Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

PTSD in the Female Soldier

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Team VCS

February 20, 2009 – According to military records, as of September 30, 2008 over 200,000 women were serving on active duty. While women are technically barred from serving in combat, they are serving in support positions in combat areas in … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Agenda Draws Scrutiny

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Team VCS

February 22, 2009 – President Obama is preparing to move ahead with the most ambitious arms-control agenda in decades, calling for dramatic cuts in US and Russian arsenals, a halt to the Bush administration’s plan for a more advanced nuclear … Continue reading →

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Feb 23, VCS in the News: Veterans Advocates Riled by Report on Army Charity – $117 Million in Cash Unspent

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Team VCS

Paul Sullivan, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, in Washington, D.C., said AER should rework its policies to help more veterans. Right now, it limits emergency aid to active-duty soldiers and veterans who served long enough to retire.  February … Continue reading →

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Possible Murder – Suicide Involving Iraq War Veteran in Las Vegas

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Team VCS

Airman, wife die in shooting – – SWAT officers find couple dead after standoff in North Las Vegas February 21, 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada – A Nellis Air Force Base airman and his wife died in what is believed to … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Close the Blackwater Loophole

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Team VCS

February 20, 2009 – There are currently more civilian contractors in Iraq than members of the United States Army. The most infamous is the private security force, Xe (The-Firm-Formerly-Known-as-Blackwater). Xe has approximately 1000 military contractors in Iraq who guard U.S. … Continue reading →

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TAPS Helps Families of Suicide Victims

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Team VCS

Advocates offer free peer-to-peer support, crisis line, case assistance February 21, 2009 – After Private Paul Bridges saw his buddies die in Iraq in a Humvee in February 2006, his mental state began going downhill, said his father, Terry Bridges. … Continue reading →

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Chairman Edwards Releases Statement on VA Funding

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — U.S. Representative Chet Edwards released the following statement in response to criticism of veterans funding in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “It has been said that it is easier to kick down a … Continue reading →

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Murder Trial of U.s. Soldier Goes to Jury

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Team VCS

February 20, 2009, Vilseck, Germany – A U.S. Army medic accused of involvement in the execution-style killings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi prisoners ha his fate placed in the hands of a nine-person jury that will decide if he … Continue reading →

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VCS in the News: Poll Finds Low Opinion of Military Medical Care

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Team VCS

May 24, 2008 – A majority of Americans believe that wounded troops don’t receive high quality medical care in military and Veteran’s Administration hospitals, according to a new Harvard School of Public Health poll. Military families share that view, the … Continue reading →

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VA Nurses: One Step Closer to Restored Bargaining Rights

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Team VCS

February 19, 2009 – Katrina Blomdahl, writer-researcher for RNs Working Together, says the organization applauds moves to return bargaining rights to Veterans Affairs nurses. RNs Working Together is a coalition of 10 AFL-CIO unions representing more than 200,000 registered nurses … Continue reading →

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