Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

March 10, 2008 – According to Wisconsin voters, the war in Iraq is not the top issue on their minds. However, as the nation approaches the five-year anniversary of the war on March 19, Wisconsin officials and political observers have … Continue reading →

March 3, 2008 – Pahrump, Nevada – All Spec. Travis Virgadamo ever wanted was to be a soldier. But two years after his father signed papers for him to enlist at age 17, things went terribly wrong. Last August, three … Continue reading →

March 9, 2008 – The flat roofs across the street were checkered with black shadows. In the dim yellow light of a city sky at night, Sgt. Lorenzo Martinez thought he saw a man move. He jumped away from the … Continue reading →

Paul Sullivan, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, a nonprofit advocacy group, said he was discouraged, but not surprised, that so few service members are being seen by mental-health specialists. The need to maintain troop strength, he believes, is … Continue reading →

March 10 Update – VCS Fights for Veterans in Federal Court, Our Civil Liberties Remain in Danger, and President Bush Endorses Torture Dear #Salutation#: Hearings Progress in California – All week long, VCS Executive Director Paul Sullivan was in San … Continue reading →

March 7, 2008 – The anti-war base of the Democratic Party is back for the election year with a message to voters worried about the economy: Blame the war in Iraq. Gearing up for the fifth anniversary of the launch … Continue reading →

March 7, 2008 – More than five years of recycling soldiers through Iraq and Afghanistan’s battlefields is creating record levels of mental health problems, as about three in 10 GIs on their third tour admit emotional illnesses, according to an … Continue reading →

March 7, 2008 – Three trillion dollars — a controversial number expected by one prominent economist to be the low side of the real cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars — is a statistic. One troubled veteran of those … Continue reading →

March 8, 2008 – President Bush said Saturday he vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods such as waterboarding to break suspected terrorists because it would end practices that have prevented attacks. “The bill Congress … Continue reading →

March 7, 2008 – As the war in Iraq slides into its sixth year a few days from now, a cottage industry has grown up to determine how much the conflict has actually cost. Last week, Senate Democrats carried out … Continue reading →