By George: December 2008

George Brunner | December 8, 2008 - 8:35 pm

Tags: veterans

Please review our latest article in the By George, GW's Faculty, Staff & Community Newspaper:

GW Veterans

Earlier this semester, a few guys got together to form a university recognized organization now known as the GW Veterans.  This year we have been featured in several articles, the most recent is immediately below (Veterans Day) and our previous event Ask a Veteran's Forum was featured on MTV, CNN, and the Pentagon Channel.  I share with you these articles to keep you posted on our progr

Running the US soldier ragged

2884214937_50881b23e6.jpgThe War in Iraq cost the United States $845 billion in March, and the price tag keeps rising. It is concievable that we will be one trillion dollars in debt by the end of the Bush administration by simulatenously fighting two wars, and it's not hurting just taxpayers, but soldiers and their families.

In Their Boots: Second webcast tonight!

Rebecca Fureigh | July 9, 2008 - 6:35 pm

Tags: Iraq, military, veterans

The In Their Boots series Calvin mentioned last week continues tonight with a live webcast at 7pm EST.

Department of Veterans Affairs Testing Drugs on War Veterans

Kyle Stone | June 17, 2008 - 7:13 pm

Tags: drug testing, PTSD, veterans

The government is testing drugs with severe side effects like
psychosis and suicidal behavior on hundreds of military veterans, using
small cash payments to attract patients into medical experiments that
often target distressed soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, a
Washington Times/ABC News investigation has found.

In one such experiment involving the controversial anti-smoking drug Chantix,
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) took three months to alert its
patients about severe mental side effects. The warning did not arrive
until after one of the veterans taking the drug had suffered a
psychotic episode that ended in a near lethal confrontation with police.