Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Media Advisory Two Hearings Scheduled for Wednesday, December 12, 2007:   Hearing #1: 10:00 a.m. in 345 Cannon House Office Building. Full Committee Hearing on “Stopping Suicides: Mental Health Challenges Within the Department of Veterans Affairs.”  Immediately … Continue reading →

December 9, 2007 – The informer was growing terrified about the prospect of testifying against Al Qaeda. Osama bin Laden, he feared, would get to him or his family. Allah, he suspected, was already punishing him; his father was sick … Continue reading →

December 9, 2007 – Last May, Tim Chapman was sitting in his car on the edge of a cliff, weeping. If he took his foot off the brake, he would go over the edge – to silence, to peace, and … Continue reading →

December 11, 2007 – Back in February of this year, writing about the history of turning-point elections, Steve Fraser asked a question, but didn’t answer it: Would campaign 2008, he wondered, turn out to be a rare presidential election of … Continue reading →

December 5, 2007 – Federal employees who work for the Army may get layoff notices before Christmas if Congress and the White House do not reach an accord on funding for the Iraq war, the Pentagon said yesterday. The warning, … Continue reading →

December 7, 2007 – While the Navy is facing challenges in recruiting and retaining doctors and other medical personnel, it has no problem meeting medical demands in the Central Command theater, where it treats the wounded, injured and sick coming … Continue reading →

December 6, 2007 – The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about its … Continue reading →

November 13, 2007 – Two days before a 10-mile race here, Army 1st Lt. Ivan Castro is explaining how he will run tethered to another soldier — one who can see. As he speaks, his wife lovingly extends her right … Continue reading →

December 2, 2007 – Arthur McCants III has drowned many times in his dreams, by his account. The lanky 60-year-old from Eight Mile said he is haunted by “waterboarding” — an experience some decry as torture — that he endured … Continue reading →

December 5, 2007 – The American Civil Liberties Union is in court today calling for the release of three documents issued by the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) that are believed to have authorized the CIA to … Continue reading →