Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

VA Payment Disparity Problems in Illinois Go Back to 1984 The Veterans Affairs office here [in Chicago] was condemned as callous and uncaring during a raucous City Council hearing Tuesday — with the state’s top veterans advocate testifying that the office has … Continue reading →

Rumsfeld’s fig leaf falling Monday, December 13, 2004 SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD The fig leaves are tumbling from the cover story Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gave to a soldier’s query on Wednesday about the lack of armored vehicles available in … Continue reading →

CARING FOR THE WOUNDEDAmputation rate for US troops twice that of past wars Doctors cite need for prosthetics as more lives saved US troops injured in Iraq have required limb amputations at twice the rate of past wars, and as … Continue reading →

`Scrounging’ for Iraq war puts GIs in jail Reservists court-martialed for theft; they say they did what they had to do By Aamer MadhaniTribune staff reporterDecember 12, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Six reservists, including two veteran officers who had received … Continue reading →

VA chief orders probe of disability rating system Responding to Illinois politicians’ demands for an investigation, the outgoing Veterans Affairs secretary Friday asked his department’s inspector general to review the VA’s rating system for disability claims. “I am very concerned … Continue reading →

Doubts Persist About Election ResultsRACHEL KONRADAssociated Press As the Electoral College prepares to certify President Bush’s re-election on Monday, concerns persist about the integrity of the nation’s voting system – particularly in Ohio, where details continue to emerge of technology … Continue reading →

Results: Should Donald Rumsfeld keep his job as Defense Secretary?   Newsweek Should Donald Rumsfeld keep his job as Defense Secretary?    Yes20{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} No77{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} I don’t know3{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} Charges of Poor Planning in Iraq Revived By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 9:03 … Continue reading →

Congress digging into Illinois benefits claims A congressional investigator begins digging through federal veterans’ disability claims today in Chicago to determine why Illinois is ranked at the bottom of the nation in pay to wounded veterans. But a former disability … Continue reading →

Double Standard Just a passing thought. Back in 1993, following the infamous “Blackhawk Down “ disaster in Somalia, Clinton’s Secretary of Defense Les Aspin resigned amidst allegations that he had failed to provide the troops in Somalia with the armored … Continue reading →