Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

April 22, 2008 – Washington, DC — U.S. Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Russ Feingold, D-Wis., introduced legislation Tuesday requiring the Veterans Administration to track veteran suicides. Currently, the VA records suicides and suicide attempts in VA facilities, but does … Continue reading →

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) deputy chief, Gordon Mansfield, was questioned Wednesday by members of congress in Washington about allegations that the VA tried to cover up the true risk of suicide among veterans. “I am very angry and … Continue reading →

April 20, 2008 – To date, 56 senators and more than 200 representatives have signed on to legislation to revamp GI educational benefits. They recognize that the men and women fighting today’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are not getting … Continue reading →

April 23, 2008 – War affects different people in different ways. We know more about that because of advances in various sciences, technology and computing power. There’s still a lot left to learn. But this is certain: The price of … Continue reading →

Washington, DC — Two Democratic senators on Tuesday called for the chief mental health official of the Veterans Affairs Department to resign, saying he tried to cover up the rising number of veteran suicides. Sens. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii and … Continue reading →

New York, NY – The American Civil Liberties Union filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request today with the Departments of Justice and Defense for the release of a report on a long-running investigation of the FBI’s role in … Continue reading →

April 20, 2008 – Eric Hall would often pinch his lapel to his lips and whisper, as if a microphone was transmitting the cryptic message. No one knew what to make of the gesture. A friend would ask the baby-faced … Continue reading →

In Wake Of A CBS News Report Revealing The VA Withheld Critical Information, Top Mental Health Official Scrutinized   April 22, 2008 – In the wake of a CBS News report that revealed the Department of Veterans Affairs deliberately withheld critical … Continue reading →

April 22, 2008 – Last night CBS News reported on internal emails written by top officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs that appear to show how the VA tried to cover-up the true risk of suicide among our nation’s … Continue reading →

April 21, 2008 – The lawsuit, filed by two non-profit agencies representing military veterans, comes in the midst of a recent study that finds one in five U.S. soldiers currently suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It’s an illness, which … Continue reading →