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Apr 21, President Obama Wins Respect from Military

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Team VCS

April 21, 2009 – A crisp salute, a first lady’s campaign, a generous budget and some familiar appointments have allowed President Obama to take great strides toward reassuring the group that was perhaps the most wary of his election — … Continue reading →

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Apr 20: New York Times Editorial Calls for Impeachment of Judge Bybee – Author of Bush-Era Torture Memos

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Team VCS

The Torturers’ Manifesto April 19, 2009 – To read the four newly released memos on prisoner interrogation written by George W. Bush’s Justice Department is to take a journey into depravity. Their language is the precise bureaucratese favored by dungeon … Continue reading →

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Apr 17, VCS in the News: VA Public Affairs Official Tried to Silence Veteran’s Claims of Racism

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Team VCS

April 17, 2009 – The experience of 56 year-old Army veteran Tommie Canady at the Washington, D.C., Veterans Medical Center was not the only story members of the VA’s Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans heard April 7 when they gathered … Continue reading →

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Apr 17: VCS Urges Members to Write Spain’s Ambassador and Request War Crime Probe of Bush Torture

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Team VCS

The Spanish government may be moving forward with an investigation of war crimes – specifically torture – by the Bush administration.  Earlier this week, VCS wrote Spain’s ambassador to the United States and asked that the investigation continue. Spanish Judge … Continue reading →

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Army Suicides: The Invisible Elephant in the Pentagon

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Team VCS

April 13, 2009, Molalla, OR – I listened to Katy Couric’s story about excessive and worrisome Army suicides on Thursday, April 8th, on CBS. This did not surprise me. I was a Combat Infantryman, point man, Battalion scout and forward … Continue reading →

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Apr 10, VCS in the News: What Motive Does the Army Have to Misdiagnose PTSD?

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Team VCS

April 10, 2009 – In two stories published this week, Salon has described how a soldier secretly taped a psychologist saying that the Army was exerting pressure not to diagnose soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychologist Douglas McNinch of Fort … Continue reading →

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Apr 8, Army Doctor Caught on Tape: Military ‘under a lot of pressure to not diagnose PTSD’

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Team VCS

Editor’s note: Last June, during a medical appointment, a patient named “Sgt. X” recorded an Army psychologist at Fort Carson, Colo., saying that he was under pressure not to diagnose combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Listen to a segment … Continue reading →

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Apr 6, Book Review: VA Deputy Secretary Nominee Scott Gould and Harvard Professor Linda Bilmes Publish Book on Improving Federal Workforce

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Team VCS

The Government’s People Power Problem Imagine Jim, a 49-year-old federal worker in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jim does the best he can, working long hours to process disability compensation claims for veterans, but the backlog is growing. He needs … Continue reading →

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Apr 6, VCS Weekly Update: VCS Supports ‘Truth Commission’ as Part of Ending Torture Era

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Team VCS

Dear VCS Supporters: We have great news! Veterans for Common Sense plans to present our new web site to you later this month. We are also growing – VCS now has offices in both Washington, DC, and Austin, Texas. In … Continue reading →

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Top VA Nominations Put on Fast Track

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Team VCS

April 1, 2009 –  Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Skinseki is about to get some company: two more presidential appointees who say they have personal reasons for making sure VA works. Disabled Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth, who lost both legs … Continue reading →

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