Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

March 16, 2008 – Fot Knox, KY — When Sgt. Gerald Cassidy died alone from a prescription drug overdose at the Army’s Warrior Transition Unit here, at a facility set up expressly to help wounded soldiers, he had more than … Continue reading →

March 15, 2008 – See a video presentation of this story at http://www.wvgazette.com/costofwar Stan and Shirley White of Cross Lanes remember they were at a restaurant that day – Sept. 26, 2005. They were talking about their youngest son, Andrew, … Continue reading →

March 13, 2008 – Washington, DC — On Thursday, the House Veterans’ Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, led by Chairman Harry Mitchell (D-AZ), conducted a hearing to assess how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is caring for our nation’s … Continue reading →

March 15, 2008 – Nearly five years since the start of the Iraq war, the Bush administration is still funding much of it through emergency appropriations, and only partially through the regular defense budget. This is one of several ways in … Continue reading →

March 16, 2008 – When congressional Democrats called a hearing last month to explore the costs of the Iraq war, their star witness was not some number-crunching Pentagon planner or a besieged administration budget official. It was Joseph E. Stiglitz, … Continue reading →

March 14, 2008 – Washington, DC — One-third of women in the military and 6 percent of men said they were sexually harassed, according to the latest Pentagon survey on the issue. The figure for women was worse than the … Continue reading →

February 25, 2008 – Thousands of American families have a tragic hole in their lives that may finally be filled with answers. While the Korean War ended a half century ago, more than 8,000 American families still don’t know what … Continue reading →

March 13, 2008 – Any way you cut it, Kyle Williams is a success story. He did two tours in Iraq and came back in one piece. Well, sort of. A mortar attack that threw him into a wall ended … Continue reading →

March 12, 2008 – With March 20 marking the fifth anniversary of the United States-led invasion of Iraq, it’s time to take stock of what has happened. In our new book The Three Trillion Dollar War, Harvard’s Linda Bilmes and … Continue reading →

“Some science is showing that that DU, when inhaled or gets in a wound, can cause long-term health problems because it is a heavy metal and radioactive,” said Paul Sullivan, director of the advocacy group Veterans for Common Sense. But … Continue reading →