Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

VA Brain Injury Research Lab in Austin, Texas Could Close

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Team VCS

December 12, 2008 – In an ironic twist of fate, the Austin-based Veteran Affairs’ Brain Imaging and Recovery Laboratory may be getting shut down. The lab was created in 2006 to study and develop treatments for combat-related traumatic brain injury. … Continue reading →

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Investigation Reveals Pentagon Pro-Troop Group Misspent Millions of Taxpayer Dollars

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Team VCS

While the Pentagon preps for a new administration, a scandal from an earlier era is rearing its head. A Defense Department project, supposedly designed to support U.S. troops, was used instead to channel millions of dollars to personal friends and … Continue reading →

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More Taliban Attacks Strike Pakistan, Further Widening the Afghanistan War

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Team VCS

December 13, 2008, Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) – Suspected Taliban militants early Saturday staged another attack against cargo terminals in northwestern Pakistan in the country’s restive tribal areas, destroying NATO supplies bound for neighboring Afghanistan, police said. Firefighters extinguish smouldering trucks … Continue reading →

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Iraq War Legacy: Official Military History Spotlights $100 Billion in Iraq Rebuilding Blunders

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Team VCS

December 14, 2008, Baghdad, Iraq — An unpublished 513-page federal history of the American-led reconstruction of Iraq depicts an effort crippled before the invasion by Pentagon planners who were hostile to the idea of rebuilding a foreign country, and then … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: General Shinseki is the Right Man to Reform VA

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Team VCS

December 14, 2008 – President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of retired Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to head the Department of Veterans Affairs is the smartest and best appointment he’s made so far. It sends a signal to millions of our … Continue reading →

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Dec 14: A Good Soldier – General Shinseki an Inspired Choice for Obama’s Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Team VCS

December 14, 2008 – Since the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and all of the resulting harms to soldiers, civilians, economies and constitutional principles, no segment of society has been more abused and neglected than returning U.S. … Continue reading →

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Senior Officials Authorized ‘Aggressive’ Interrogation

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Team VCS

December 11, 2008 – Senior U.S. officials authorized the use of aggressive interrogation techniques resulting in the abuse of military detainees in U.S. custody, according to a report released by the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. The authorization was … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: More on That Veterans’ Lawsuit Against VA Claims Delays

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Team VCS

December 10, 2008 – The government is seeking dismissal of a recent lawsuit noted here recently. It was filed last month by the Vietnam Veterans of America and Veterans of Modern Warfare, and seeks to compel the U.S. Department of … Continue reading →

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VA Employee Gets Probation After Machine Gun Threats

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Team VCS

December 12, 2008 – An employee of a Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home in San Francisco has been placed on three years of probation after threatening to buy a machine gun and kill everyone there, court records show. Felicisimo … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan Airdrops Pose Risks

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Team VCS

December 11, 2008 – U.S. forces have sharply increased the number of airdrop supply missions in Afghanistan in the past three years, as roads have become more dangerous and allied troops have established remote outposts. The number of airdrops has … Continue reading →

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