Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

February 7, 2008 – SALEM, Oregon – President Bush says veterans have no legal right to specific types of medical care. The information is coming from documents related to a civil lawsuit filed by veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan … Continue reading →

February 7, 2008 – Nabila Mango, a therapist and a U.S. citizen who has lived in the country since 1965, had just flown in from Jordan last December when, she said, she was detained at customs and her cellphone was … Continue reading →

February 6, 2008 – The Pentagon’s budget request for the next fiscal year is about as squishy as a pair of combat boots full of Jell-O. Make that one boot, not a pair, because so much is missing from the … Continue reading →

February 7, 2008 – Kathy Dobie has a very troubling–but very important– article about PTSD in the February 18 issue of The Nation.  It centers on the high rate of post-traumatic stress within the Marine Corps, along with anecdotal evidence … Continue reading →

February 5, 2008 – The Bush administration on Wednesday filed arguments in a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of San Francisco stating that veterans have no legal right to specific types of medical care, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. … Continue reading →

February 6, 2008 – Yesterday was a difficult day for Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. It was hard to celebrate the fifth anniversary of our first corporate memorandum, a same-day critique of Colin Powell’s Feb. 5, 2002 UN address, when … Continue reading →

VA care in spotlight after Iraq war veteran’s suicide.  Jonathan Schulze commits suicide after being turned away three times by VA hospitals when pleading for assistance due to his Iraq War PTSD.  Across the country, there are stories of veterans … Continue reading →

February 5, 2008 – Conservatives opposed to redeployment in Iraq have consistently claimed that U.S. troops are on their side: President Bush: The [military] families gathered here understand that our troops want to finish the job. [Link] Sen. John McCain … Continue reading →

Vets often denied academic credits, Specialized skills go unrewarded February 5, 2008 – When Sean Lunde enrolled at the University of Massachusetts at Boston in 2005, he expected his four years of training and experience as an Army medic in … Continue reading →

February 4, 2008, Holyoke, Mass. — For many returning soldiers, lifesaving combat instincts can complicate life at home: constant vigilance, agitation in confined places, bolting from loud noises and other behaviors that can be misinterpreted by police. Concerned that some … Continue reading →