Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Scenarios – How Could Mumbai Attack Affect Afghanistan War?

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Team VCS

December 5, 2008 – Attacks on Mumbai have fueled concerns that rising tension with India will divert Pakistan’s attention from fighting insurgents in its western tribal areas who are infiltrating Afghanistan to stage attacks on U.S., NATO and Afghan forces. … Continue reading →

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U.S. Mulls Unusual Tactic as Blackwater Charges Loom

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Team VCS

December 4, 2008 – Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a deadly Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians in 2007 could face mandatory 30-year prison sentences. People close to the case say the Justice Department could prosecute the guards under an anti-drug … Continue reading →

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Dec 5, VCS on the Radio: Paul Sullivan Discusses Gulf War Illnesses

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Team VCS

December 5, 2008 – This week on CounterSpin: For years veterans claiming to suffer from Gulf War Syndrome were derided as cranky and hysterical by the department of defense and even by some journalists. Will that change now that a … Continue reading →

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For Bush – and Obama – A Gut Check

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Team VCS

December 2, 2008 – George Bush’s candid interview with ABC News’ Charles Gibson has one moment of awful truth – when the president, asked if he’d have gone to war had he known there were no weapons of mass destruction … Continue reading →

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Divorce Rate Increases in Marine Corps, Army

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Team VCS

December 3, 2008 – The divorce rate among soldiers and Marines increased last year as military marriages suffered continuing stress from America’s two ongoing wars. There were an estimated 10,200 failed marriages in the active duty Army and 3,077 among … Continue reading →

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Pakistan Militants Target NATO Supplies

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Team VCS

December 1, 2008, Islamabad, Pakistan – A suicide car bomber killed nine civilians in northwest Pakistan Monday, while militants elsewhere in the violence-plagued region attacked trucks that carry supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan.  The suicide bombing took place in … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Bush’s Interview With Charlie Gibson Marks the Start of His Effort to Revise History

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Team VCS

December 3, 2008 – The inevitable campaign to revise the history of the George W. Bush presidency has apparently begun. In an interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson broadcast on Monday, the soon-but-not-soon-enough-to-be ex-president made several eye-roll-inducing statements that feel like … Continue reading →

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Requirements Identical for Defense, VA Health Record System

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Team VCS

December 3, 2008 – Development of a joint inpatient electronic health records system will satisfy almost all the requirements of the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments, according to a long sequestered report obtained by Nextgov. The report, prepared by Booz … Continue reading →

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Documentary on Veteran Suicides Airs Tonight

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Team VCS

December 3, 2008 – IN THEIR BOOTS is releasing a documentary on the Jeff Lucey story.  It will be available online at www.intheirboots.com.  Spread the word and help us bring attention to this issue. A Marine Reservist seeks help from … Continue reading →

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End of Immunity Worries U.S. Contractors in Iraq

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Team VCS

November 30, 2008 – The thousands of American contractors in Iraq who have been above Iraqi law since the war began are suddenly facing a new era in which their United States passports will no longer protect them from arrest … Continue reading →

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