Tag: Paul Sullivan

"I want her to look those disabled veterans in the eye and tell them their service and sacrifice is too expensive for the nation...

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. A Government Witch Hunt for Veterans Begins Anew—A scare report in Stars and Stripes by Leo Shane...

Just when you thought is was safe to go back to the VA come signs the water is not inviting for veterans looking to...

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. In 2010, More U.S. Service Members Took Their Own Lives Than Were Killed in Combat. After noting that...

Update: Veterans for Common Sense exec director, Paul Sullivan, says of Sen. Patty Murray becoming chair: "One word will do for  Murray: 'Fantastic!'"  Senator Patty Murray will...

After 14 Years, Pentagon Finally Complies with Law Passed as "Lesson Learned" from Military's Failure to Care for Gulf War Veterans By Bob Brewin in...

Veterans Today supports the January 20, 2011, letter written by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation to Lieutenant General Michael Gould, the Superintendent of the U.S....

Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) supports the January 20, 2011, letter written by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation to Lieutenant General Michael Gould, the...

Widely regarded as the most effective and honest veterans' advocacy organization, Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) expressed cautious optimism today on news of two new Veterans...

A warning from Veterans for Common Sense. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Full Committee September 30, 2010 Statement of Paul Sullivan Executive Director, Veterans for Common Sense Veterans for Common Sense...

(Via Government Executive Magazine) - During the past decade 767,290 active-duty military personnel have received a diagnosis for a mental health disorder, according to...

(BrightHub.com) - The rates of PTSD in Iraq war veterans are high, and these numbers will only increase. Furthermore, they don’t include the number...

David Philipps’ new book, Lethal Warriors: Uncovering the Tragic Reality of PTSD, is an essential and heartbreaking account of the failures in preparing our soldiers and our society for the transition more than 2.1 million from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan to civilian communities at home.

 - Keeping up the pressure -  By Lisa Chedekel via 91Outcomes (Boston, Mass. – Boston University) -- Some of the wounds of war are invisible to...

- Costs of wars are huge and tragic. Will GOP and Tea Party refuse our veterans and families? - By Jamie Reno San Diego, CA (Home Post)...

- Following a string of successes ranging from PTSD to expanded Agent Orange presumtives, the fight to creating new veteran-friendly agencies continues. Faster than...

he military has been discharging troops who are suffering from combat stress, instead of providing treatment, according to Missouri Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond and several veterans advocates

 - The Dept of Veterans Affairs should clarify what a new, second Agent Orange claim contract is all about. Will VA and IBM be ready...

- If a to-be-named, new head of the VBA is a hard-core veteran's advocate, it will go a long way toward proving that  President Obama and VA Sec...

 -  " was going to be different, and that it was going to be house-to-house and urban combat. And that type of warfare requires...

- Attempts to reverse the Dr. Sally Satel-Dallas Theological Seminary School of Treatment for PTSD—stressing belief in a Christian God over disability benefits and professional medical...

- Growing scandal has insurance companies and cabinet officials running for cover. “We are disappointed so many administration officials appear to have been asleep...

- At a hearing last week, experts told Congress that VA staff were "intentionally delaying research and treatment for our veterans" - by Nora Eisenberg...

Veterans for Common Sense Petitions VA to Improve PTSD Benefits From CNN: WHITFIELD: So is this good news in your view? SULLIVAN: This is great news and...

This essay by Nora Eisenberg was sent to VT by Paul Sullivan, and our friends, over at Veterans for Common Sense (VCS). Nora notes that...

This Memorial Day message comes from Veterans for Common Sense (VCS). Although not an anti-war Veterans group in the true sense of the word,...

The May 19th update from Paul Sullivan and our friends at Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) contains several news clips of high value. Veterans...

As the political fallout continues over Allen Breed's AP hit job published over the weekend asserting that U.S. veterans and reformist DVA elements effectively collude to commit...

Just off the phone with a veteran who told me U.S. soldiers and Marines often take pictures in war zones of enemy dead in...

As PTSD claims soar, the systemic problem at the U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs is the ease with which veterans file for disability benefit...

DOING NOTHING AT ALL WOULD BE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT ALLOWING VETERANS TO DIE QUIETLY, BETTER THAN THE ABUSE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor America has been at...

VBA staff should be on the ground at All Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Facilities The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) suffers from a lack of resources, not...

Veterans for Common Sense: Fix Broken VA Claims System Now! - Via Veterans for Common Sense Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) Appears Before "Claims Summit 2010"...

Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., a Republican flack who heads the Veterans for Foreign Wars (VFW), has an unusual give-away when he's lying. His mouth...

Paul Sullivan, Executive Director, Veterans for Common Sense (VCS), testified Feb. 4 before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee about President Barack Obama's proposed budget...