Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Veterans’ Groups Pushing for More Predictable VA Funding

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Team VCS

May 19, 2008 – A coalition of veterans’ groups wants Congress to ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has predictable medical care funding to better treat injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. While more political attention has … Continue reading →

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Dallas VA Hospital Psychiatric Unit Reopens Its Doors to Veterans

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Team VCS

May 20, 2008 – The VA Medical Center in Dallas resumed psychiatric admissions Monday, six weeks after all but shutting down the ward because of a rash of suicides. The 51-bed psychiatric unit serves all of North Texas. The Fort … Continue reading →

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Jericho Project Adds Site for Vets’ Housing in Bronx

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Team VCS

May 20, 2008 – Homeless heroes are getting a second-helping of support in the Bronx. The Jericho Project, a national group seeking permanent solutions to homelessness, recently purchased a second site in the borough to build another residence for homeless … Continue reading →

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Ray McGovern Editorial Column: An Appeal to Admiral Fallon to Prevent President Bush’s Looming Iran War

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Team VCS

May 19, 2008 – I have not been able to find out how to reach you directly, so I drafted this letter in the hope it will be brought to your attention. First, thank you for honoring the oath we … Continue reading →

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Famed War Reporter Calls Pentagon/Media ‘Propaganda’ Program Illegal

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Team VCS

May 15, 2008 – Once upon a time, it was widely believed that one of the greatest sins the U.S. government or its temporary political masters could commit was to turn a propaganda machine loose on the American people. Congress … Continue reading →

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Confronting Vets’ Suicide Epidemic

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Team VCS

May 17, 2008 – Timothy K. Israel was likely just one of 18 veterans who committed suicide on May 9, according to internal e-mails of the U.S. Veterans Administration. Israel, a decorated Iraq war veteran, was found hanging in the … Continue reading →

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A Victim of the War Within – Another Tragic Iraq War Veteran Suicide in Houston

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Team VCS

May 18, 2008 – Army recruiter Nils Aron Andersson sat behind the wheel of his brand-new Ford F-150, firing round after round into the truck’s CD player and radio with a .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol. Spent cartridges littered the seats and … Continue reading →

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Bush Torture Policies on Trial in Italy

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Team VCS

May 14, 2008, Milan, Italy – Clutching her Italian identity card in a gloved hand, the cloaked wife of a fiery Muslim cleric Wednesday tearfully recounted publicly for the first time how her husband was kidnapped on a Milan street … Continue reading →

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Veterans for Peace Ask Congressman Conyers to Impeach President Bush Over Iraq War

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Team VCS

May 16, 2008, Washington, DC – A national veterans’ organization today sent a letter to Representative John Conyers, head of the House Judiciary Committee, requesting a meeting with him to deliver over 10,000 signatures on a petition to impeach George … Continue reading →

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NPR News Continues Investigations Into Treatment of Soldiers Suffering from PTSD

Posted on May 17, 2008 by Team VCS

May 16, 2008; Washington, D.C. – In its continuing coverage of military treatment of soldiers returning from war, NPR News reports that spouses of troops with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other serious mental health problems have made it their … Continue reading →

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