Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

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 – BELGRADE, Serbia — Demonstrators attacked the United States Embassy and set part of it ablaze on Thursday as tens of thousands of angry Serbs took to the streets of Belgrade to protest Kosovo’s declaration of independence. … Continue reading →

February 21, 2008 – If Americans want to continue the Iraq War, then Sen. John McCain — the apparent Republican presidential candidate and relentless hawk — is their man. It seems McCain was not kidding when he said the U.S. … Continue reading →

February 21, 2008 – FRANKLIN, New Hampshire – For Mikell Cousineau Delisle, 43, and her husband Dennis Delisle, 42, it’s been a long journey into a dark night. And even though today they are jobless, in bankruptcy, and  about to … 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 →

February 16, 2008 – Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps bureaucrats refused an urgent request in 2005 from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant vehicles, an internal military study concludes. The … Continue reading →

February 17, 2008 – All of a sudden — but still too late for some people — the spotlight of media, government and mental health agencies is shining brightly on the issue of providing emotional support for veterans returning from … Continue reading →

February 14, 2008 – Last month, the Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Independence in Journalism released a study finding that the Bush administration made “at least 935 false statements” preceding the invasion of Iraq. Condoleezza Rice, who … Continue reading →

February 13, 2008 – “The annual exercise of debating the merits of the President’s proposed budget is flawed,” said John Rowan, National President of Vietnam Veterans  of America, before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.  “Medical Center directors should not … Continue reading →

February 18, 2008 – The Veterans Affairs Department has dumped a policy requiring combat vets to verify in writing that they have witnessed or experienced a traumatic event before filing a claim for post-traumatic stress disorder, said the chairman of … Continue reading →