Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

April 13, 2008 – Heavy fighting between American and Iraqi forces and fighters loyal to the Shia religious leader Moqtada al-Sadr have killed at least 13 people in the huge and impoverished Baghdad suburb of Sadr City. The fighting, which … Continue reading →

April 14 Update – General Petraeus tells Congress to halt troop cuts. What condition must a soldier be in to serve again? And again? And again? There were no suprises in General David Petraeus’ testimony before Congress last week. The … Continue reading →

April 11, 2008 – A look at where Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain and the Democratic rivals, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, stand on the Iraq war: Clinton: Voted for war, opposed troop increase. Would begin withdrawal … Continue reading →

April 12, 2008 – The sad death of Iraq war veteran Stephanie Breaux, her decomposed body found April 3 in a deserted house in a hard neighborhood, presents disturbing questions authorities will work to answer. But from family and friends … Continue reading →

April 1, 2008 – 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 … Continue reading →

April 10, 2008 – The U.S. Department of Labor released new figures today showing the unemployment rate for veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The data shows in 2007 veterans who have served since September 2001 had an unemployment … Continue reading →

April 9, 2008, Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led by Chairman Bob Filner (D-CA), held a hearing to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) homeless programs.  The hearing focused on … Continue reading →

Speier blasts Iraq war in first House speech Zachary Coile, Chronicle Washington Bureau April 11, 2008, Washington, DC – Newly elected Democratic Representative Jackie Speier of Hillsborough was sworn into Congress Thursday morning and promptly gave a fiery speech criticizing … Continue reading →

April 9, 2008 – Families of both the victim and killer in a murder trial that ended with a guilty verdict last week say that their sons, both U.S. Army Rangers who served in Afghanistan, were negatively portrayed leading up … Continue reading →

April 10, 2008 – Washington, DC — President George W. Bush said on Thursday he would suspend U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq this summer but tried to reassure a weary public that the war, to be handed to his successor … Continue reading →