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Editorial Column: Mental Wounds Said to Raise War Casualties Tenfold
June 13, 2008 – Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, charged Bush administration officials Wednesday with continuing to downplay the mental trauma and brain injuries suffered by veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Filner … Continue reading
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Disabled Vets Plunge Into Alcatraz Triathlon
June 7, 2008 – Derek McGinnis doesn’t scare easily, but nobody can blame him for being a little nervous Sunday when he lines up for the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon. The 30-year-old Iraq war veteran will be at a slight … Continue reading
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Military Kids Tell How Tough Deployments Can Be
June 3, 2008 – Emi Geye likely knows at least as much about how combat deployments affect soldiers’ children as the psychiatrists, school counselors and pediatricians who filled the room around her Monday. Her Army dad has been deployed three … Continue reading
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‘Who Should Answer the PTSD Hotline at 3AM?’
May 23, 2008, Washington, DC – The Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation proposes the immediate implementation of a national PTSD Hotline, staffed 24/7 by disabled American Veteran graduates of the Purple Heart Foundation’s Veteran Business Training Center. … Continue reading
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June 3 VCS Exclusive: Medication Effects and the Invisible Wounds of War – Why We Need A Blue Ribbon Panel on Soldier Suicide and Iatrogenic Harm
June 3, 2008 – “Is U.S. Health Care Really the Best in the World?” Such was the title of Dr. Barbara Starfield’s clarion call to fellow medical professionals in a July 2000 issue of JAMA, the prestigious journal of the … Continue reading
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Nearby Firing Ranges Complicate Soldiers’ Recovery from PTSD
June 3, 2008, Fort Benning, GA – Army Sgt. Jonathan Strickland sits in his room at noon with the blinds drawn, seeking the sleep that has eluded him since he was knocked out by the blast of a Baghdad car … Continue reading
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June 2 Update: VCS Brings VA’s PTSD Crisis into National Spotlight
As Americans focus on summer travel plans, Veterans for Common Sense keeps fighting to publicize and fix issues you care about. In 2002, VCS warned that VA was unprepared for casualties. Now, VA is treating 300,000 patients, inluding 75,000 with … Continue reading
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Newspaper Editorial: Overblown? VA Secretary James Peake Should Think Twice About Stigmatizing PTSD
My 30, 2008 – Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake suggested during a visit to Quinhagak that concerns about post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and traumatic brain injury, or TBI, are overblown. He likened some of the head injuries to … Continue reading
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Memorial Day Editorial Column by VCS Member: Hushing Up Suicide Crisis Among Veterans
Emanuel Margolis is an attorney in Stamford, a former chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut and an adjunct professor of First Amendment law at Quinnipiac Law School. Plus he is a member of Veterans for Common Sense … Continue reading
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Ray McGovern Editorial Column: An Appeal to Admiral Fallon to Prevent President Bush’s Looming Iran War
May 19, 2008 – I have not been able to find out how to reach you directly, so I drafted this letter in the hope it will be brought to your attention. First, thank you for honoring the oath we … Continue reading
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