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Iraq Veteran Relays the Trauma, Tragedy of War

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Team VCS

October 7, 2008 – Tuesday night, Iraq War veteran Kristofer Goldsmith tried to describe what a dead human body smells like to a wide-eyed audience of more than 50 students, professors and community members. “I can tell you that it … Continue reading →

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Oct 7, VCS Mentioned in Editorial Column About Torture: Even Blind Justice Sees Through the Bush Administration

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Team VCS

October 6, 2008 – Justice may be blind, sometimes deaf and too often dumb, but every once in a while it still gets something right. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently ordered the government to … Continue reading →

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One Million Weapons to Iraq; Many go Missing

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Team VCS

September 22, 2008 – Clandestine gun suppliers, funded by the U.S. and Iraqi governments, have flooded Iraq with a million weapons since 2003, charges a new Amnesty International investigation. Because of faulty or non-existent government tracking systems, many of those … Continue reading →

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Veterans for Peace Occupy National Archives, Call for Arrest of Bush and Cheney for War Crimes

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Team VCS

“Arresting Bush and Cheney for war crimes will honor our oath to the Constitution,” veterans say. September 23, 2008 – On Tuesday morning, September 23, 7:30am, at the front of the National Archives Building on Constitution Ave. in Washington, D.C., … Continue reading →

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University of California at Berkeley Offers Class to Help War Veterans Feel at Home

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Team VCS

September 21, 2008 – UC Berkeley is 7,450 miles from Baghdad – a long way by any measure. For veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, that distance pales compared with the chasm between military and student life. A … Continue reading →

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Sep 22, Editorial Column: Casualties and Costs Rise as Iraq and Afghanistan Remain Mired in Brutal Wars

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Team VCS

On September 17, 2008, an editorial in the Austin American-Statesman newspaper declared, “Amid Election Noise, a Quiet Victory.”  The editorial concluded that, “After more than five years of bloodshed and the expenditure of billions of dollars, the U.S. involvement in … Continue reading →

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Senator McCain and the Vietnam War Prisoner of War Cover Up

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Team VCS

The “war hero” candidate buried information about POWs left behind in Vietnam September 18, 2008 – John McCain, who has risen to political prominence on his image as a Vietnam POW war hero, has, inexplicably, worked very hard to hide … Continue reading →

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House of Representatives Votes to Allow Gulf War POWs Sue Iraq Over Torture

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Team VCS

September 17, 2008, Washington, DC – Former POWs and civilians who were tortured or held hostage during the 1991 Persian Gulf War could pursue lawsuits against Iraq under legislation the House has approved. The White House, saying the bill would … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: A Brief History of McCain and Torture

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Team VCS

September 12, 2008 – 1788 United states ratifies Constitution, ordaining that all treaties made under the authority of the United States shall be the supreme law of the land 1791 United States ratifies the Bill of Rights, banning cruel and … Continue reading →

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McCain is Last Chance for Vietnam Veterans

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Team VCS

September 7, 2008 – Four years after Democrat John Kerry surrounded himself with his “band of brothers” at his convention, Republicans made sure that their just-concluded convention in St. Paul was a celebration of John McCain’s service in Vietnam, particularly … Continue reading →

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