and to celebrate his life. To remember Jeffrey – the l’il guy who would get so excited and be full … Continue reading →

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At Congressional Hearing, Conyers Talks About ‘Impeachable Offense’

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Team VCS

June 20, 2008 – In an opening statement Friday morning before former White House press secretary Scott McClellan’s highly anticipated testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee, the panel’s Democratic Chairman, John Conyers, said the Bush administration may have … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Canada is Wrong Not to Give Asylum to US War Resisters

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Team VCS

June 21, 2008 – The federal government has ordered a deserter from the U.S. Army to return to the United States by July 10. If he doesn’t leave voluntarily, the government will deport him. Either way, Corey Glass, a former … Continue reading →

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Ten Veterans Want Pickens to Back $1 Million Promise

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Team VCS

June 21, 2008 – Ten men who served in Vietnam with Sen. John Kerry want Dallas billionaire T. Boone Pickens to fork over the $1 million he said he would give anyone who could disprove claims that Swift Boat Veterans … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Afghanistan Crisis Worse than Iraq

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Team VCS

June 19, 2008 – There’s a lot we know about Afghanistan and a lot more we don’t. An expert who knows much more than most of us – whose prescient insights I have benefited from for a decade and whom … Continue reading →

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Cheney Linked to Torture Tactics

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Team VCS

June 19, 2008 – A former military officer who served as chief of staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday said Vice President Dick Cheney probably knew the U.S. military was using torture on Iraqi detainees at … Continue reading →

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Suicide Among Soldiers Still Rising as Iraq and Afghanistan Combat Stress Piles Up

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Team VCS

June 20, 2008 – The U.S. Army logs more suicides and suicide attempts than ever before, as troops face increased demands for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and longer deployments. Suicides among active U.S. Army soldiers increased for the second … Continue reading →

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House Approves $162 War-Spending Bill, Improved GI Bill

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Team VCS

June 20, 2008, Washington, DC – The House approved the largest war-spending bill to date Thursday, bending to President Bush’s call for $162 billion in war funding with no strings attached and giving his successor enough money to wage the … Continue reading →

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