Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Rumsfeld May Face Contempt for Continuing with Experimental, Illegal Anthrax Shots

Rumsfeld May Face Contempt for Continuing with Experimental, Illegal Anthrax Shots Washington, DC, Feb. 15 (UPI) — A judge in Washington has warned Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld he could face contempt for ignoring a ruling on Pentagon anthrax vaccinations. In … Continue reading

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GAO Slams VA: Not Clear if VA Can Provide New War Veterans with Mental Health Care

GAO Slams VA: Not Clear if VA Can Provide New War Veterans with Mental Health Care Congressional investigators are questioning whether the Veterans Affairs Department can adequately help troops who may return from Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder. … Continue reading

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Disabled veterans must keep waiting in Illinois

Disabled veterans must keep waiting in Illinois Illinois’ wounded veterans will have to wait several months before learning why they’ve received among the lowest disability pay in the country for the past seven decades. “We don’t know how long it’s … Continue reading

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VA Web Site Features VA’s E-mail Address and Phone Numbers for New Veterans

VA Web Site, E-Mail Address, and Phone Numbers for Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense should learn a lesson that might benefit the one million recently deployed OEF and OIF war veterans.  VA … Continue reading

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‘Over my dead body’ – Iraq War Veteran Takes Own Life to Avoid Re-Deployment

‘Over my dead body’ Sgt. Curtis Greene loved the military; the structure, the stability. But eight months in Iraq changed him. And the thought of returning led him to a stark proclamation. By MARY SPICUZZAPublished February 13, 2005 [Times photo: … Continue reading

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How dare some say, ‘Support our troops’?

How dare some say, ‘Support our troops’? Someone recently informed me that they didn’t know that my son was being deployed to Iraq and asked why I hadn’t told them. I really didn’t have an answer. That is when I … Continue reading

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The Rise of the Far Right: New Ads Amplify the Voices of Fear, Hate, and Violence

The Rise of the Far Right: New Ads Amplify the Voices of Fear, Hate, and Violence White supremacists are using mainstream media to gain new followers, and legitimacy. Watchdogs fear violence if such groups grow. ST. LOUIS — White supremacist … Continue reading

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Iraq War Veteran from Fort Lewis Convicted of Killing Wife

Iraq War Veteran Convicted of Killing Wife An Army reservist was convicted of killing his wife, who had hailed him and other soldiers as heroes in a letter to the editor while he was serving in Iraq. The jury found … Continue reading

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Concern spreads over drug lariam given to troops

Concern spreads over drug lariam given to troops SAN DIEGO, California (Associated Press) — As a volunteer firefighter, Georg-Andreas Pogany had seen disfigured bodies pulled from wrecked cars. But something very different happened when the Army interrogator saw the mangled remains of … Continue reading

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Bush team tried to suppress pre-9/11 report into al-Qa’ida

Bush team tried to suppress pre-9/11 report into al-Qa’ida Federal officials were repeatedly warned in the months before the 11 September 2001 terror attacks that Osama bin Laden and al-Qa’ida [al Qaeda] were planning aircraft hijackings and suicide attacks, according … Continue reading

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