Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Turkish Government Arrests 100 in Coup Plot

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Team VCS

The coup plot case underlines a widening divide between the country’s growing Islamic class and secularists.  January 11, 2009, Ankara, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court formally arrested 14 more people Sunday for ties to an alleged secularist plot by … Continue reading →

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Vets can face hurdles securing the benefits they earned

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Team VCS

January 11, 2009 – For former Army medic Ivy Lara, the whistle of a mortar shell is all she remembers. Trapped, no time for cover. The explosion leveled the sergeant’s quarters and hurled her through the air. A repaired ear … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Bush Rule was Eight Years of Madoff Ponzi Scams

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Team VCS

January 11, 2009 – Three days after the world learned that $50 billion may have disappeared in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, The Times led its front page of Dec. 14 with the revelation of another $50 billion rip-off. This time … Continue reading →

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Obama Picks a Conscience for the CIA

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Team VCS

January 8, 2009 – At long last. Change we can believe in. In choosing Leon Panetta to take charge of the CIA, President-elect Barak Obama has shown he is determined to put an abrupt end to the lawlessness and deceit … Continue reading →

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Missouri Sen. Kit Bond Won’t Seek Re-Election

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Team VCS

January 8, 2009, Jefferson City, MO – Republican Sen. Kit Bond announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2010, saying he does not “aspire to become Missouri’s oldest senator.” Bond, 69, made the announcement at the state Capitol, … Continue reading →

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VA Health Enrollment to Rise; Lawmakers Shrug Off CBO

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Team VCS

January 10, 2009 – An estimated 258,000 middle-income veterans with no service-connected health conditions will be allowed by late June to enroll in the VA health care system.  Enrollment means access to VA health care in exchange for modest co-payments, … Continue reading →

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Helping Soldiers Cope with Stress Disorder

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Team VCS

January 9, 2009, Copperas Cove, TX – Carissa Picard had been working nearly non-stop for 36 hours on a Fort Bragg soldier’s case, and it didn’t appear, at least to her, that she’d be stopping any time soon. With piles … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma City Army Veteran Charged with Making Bombs

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Team VCS

January 8, 2009 – Steven Andrew Jordal, 24, was arrested Dec. 22 after an informant told Oklahoma City police Jordal was trying to sell such devices to criminals. Jordal, a former infantry tank specialist in the Army, was carrying a … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Beyond the Yellow Ribbon – Ending Homelessness for Our Veterans

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Team VCS

January 7, 2009 – One of the most tragic things about America’s homelessness population is the prevalence of veterans. Service men and women make up a quarter of our nation’s homeless. This is unacceptable. Frustrating. Sickening. We are a country … Continue reading →

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President-Elect Obama Picks Step Brother of Iraq War Veteran Suicide to Ride Train to Inauguration

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Team VCS

January 8, 2009 – Matt Kuntz, who spearheaded the fight to combat post-traumatic stress disorder in Montana, has been invited to travel with President-elect Barack Obama on his Whistle Stop Tour by train to Washington, D.C., for the presidential inauguration. … Continue reading →

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