Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

April 5, 2008 – Since 2003, my organisation, the American Civil Liberties Union, has been litigating for the release of government documents concerning the abuse and torture of prisoners at Guantánamo and other US facilities overseas. The litigation has resulted … Continue reading →

April 6, 2008 – Washington, DC — Army leaders are expressing increased alarm about the mental health of soldiers who would be sent back to the front again and again under plans that call for troop numbers to be sustained … Continue reading →

I’m very concerned about frivolous, wasteful spending at the VA,” said Paul Sullivan, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense. “With hundreds of thousands of veterans homeless, VA employees don’t need to be staying at ritzy-glitzy high-priced hotels, possibly gambling … Continue reading →

April 4, 2008 – At the five-year anniversary of the war in Iraq, the federal government remains unprepared to address one of the most pressing needs of the men and women who have served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation … Continue reading →

April 3, 2008 – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, says, “What immediately comes to mind is additional forces for Afghanistan.” “I’ve said that Afghanistan is an economy-of-force campaign. And there are force requirements there that … Continue reading →

April 2, 2008 – TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON IRAQ Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. It is an honor to appear before you again. The last occasion was in January 2007, when the … Continue reading →

April 4, 2008 – Washington, DC — The Bush administration plans to announce next week that U.S. soldiers’ combat tours will be reduced from 15 months to 12 months in Iraq and Afghanistan beginning later this summer, The Associated Press … Continue reading →

April 3, 2008- Five years after the fall of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, the new Iraqi political system created by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in 2003 and then revised by the United Nations in 2004, is still trapped within … Continue reading →

March 15, 5008 – Al Hayat:  When Saddam Hussein asked you to meet with him, didn’t you suspect something was getting prepared since he never met with ambassadors?April Glaspie:  He met occasionally with ambassadors; I had met him once before … Continue reading →

April 3, 2008 – Houston, TX — It was an early January morning in 2008 when 42-year-old Lisa Smith*, a paramedic for a defense contractor in southern Iraq, woke up to find her entire room shaking. The shipping container that … Continue reading →