Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

To Torture or Not?

Posted on October 5, 2004 by Team VCS

Chris Hondros / Getty Images To Torture or Not?President Bush backs ‘rendering’ suspects—then backs offA U.S. detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba   Oct. 5 – President Bush today distanced himself from his administration’s quiet effort to push through a law … Continue reading →

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Connecting the Dots on Voter Registration and Turn Out

Posted on October 5, 2004 by Team VCS

Millions Blocked from Voting in Electionby Alan Elsner, ReutersWednesday 22 September 2004http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2052Millions of U.S. citizens, including a disproportionate number of black voters, will be blocked from voting in the Nov. 2 presidential election because of legal barriers, faulty procedures or … Continue reading →

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Sons killed in Iraq; mothers turn political

Posted on October 3, 2004 by Team VCS

Sons killed in Iraq; mothers turn political Tracy and Vacaville women do TV ads to help defeat Bush WASHINGTON – Nadia McCaffrey lost a son and gained a cause, a woefully uneven trade that nonetheless thrust the Tracy resident into … Continue reading →

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Influx of Wounded Strains VA

Posted on October 3, 2004 by Team VCS

Influx of Wounded Strains VA Claims Backlog Besets Returning U.S. Troops By Josh WhiteWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, October 3, 2004; Page A01 Thousands of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with physical injuries and mental health problems are encountering … Continue reading →

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Arlington West shows tragedy of Iraq war

Posted on October 3, 2004 by Team VCS

Arlington West shows tragedy of Iraq war SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Every Sunday morning at 8, a squad of volunteers fans out across a section of beach next to the famous Santa Monica Pier. In the shadow of the Ferris … Continue reading →

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Purple Heart Recipient Receives Homecoming

Posted on October 3, 2004 by Team VCS

Purple Heart Recipient Receives Homecoming Lance Corporal Vigil Suffered Shrapnel Wounds SAN JOSE, Calif. — A San Jose Marine has returned from Iraq and his family threw him a big welcome home party Sunday. Lance Corporal Leonard Vigil, a Purple Heart … Continue reading →

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ACLU Nebraska Chapter Head Claims Police Harassment

Posted on October 1, 2004 by Team VCS

ACLU Nebraska Chapter Head Claims Police Harassment LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The head of the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Friday that two Nebraska state troopers tried to intimidate him after he screened a documentary film … Continue reading →

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Soldier’s dad: Bush blunder cost son his life

Posted on October 1, 2004 by Team VCS

Soldier’s dad: Bush blunder cost son his life Sixteen months have passed since Kirk Straseskie of Beaver Dam, a 23-year-old U.S. Marine infantry sergeant, became the first Wisconsin fatality in the Iraq war. That story, you may recall, received widespread … Continue reading →

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Iraq War Takes Toll on GIs’ Mental Health

Posted on September 30, 2004 by Team VCS

Iraq War Takes Toll on GIs’ Mental Health WASHINGTON  — Early studies of the emotional ravages of the Iraq war on combat soldiers have spurred some veterans’ health advocates to question whether Americans and the U.S. government are truly prepared for … Continue reading →

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Back Door Draft – U.S. Rep. DeGette Urges Army Probe at Fort Carson

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Team VCS

DeGette urges Army recruiting inquiry Soldiers cite threat of coercion: Re-enlist or go back to Iraq Rep. Diana DeGette called upon Congress Monday to investigate complaints by Fort Carson soldiers that they are being threatened with deployment to Iraq if … Continue reading →

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