Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Iraq War Vet Arrested After Standoff With Police

Posted on February 10, 2005 by Team VCS

Iraq War Vet Arrested After Standoff With Police   Charles LaPorte Metro Jail Photo(MCSO) A man who once served in Iraq is in trouble after a three-hour standoff with police. Police say it started Tuesday afternoon when they got a … Continue reading →

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Military concerned over treatment for returning soldiers

Posted on February 10, 2005 by Team VCS

Military concerned over treatment for returning soldiers KNOXVILLE (WATE) — One type of injury that’s seldom reported for soldiers in Iraq is combat stress. An officer from Powell says the Army isn’t ready to treat returning soldiers. First Lt. Phillip … Continue reading →

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U.S. Guardsman Accused Of Iraqi’s Murder

Posted on February 10, 2005 by Team VCS

U.S. Guardsman Accused Of Iraqi’s Murder EVANSVILLE, Ind. — An Indiana National Guardsman who received a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in Iraq has been charged in the death of an Iraqi citizen, the Army said Tuesday. And the Army … Continue reading →

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Advocates for veterans decry VA fee hike

Posted on February 10, 2005 by Team VCS

Advocates for veterans decry VA fee hike More than half of Colorado’s 430,000 veterans would pay double for prescription drugs plus a $250 fee to access their medical care under President Bush’s proposed 2006 budget. The $71.3 billion requested for … Continue reading →

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President’s FY 2006 Budget Disappoints VFW

Posted on February 8, 2005 by Team VCS

President’s FY 2006 Budget Disappoints VFW Washington, Feb. 7, 2005–“The president has delivered a disappointing funding request for the Department of Veterans Affairs,” said the leader of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., in reaction to the administration’s … Continue reading →

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Gimme Shelter: VA is MIA on Mental Health and Homelessness Among Veterans

Posted on February 8, 2005 by Team VCS

Gimme Shelter: VA is MIA on Mental Health and Homelessness Among Veterans Herold Noel served his time in the military, including the first five months of the Iraq war in 2003 as a fuel handler for the military. He returned … Continue reading →

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Bush may cut program for vets going to college

Posted on February 8, 2005 by Team VCS

Bush may cut program for vets going to college When Katherine Hegler first tried college after leaving the Army, her grades were so bad that she ended up on academic probation. She left school and re-enlisted. When she returned to … Continue reading →

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Breaking Ranks to Shun War

Posted on February 7, 2005 by Team VCS

Breaking Ranks to Shun War An Army sergeant who refuses to return to Iraq seeks a discharge as a conscientious objector. He may instead face a court-martial. By David ZucchinoTimes Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2005 HINESVILLE, Georgia — His sergeant called … Continue reading →

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Hunger for Dictatorship

Posted on February 6, 2005 by Team VCS

Hunger for Dictatorship: War to export democracy may wreck our own Students of history inevitably think in terms of periods: the New Deal, McCarthyism, “the Sixties” (1964-1973), the NEP, the purge trials—all have their dates. Weimar, whose cultural excesses made … Continue reading →

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Homeless Veterans Wait Years for Aid

Posted on February 6, 2005 by Team VCS

Homeless Veterans Wait Years for Aid John Staresinich is a Purple Heart veteran who has slept in cracks in highway overpasses and abandoned cars, camped out in thin tents next to railroad tracks and fought off rats and bugs in … Continue reading →

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