Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Thousands of Reservists Face Back Door Draft

Posted on November 25, 2004 by Team VCS

MANY RESERVISTS FEELING A ‘DRAFT’ By WILLIAM BUNCHbunchw@phillynews.com GENNARO PELLEGRINI JR., a 31-year-old Philadelphia police officer, was playing Sony Playstation video games with a nephew one night last April when a single phone call turned his world upside down. He … Continue reading →

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Brutal Reality of War: Dead-Check in Falluja

Posted on November 24, 2004 by Team VCS

Embedded with the Marines in Iraq Dead-Check in Falluja by Evan Wright, Village VoiceNovember 24 – 30, 2004 On April 9, 2003, the day the statue of Saddam Hussein was being toppled in Baghdad, symbolizing the promised liberation of Iraq, … Continue reading →

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Medics Testify to Fallujah’s Horrors

Posted on November 24, 2004 by Team VCS

Medics Testify to Fallujah’s Horrors Navy Corpsmen Treated Unusually Devastating Injuries at Field Hospital By Jackie SpinnerWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, November 24, 2004; Page A15 FALLUJAH, Iraq — The first time Jose Ramirez saw a human body ripped apart by … Continue reading →

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Federal Judge Blocks Vote Counting in Ohio

Posted on November 24, 2004 by Team VCS

Recount Can Wait, Federal Judge RulesFrom Times Wire ReportsNovember 24, 2004 A federal judge in Toledo denied a request by third-party presidential candidates who wanted to force a recount of Ohio ballots before the official count was finished. Judge James … Continue reading →

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PTSD and my Iraq Homecoming

Posted on November 23, 2004 by Team VCS

Nightmare #1 I am in command of a four-vehicle convoy in Iraq.  We are skirting the edge of a town on our way back to our camp after having performed a mission elsewhere.  My vehicles are unarmored HMMWV’s mounted with … Continue reading →

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) to Investigate 2004 Election Irregularities

Posted on November 23, 2004 by Team VCS

Government Accountability Office to Conduct Investigation of 2004 Election Irregularities WASHINGTON — November 23 — Reps. John Conyers, Jr., Jerrold Nadler, Robert Wexler, Robert Scott, and Rush Holt announced today that, in response to their November 5 and 8 letters … Continue reading →

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Ohio Democrats joins recount effort

Posted on November 22, 2004 by Team VCS

Ohio Dems joins recount effort Keith Olbermann (Bloggermann), November 21, 2004 | 5:51 p.m. ET SECAUCUS— The headline might be a little expansive since the national headquarters has not yet echoed it, but it’s still pretty impressive as it is: … Continue reading →

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Washington Post Editorial Board Slams Gonzales’ Record

Posted on November 22, 2004 by Team VCS

Mr. Gonzales’s Record Washington Post Editorial BoardMonday, November 22, 2004; Page A18 Investigations have determined that some U.S. interrogators who tortured Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison reasonably believed that their actions had been authorized by a memorandum from … Continue reading →

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Misfire: Senator Santorum Lives in Virginia, but Represents Pennsylvania

Posted on November 21, 2004 by Team VCS

Editorial: Santorum, R-Va. / Is the senator an ‘inhabitant’ of Pennsylvania? The Penn Hills School District asked Sen. Rick Santorum a $38,000 question. That is whether his children are residents of the municipality to the point that their educations should … Continue reading →

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Federal Money for Veterans Healthcare Falls $1.2 Billion Short

Posted on November 21, 2004 by Team VCS

Groups Disappointed by Veteran Health Aid WASHINGTON  (AP) – Veterans’ health care got a lot of attention in the just-concluded election campaign, but the Republican-led Congress is not devoting as much money to it as veterans groups and even some … Continue reading →

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