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Dec. 31: Help VCS Fight Bush Veto of Wounded Warrior Bill Today's message is our last effort this year to raise money so Veterans for Common Sense can fight for our soldiers, our veterans, our national security, and our civil liberties. We need you now more than ever because President George W. Bush announced he will veto the Defense Bill that contains our critical "Wounded Warrior" reforms that fix many of the problems that caused the terrible Walter Reed scandal.
Paul Sullivan, Executive Director, VCS Veterans for Common Sense December 31, 2007
Gulf War Ex-POW Lawsuit Stymied by Bush's Questionable 'Pocket Veto'
David G. Savage and James Gerstenzang Los AngelesTimes December 31, 2007
President Bush surprised Congress by refusing to sign a Defense Department authorization bill, in part because the legislation could revive a lawsuit brought by American prisoners of war during the 1991 Persian Gulf War who say they were tortured by the Iraqis.
VCS Writes Speaker Pelosi, Urges Immediate Action on Wounded Warrior Bill Dear Speaker Pelosi: Veterans for Common Sense urges you to take action today to prevent President George W. Bush from using a dubious “pocket veto” to reject the National Defense Authorization Act for 2008, HR 1585. Veterans need your assistance this afternoon. Please place the House in session today for the public, the press, and the President to see.
Paul Sullivan, Executive Director, VCS Veterans for Common Sense December 31, 2007
Suspected Army Suicides Set Record
Gregg Zoroya USA Today December 30, 2007
A record number of soldiers — 109 — have killed themselves this year, according to Army statistics showing confirmed or suspected suicides.
Democrats Protest Bush's Surprise Veto Of Defense Bill
Martin Kady II CBS News December 30, 2007
At the behest of the Iraqi government, President Bush will veto the annual defense authorization bill, saying an obscure provision in the legislation could make Iraqi assets held in U.S. banks vulnerable to lawsuits.
Bush's Questionable 'Pocket Veto' of the Defense Bill is a Disaster in the Making
Paul Sullivan and Maura Satchell Daily Kos December 30, 2007
The Defense bill is a disaster. This disaster means more unacceptable delays in obtaining medical care and benefits for our wounded, injured, and ill veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Brownies Will Get You Five to Ten
Jason Hurd Iraq Veteans Against the War December 29, 2007
A Boondocks Chapter Christmas at Fort Bragg
An Open Letter to the Anti-War Movement from Iraq Veterans Against the War
Iraq Veteans Against the War December 29, 2007
For the past few months, IVAW has been organizing "Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan." From March 13-16, 2008, we will assemble the largest gathering of US veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan in history, as well as Iraqi and Afghan survivors, to offer first-hand, eyewitness accounts to tell the truth about these occupations — their impact on the troops, their families, our nation, and the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Vermont Town Seeks Bush, Cheney Arrests
Dave Gram, Associated Press Salon Magazine December 29, 2007
President Bush may soon have a new reason to avoid left-leaning Vermont: In one town, activists want him subject to arrest for war crimes.
Suicide Shocks Montana Into Assessing Veterans' Care
Chris Adams McClatchy Newspapers December 29, 2007
Chris Dana came home from the war in Iraq in 2005 and slipped into a mental abyss so quietly that neither his family nor the Montana Army National Guard noticed.
Dec. 29: Veterans for Common Sense Denounces President Bush’s Veto of Defense Bill
Paul Sullivan, Executive Director, VCS Veterans for Common Sense December 29, 2007
Veterans for Common Sense, a non-profit non-partisan advocacy group based in Washington, DC, denounced today's annoucement by President George W. Bush that he will veto the National Defense Authorization Act. VCS, one of the main organizations fighting for the "Wounded Warriors with Dignity Act" that is part of the legislation, hopes Congress will quickly override the President's veto in January 2008.
VMFP Denounces President Bush’s Threatened Veto of Defense Bill
Matt Cary Veterans and Military Families for Progress December 29, 2007
Americans sleep soundly in their beds because our troops volunteer to serve and some veterans pay the price for years after. Yet in return for their patriotic sacrifice, President Bush is preparing to veto the National Defense Authorization Act passed in the House and Senate with overwhelming support earlier this month. The bill provides a much-needed pay raise to those serving, and offers security, peace-of-mind, and improved conditions for America’s wounded warriors.
Christian Warriors in the U.S. Military?
Reza Aslan CNN / Anderson Cooper 360 December 29, 2007
The e-mail left me speechless. It was a posting from military.com forwarded to me by the good folks at the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (militaryreligiousfreedom.org). There were two photos side by side. On the left: a photo of a Hamas suicide bomber in the familiar pose of a rifle in one hand and a Quran in the other. On the right: a photo from Fort Jackson, showing basic trainees at Campus Crusade for Christ's "God's Basic Training" Bible studies. The soldiers wielded rifles in one hand and Bibles in the other.
Did Bush Watch Torture Tapes?
Scott Horton Harper's Magazine December 28, 2007
The Times (London) Washington correspondent, Sarah Baxter, reporting with a summary of the developments in the case involving the CIA’s destruction of recordings of the treatment of Abu Zabaydah, points to the growing belief in Washington that President Bush viewed the torture tapes.
House Committee Slams VA on Veteran Suicides
Stephen Spotswood U.S. Medicine December 28, 2007
"This is going to be an emotional hearing." With that statement, Rep. Bob Filner (D., Calif.), chair of the House Veterans Affairs (VA) Committee, opened a Dec. 12 hearing on what he and other legislators are calling an epidemic of suicides among veterans in the United States and their dissatisfaction with VA’s response.
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