Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Veterans Affairs deep in the red and going deeper WASHINGTON – Fred Malphurs has canceled plans to replace equipment, postponed two new outpatient clinics and holds a waiting list of 7,844 people who want appointments at veterans hospitals and clinics … Continue reading →

  What Iraq needs is a Walter Cronkite President Bush went on the air this week to pretend again that things are OK in Iraq. Shades of President Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam nearly 40 years ago. The most important similarity … Continue reading →

Web visits put man in jail Jordanian is a threat to national security, FBI says BY DAVID ASHENFELTERFREE PRESS STAFF WRITER, June 29, 2005 Mohammad Radwan Obeid is a threat to national security because he surfed terrorist Web sites and … Continue reading →

According to a report published on Monday from King’s College, London, the United States continues to have the highest incarceration rate in the world.     With 714 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants, the United States remains the country with the highest incarceration … Continue reading →

A unanimous House agreed late yesterday to immediately provide nearly $1 billion for veterans health care in a swift answer to President Bush’s call for lawmakers to plug a politically troubling shortfall. House members approved by 419 to 0 a … Continue reading →

KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. helicopters and hundreds of troops were searching on Friday for soldiers who went missing in Afghanistan just before a helicopter coming to their aid was shot down, while the Taliban claimed to be holding one American. … Continue reading →

The War Against Veterans President Bush gives plenty of lip service to men and women in uniform. Now it’s time for the President to put his money where his mouth is and fully fund veterans’ benefits. An official of the … Continue reading →

When President Bush visits military bases, he invariably receives a foot-stomping, loud ovation at every applause line. At bases like Fort Bragg – the backdrop for his Tuesday night speech on Iraq – the clapping is often interspersed with calls … Continue reading →

In anger and embarrassment, Congressional Republicans are scrambling to repair a budget shortfall in veterans’ medical care now that the Bush administration has admitted it vastly underestimated the number of returning Iraq and Afghanistan personnel needing treatment. The $1 billion-plus … Continue reading →