Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

February 23, 2008 – The Justice Department revealed Friday that its internal ethics office was investigating the department’s legal approval for waterboarding of Qaeda suspects by the Central Intelligence Agency and was likely to make public an unclassified version of … Continue reading →

February 23, 2008 – The Iraq War must finally change the way Americans support and back their war veterans. How nice it is to wear yellow ribbons and wave American flags in support of our troops; they need all we … Continue reading →

February 24, 2008 – During Michael Sherriff’s nine-month tour in the battlefields of Iraq, his mother worried that one day a pair of Army officers in full dress would come to her door with terrible news. To know more about … Continue reading →

Paul Sullivan, a spokesman for Veterans for Common Sense, said studies show more than 5,000 veteran suicides a year and a tidal wave of returning war veterans needing mental health treatment.  “What we’re trying to do is stop the VA … Continue reading →

A military jury in Hawaii found Army Specialist Christopher Shore not guilty of third-degree murder, but guilty of the lesser charge. Shore had blamed his platoon leader – charged with premeditated murder – for the 23 June killing. Shore could … Continue reading →

February 23, 2008 – The Bush Administration was wrong about the benefits of the war and it was wrong about the costs of the war. The president and his advisers expected a quick, inexpensive conflict. Instead, we have a war … Continue reading →

February 22, 2008, London, United Kingdom — In tones freighted with frustration, Britain’s foreign secretary, David Miliband, on Thursday told the House of Commons that “contrary to earlier explicit assurances” the Central Intelligence Agency had confirmed using an American-operated airfield … Continue reading →

February 22,, 2008 Chapel Hill, North Carolina – For John Heuer, burning a fake draft card on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus was a sort of deja vu.  Heuer said he burned draft cards in 1971 while refusing to be part of … Continue reading →

Feb 22, 2008, Istanbul, Turkey (AP) – Turkish troops launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of separatist Kurdish rebels, the military said Friday – a move that dramatically escalates Turkey’s conflict with the militants. It … Continue reading →

Over 600,000 Cases in the VA System.  There’s a huge backlog of disability claims among wounded veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.  “Of the 1.6 million service members sent to the Iraq-Afghanistan wars, the VA is estimating about a … Continue reading →