Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Victory for Whistleblowers: Special Counsel Bloch Forced to Resign After FBI Raids Home

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Team VCS

Office of Special Counsel chief Scott J. Bloch resigned under pressure after meeting with White House officials yesterday, five months after the FBI raided his home and his government office as part of an ongoing obstruction of justice probe. Bloch … Continue reading →

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Research Reveals Our Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans Going Blind from Roadside Bomb Blasts

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Team VCS

October 23, 2008 – About 1.7 million American men and women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military studies show that up to 340,000 of them suffer from mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). The injury most often happens as a … Continue reading →

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Oct 24: Harvard Professor Linda Bilmes’ Research Leads to Improved Compensation for Injured Veterans

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Team VCS

October 23, 2008 – Research spearheaded by Harvard Kennedy School lecturer Linda Bilmes is making an impact on the lives of injured American veterans. One of the signature injuries of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is traumatic brain injury … Continue reading →

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Both Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama Agree that VA is Broken

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Team VCS

October 23, 2008, Washington, DC – Even as the country heads into an era of tighter budgets, John McCain and Barack Obama are united on giving more help to the nation’s veterans and overhauling the agency that cares for them. … Continue reading →

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Oct 23, Torture Update: Confessions of a Former Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp Prosecutor

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Team VCS

The inside story of a military lawyer who discovered stunning injustice at the heart of the Bush administration’s military commissions. October 23, 2008 – When Army Lt. Col. Darrell Vandeveld began his work in May 2007 as a prosecutor at … Continue reading →

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‘Massive Problem’ as 1-in-10 People in Jail in United Kingdom are Iraq / Afghanistan War Veterans

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Team VCS

Thousands more ex-frontline soldiers in the criminal justice system than previously believed; The number of former soldiers who have been convicted of a crime after returning from the frontline is 4,000 higher than previously thought, it was claimed yesterday.  October … Continue reading →

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Oct 23, VCS in the News: Reserve Officers Association Wants Answers on Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran Claim Disparities

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Team VCS

ROA wants answers on denied reserve claims October 23, 2008   The head of the Reserve Officers Association said he hopes a study ordered by Congress will explain the big discrepancies in veterans’ disability benefits awarded to active and reserve forces. … Continue reading →

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Military barred from retrying Army Lt. Watada on 3 of 5 court-martial charges

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Team VCS

A federal judge ruled that Lt. Ehren Watada, who refused to deploy to Iraq with his Ft. Lewis combat brigade, couldn’t be retried on several of the charges against him. But the ruling still may allow the military to try … Continue reading →

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Oct 23, VA Expands Mental Health Outreach: VA To Deploy 50 New Mobile Counseling Centers Across America

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Team VCS

50 Motor Coaches to Bring Services Closer to Veterans October 22, 2008, Washington, DC – The first of a fleet of 50 new mobile counseling centers for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Vet Center program was put into service … Continue reading →

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Afghans to President Karzai: You Failed Us

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Team VCS

Perceived as ineffective and corrupt, the Afghan president faces an uphill battle to reelection. October 23, 2008, Kabul, Afghanistan – Hajji Mohammed Aman sits in the half-light of his west Kabul real estate office and makes a demand of his … Continue reading →

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