Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Lorry Bomb Kills Children in School

Posted on April 3, 2007 by Team VCS

A newborn baby was one of at least 14 children and adults killed when a suicide bomber detonated a lorry laden with explosives close to a primary school in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk yesterday. The latest massacre of … Continue reading →

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Arizona Veterans Navigate a Medical & Benefits Maze at VA

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Team VCS

It took 15 months and a phone call to U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell before Iraq war veteran Ruben Gallego could get treatment for his injured knee. Gallego left the Marines in September 2005 and didn’t seek help right away. Once … Continue reading →

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Reminders of War

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Team VCS

SWEETWATER, Tennessee — David Thomas has a left leg made of carbon fiber and steel, and the composed bearing of a man who has learned to wait. The 42-year-old father of four waited six months for the Department of Veterans … Continue reading →

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DoD accused of fuzzy math in Iraq and Afghanistan war injury reports

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Team VCS

Leaving out non-combat wounds softens war’s blow, vets groups say   Veterans groups and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., say government officials are obscuring the actual number of wounded in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars by leaving out of some public documents … Continue reading →

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Failure to Use DoD Casualty Tracking System Caused Gaps in Soldiers’ Medical Care

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON, March 29 — Lapses in using a digital medical record system for tracking wounded soldiers have led to medical mistakes and delays in care, and have kept thousands of injured troops from getting benefits, according to former defense and … Continue reading →

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Resolution Would Give VA Record Health Funding Boost

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Team VCS

The Department of Veteran Affairs would receive a record increase of $6.6 billion in health care funding in the fiscal 2008 budget resolution that the House passed today over this year’s level under the continuing resolution. “It is the largest … Continue reading →

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Patty Murray, No Newcomer to Advocating for Veterans

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Team VCS

Long before the uproar over the long-term medical care of troops returning home from Iraq made it fashionable to advocate for veterans rights, Sen. Patty Murray was on the front lines. The Washington Democrat’s father, a disabled World War II veteran, used … Continue reading →

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Audit: Veterans Affairs Wasted Millions on Computer Security Contract

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials wasted millions on a $100 million computer security contract that became a virtual “open checkbook” because of poor oversight and sloppy management, an internal review says. The audit by the VA inspector general brings renewed … Continue reading →

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Problems Cited Between V.A. and Pentagon

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON, March 27 — The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense continue to have problems collecting and sharing medical data, hampering treatment for wounded soldiers, lawmakers said at a Congressional hearing today. The hearing before the Senate … Continue reading →

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Army Officer: Long-Term Morale a Concern

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army’s new acting surgeon general said Tuesday she is concerned about long-term morale because the military lacks money to hire enough nurses and mental health specialists to treat thousands of troops coming home from Iraq and … Continue reading →

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