Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

April 9, 2008, Washington, DC – No lights at the end of the tunnel. No corners turned. Give Gen. David Petraeus points for using well-understood clichés to express the obvious: We are bogged down in Iraq, the general in charge … Continue reading →

April 10, 2008 – As some of you might know, John McCain is a long-time acquaintance of mine that goes way back to our time together at the U.S. Naval Academy and as Prisoners of War in Vietnam. He is … Continue reading →

April 9, 2008 – Washington, DC — The House voted Tuesday to expand research into and surveillance of traumatic brain injuries, which affect some 1.5 million Americans every year and have come to be the signature wound of the war … Continue reading →

April 8, 2008 – Sure, Arizona Senator John McCain’s campaign may still be selling him as some kind of “maverick” or “independent thinker” — and most of the media may still be buying that ridiculous line. But when it comes … Continue reading →

April 9, 2008 – The answer is NO. PERIOD.I am writing about this because I got a call from a BBC reporter who wanted to talk to a veteran with PTSD who was being sent back to Iraq or Afghanistan.When … Continue reading →

April 8, 2008 – On Thursday in the National Press Club in Washington, a crowd gathered to witness the presentation of the Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling to Lieutenant Commander Matthew Diaz. The story of Matthew Diaz was chronicled in this … Continue reading →

April 7, 2008 – While General Petraeus prepares to testify before Congress this week about future troop levels in Iraq, the Army is expressing strong concerns about the strain that additional tours of duty will place on our service people. … Continue reading →

Last month, the US marked five years in Iraq with the tragic news of 4,000 service members killed in the war zone.  But the 4,000 U.S. deaths are only part of the story.  In addition to the deaths, the devastating … Continue reading →

April 7, 2008 – Washington, DC — Members of Congress invested nearly 196 million dollars of their own money in companies that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a day from Pentagon contracts to provide goods and services to U.S. … Continue reading →

April 9, 2008 – Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of the coalition forces in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, testified before two Senate committees on Tuesday regarding the state of the war. Salon takes a look at … Continue reading →