Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

VA Scrutinizes Shredding of Documents

October 18, 2008, St. Petersburg, FL – Investigators are sorting through bins of documents at the Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in St. Petersburg to see whether workers have improperly shredded sensitive veteran documents. The search is part of … Continue reading

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Student Veterans Face Different Challenges on Campus

October 22, 2008 – Right after coming back from Athens for the launch of MTV Greece, I went straight to Washington, D.C. — a few hours’ train ride from New York’s Penn Station — for my next assignment. I was … Continue reading

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Oct 22, Military Attack on Science: Army Censors, Alters, and Delays Studies on Iraq, Afghanistan, and Gulf War Casualties

U.S. Army delays, alters medical studies under little-known scientific censorship program; Policy ‘stifles scientific discourse,’ says an Army epidemiologist Since 2006, U.S. Army censors have scrutinized hundreds of medical studies, scientific posters, abstracts, and Powerpoint presentations authored by doctors and … Continue reading

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Fort Bragg Trial Starts in Iraq War ‘Fragging’ Case Among National Guard Troops

October 22, 2008, Fort Bragg, NC – The court-martial of the first soldier accused of killing a direct superior in Iraq – known as “fragging” during the Vietnam War – opened Wednesday, three years after a suspicious blast tore through … Continue reading

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Editorial Column: Afghanistan – Endless Army Mission Creep?

October 21, 2008 – In the aftermath of World War II, the State Department set a new global standard for responsible post-conflict security, governmental, and public assistance. Secretary of State George C. Marshall mobilized the expertise of thousands of citizen … Continue reading

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John McCain Under Friendly Fire from Colin Powell

October 21, 2008 – Two and a half years ago when I first interviewed John McCain, he spoke of his love for Colin Powell. Would he be in his cabinet if he ever became president? “Oh, yeah,” he said, kind … Continue reading

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Young Veterans Have a Better Chance at Getting Jobs, Thanks to One Small Town

Octobe 21, 2008 – Methuen, Massachusetts, is a city of approximately 44,600 people, located on the border of New Hampshire, about half an hour north of Boston. As we pulled into our hotel on the main commercial strip of town, … Continue reading

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Living With Traumatic Brain Injury

October 21, 2008, Kansas City, MO – Marshall Dial sits at the picnic table and slides packages of chocolate wafers and licorice sticks to his friend, a fellow Iraq war veteran. “They didn’t have MoonPies,” Dial says. His friend looks … Continue reading

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Jury in Controversial Iraq War Case Deadlocks, Second Time

October 20, 2008 – For the second straight time, jurors deadlocked in the Federal prosecution of a former Halliburton contract manager accused of inflating a price in exchange for an alleged bribe. The deadlock only confirmed what defense attorneys had … Continue reading

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Family, Friends Say Military Must Do More

October 20, 2008, Sioux City, ND – “I’m no quitter, Ma. You know me, I’m never gonna quit.” Those were the words Carl McCoy used to reassure his stepmother, Pat McCoy, whenever she worried about the 23-year-old man’s safety. Now … Continue reading

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