Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 3, 2007  FOR MORE INFORMATION: Semonti Mustaphi (Klobuchar) 202 228-3783LeRoy Coleman (Coleman) 202-224-5641 COLEMAN, KLOBUCHAR INTRODUCE NATIONAL GUARD REINTEGRATION BILL Legislation creates a national reintegration program for returning Guard troops and their families. Washington D.C. – … Continue reading →

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                May 3, 2007                     Contact: Pryor, Michael Teague (501) 324-6336             Pryor, Lisa Ackerman (202) 224-2353             Chambliss, Lindsay Mabry (202) 224-3423                                Pryor, Chambliss Seek Major Improvements in Medical Care for Wounded Warriors WASHINGTON , D.C. – U.S. … Continue reading →

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate ReleaseMay 3, 2007 CONTACT:  Seth Scottd: (202) 226-8715c: (202) 731-7212 MITCHELL VOWS HEARINGS ON LUCRATIVE BONUSES TO TOP VA OFFICIALS Top VA Officials Rewarded with ‘Most Lucrative’ Bonuses in Government Despite Allegation They May Have ‘Deliberately Misled’ … Continue reading →

An Illinois Democrat is calling on Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James Nicholson to resign for having paid bonuses to senior federal workers who were responsible for a $1 billion shortfall in the VA budget. “For the health and well-being … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — U.S. diplomats are returning from Iraq with the same debilitating, stress-related symptoms that have afflicted many U.S. troops, prompting the State Department to order a mental health survey of 1,400 employees who have completed assignments there. Larry Brown, … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — Service officer Rene Deschene advises military men and women with amputated limbs, post-traumatic stress and injuries invisible to the naked eye in the Veterans of Foreign Wars office at the Togus VA Medical Center in Augusta. Soldiers returning … Continue reading →

Thousands more mid-level enlisted soldiers are leaving the Army than in each of the past two years, forcing the service to increase its use of pay-to-stay programs and find other ways to keep GIs in the fold. Four years into … Continue reading →

(Southington-WTNH) _ A presidential task force has announced new measures to improve what it describes as unacceptably poor coordination between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the defense department when it comes to helping wounded veterans of Iraq … Continue reading →