Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

January 29, 2008 – Given the praise President Bush heaped on our troops in his final State of the Union speech Monday night, we were outraged to read two stories Tuesday about how the government continues to let our wounded … Continue reading →

January 30, 2008 – A House subcommittee that is considering the use of artificial intelligence to speed the processing of veterans’ disability claims heard compelling evidence Tuesday about the problems facing veterans and their families trying to receive earned benefits. … Continue reading →

January 29, 2008 – Substandard care at a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital may have contributed to 19 deaths over the past two years, a VA official said Monday as he apologized to affected families and pledged reform. The hospital … Continue reading →

January 28, 2008 – An Eight Mile man’s detailed account of being “waterboarded” while undergoing training in a Navy survival school in California in 1975 is so accurate that “only somebody who went through it would know that,” according to … Continue reading →

January 28, 2008 – There’s a cynical old saying that the victors write the history. CBS’s “60 Minutes” demonstrated how that process works on Jan. 27 in airing Scott Pelley’s interview with the FBI agent who de-briefed former Iraqi dictator … Continue reading →

Thursday, January 31, 2008 – Army Lieutenant Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial her for endangering another soldier and turning a gun on herself … Continue reading →

VCS released a statement regarding the enactment of the “Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act,” a bill contained in the large Defense Bill the President signed on Jan. 28. Veterans for Common Sense is very pleased that Congress acted quickly to … Continue reading →

January 28, 2008 – Gordon Kirk, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8854, was the only veteran in St. Paul’s last remaining VFW club one recent afternoon. The 84-year-old walked by his post’s war memorabilia and a case packed … Continue reading →

January 25, 2008 – Paul Wolfowitz, the former World Bank president and former deputy secretary of defense who was instrumental in the US decision to invade Iraq in 2003, has been named chairman of a panel that advises the State … Continue reading →

January 26, 2008 – Legend has it that two thousand years ago President Bush’s favorite philosopher dodged the treason bullet by giving a group of Pharisees his honest opinion on the separation of church and state. Appreciating the wisdom in … Continue reading →