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Murray Calls for Increased TBI Screening and Research After Study Reveals Long Term Toll on Service Members
December 4, 2008, Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee and a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released … Continue reading
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Dec 2: VCS Asks Tough Questions for Defense Secretary Gates
December 2, 2008 -This week’s update focuses on Gulf War illnesses and the prospect of Robert Gates continuing as Defense Secretary under soon-to-be President Barack Obama. Veterans for Common Sense wants to know if there will be substantive changes in … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties Articles & News, Guantanamo, Gulf War, TBI, torture
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Editorial Column: Fixing VA Health Care
December 1, 2008 – As a physician who proudly serves our veterans of war, I was deeply saddened by the recent revelation of deceptive practices at the Department of Veterans Affairs in New York. A Newsday article reported that hundreds … Continue reading
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Tagged mental health, TBI
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Not Everything is Peachy at Gates’ Pentagon
November 25, 2008 – Defense Secretary Robert Gates has won plaudits all around for his stewardship of the Pentagon, enough so that (as Alex just noted) President-elect Barack Obama is reportedly likely to ask Gates to stick around for at … Continue reading
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Injured Veterans Engaged in New Combat
November 25, 2008 – Marine Cpl. James Dixon was wounded twice in Iraq — by a roadside bomb and a land mine. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, a concussion, a dislocated hip and hearing loss. He was diagnosed with … Continue reading
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Post-Combat Coping Methods Vary, Troops Say
November 24, 2008 – Methods of coping with combat and its after effects vary as greatly as the effects themselves, six warriors participating in a conference panel here said. The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain … Continue reading
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U.S. Department of Labor Partners With U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs on National Resource Directory for Wounded Warriors
November 19, 2008 – The U.S. Department of Labor has joined with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to launch a Web-based National Resource Directory to help wounded warriors identify resources available to assist them in transitioning back … Continue reading
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Nov 24: Our VCS Thanksgiving Message
VCS Asks Our Members to Take a Moment Veterans for Common Sense wants our members to take a moment to be thankful this Thanksgiving for time spent with their loved ones, for service members and veterans across America who are … Continue reading
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Report Concludes Gulf War Syndrome is Legitimate Illness
November 18, 2008 – GWEN IFILL: Now, Gulf War illness and its various causes. It has been 17 years since the first Gulf War ended. A new report now finds that at least one in four veterans of that conflict … Continue reading
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Documentary Tells Ex-Army Sergeant’s Story of Pain
November 19, 2008, St. Louis, MO – Retired Army Sgt. Angela Peacock once was outgoing, competitive and athletic. These days, she barely functions, trusts no one and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder that prevents her from working. She has gained … Continue reading
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