Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

January 5, 2008 – The U.S. military said Saturday that an Iraqi soldier apparently shot dead two American service members for “reasons that are as yet unknown” while they were on a joint patrol north of the capital. Three other … Continue reading →

January 2, 2008 – With the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries approaching, I thought we’d begin taking a look at how the candidates address veterans issues. Whether a candidate’s platform calls for an end to the Iraq war or … Continue reading →

Huckabee Steps Back Into the Pulpit at Evangelical Church While Campaigning WINDHAM, New Hampshire, January 6, 2008 – A pastor from Texas was scheduled to deliver the sermon Sunday at a church here called the Crossing. But instead this small … Continue reading →

January 3, 2008 – CIBOLO, Texas – In near-freezing temperatures Thursday, Spc. Austin Johnson and his wife, Lisa, cut through a yellow ribbon stretched across the porch of their new home and walked in to a house full of furniture. … Continue reading →

January 3, 2008 – Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey said Wednesday that the Justice Department had elevated its inquiry into the destruction of Central Intelligence Agency interrogation videotapes to a formal criminal investigation headed by a career federal prosecutor. The … Continue reading →

January 3, 2008 – When Congress returns from its winter break in mid-January and continues its probe into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, the lawmakers may be interested in speaking to Mary O. McCarthy.     McCarthy spent most of … Continue reading →

Dr. Evan Kanter, a staff physician for the Department of Veteran Affairs, who wrote in a November study by Physicians for Social Responsibility, titled “Shock and Awe Hits Home,” that “as many as 30 percent of injured soldiers have suffered … Continue reading →

January 1, 2008 – A Marine infantryman accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians during a combat maneuver in Haditha in late 2005 will be tried by court-martial on charges of voluntary manslaughter but will avoid more serious murder charges originally … Continue reading →

January 3, 2008 – About two minutes into the video, I could take no more. I was going to break decorum. I mumbled, “It’s a lie. It’s the worst kind of lie.” Realizing that not even the two people sitting … Continue reading →

Veterans for Common Sense released the following statement after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid officially stated that President George W. Bush vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act, HR 1585, which contained the “Dignity for Wounded Warriors” provisions.  Veterans for Common … Continue reading →