Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Momentum Grows in Congress to Fire VA’s Dr. Ira Katz for Concealing Veteran Suicide Epidemic

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Team VCS

May 1, 2008, Albuquerque, NM – Rep. Tom Udall has joined other Democrats calling for the resignation of the Department of Veterans Affairs mental health director in a letter to President Bush on Thursday. The New Mexico Democrat also said … Continue reading →

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Eitorial Column: Military Winks at Religious Intolerance

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Team VCS

May 2, 2008 – Maybe the reason the misperception persists that there are no atheists in foxholes is that nonbelievers must either shut up about their views or be hounded out of the military. Just ask Army Spc. Jeremy Hall, … Continue reading →

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Mikey Weinstein: Fighting the Good Fight for Religious Freedom in Our Military

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Team VCS

May 5, 2008 – I spent the day last month with Michael “Mikey” Weinstein, a living Jewish hero. He is the Air Force Academy honors graduate, boxer, Air Force officer, lawyer, Nixon staff person and bundle of energy who is … Continue reading →

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Iraq War Veteran with PTSD Saves Life of Traffic Accident Victim

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Team VCS

Traumatized Marine ignores doctor’s orders to save injured motorcyclist May 2, 2008, Buffalo, New York – Others drove past the injured motorcyclist, who lay bleeding to death on the side of Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst on a Monday afternoon … Continue reading →

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Pentagon Plans National Mental Health Campaign

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Team VCS

May 2, 2008, Washington, DC – Senior military officers could be talking about their emotional struggles on YouTube and MySpace this year, in a Pentagon campaign to urge troops into counseling for wartime mental problems. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced … Continue reading →

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Mythmaking and Democracy – Protecting Voting Rights for All

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Team VCS

April 30, 2008, Washington, DC – History is forever burdened by the propensity of the political class to stir the public into hysteria over this or that threat, even if fabrications—not fact—form the basis of the provocation. The Iraq war … Continue reading →

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Jury Acquits Six in Anti-Iraq War Protest in Maine

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Team VCS

May 1, 2008 – Six longtime anti-war activists arrested last year for refusing to leave the Federal Building when it closed for the day were found not guilty Wednesday of criminal trespass. A Penobscot County Superior Court jury deliberated for … Continue reading →

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May 3 Editorial Column: President George W. Bush Admits He Approved Torture

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Team VCS

May 1, 2008, Washington, DC – The American people have heard President Bush and his spokespeople say many times that the U.S. government does not engage in torture. Whether Bush was believed or not is another story — especially in … Continue reading →

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May 3: VCS Supports Sen. Bond’s Bill to Open VA’s Vet Centers to Active Duty Troops

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Team VCS

May 2, 2008 – Active and reserve service members would be eligible for mental health counseling from one of the 207 veterans’ centers operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs under bipartisan legislation introduced Thursday. [Note: Veterans for Common Sense … Continue reading →

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Union’s War Protest Shuts West Coast Ports

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Team VCS

May 2, 2008, Seatle WA – West Coast ports were shut down on Thursday as thousands of longshoremen failed to report for work, part of what their union leaders said was a one-day, one-shift protest against the war in Iraq. … Continue reading →

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