Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

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Veterans Day: Supporting our Veterans is a Mandate, Not a Slogan! Each year on Veterans Day, Americans come together to honor our nation’s heroes.  Again, this year, our country is engaged in conflicts that require the dedication of our uniformed … Continue reading →

Quote from Paul Sullivan at VCS: “This administration’s continual failure to have a plan for 1.5 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans smacks as the ultimate betrayal of our fighting men and women.”  View 25-minute news broadcast at this link: http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/forgotten_soldiers_134093 … Continue reading →

Click here to watch video of interview with Jeremy Scahill:  http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110807J.shtml. October 30, 2007 – Apparently there is one set of rights for Blackwater mercenaries and another for the rest of us. Normally when a group of people alleged to … Continue reading →

November 8, 2007 – How many times do we need to hear an alarm? Once again, major studies are finding a swiftly growing number of homeless Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, and a coming tsunami. One out of four homeless are … Continue reading →

November 7, 2007 – Today, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee led by Chairman Bob Filner (D-CA), approved H.R. 3882, the Fair Benefits for Guard and Reserve Act.  The bill assists our nation’s Guard and Reserve forces in obtaining active duty … Continue reading →

November 6, 2007 – Today, U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) submitted the following statement for the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing on “Hiring Practices and Quality Control in VA Medical Facilities.” He specifically addressed the issue at the Marion, Illinois … Continue reading →

VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE: Masking true costs of war November 12, 2007 – Five decades ago, Darrell Huff’s bestseller ‘How to Lie With Statistics’ showed how valid numbers can be manipulated to generate inaccurate or biased conclusions. In that vein, the … Continue reading →

November 7, 2007 – A team of Democratic lawmakers led by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) introduced a bill this afternoon that would quickly force private security contractors out of Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill, which Schakowsky dubbed the S.O.S. — … Continue reading →

New Report, November 2007: Psychological Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injuries:The Signature Wounds of Operation Iraqi Freedom andOperation Enduring Freedom