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Veterans for Common Sense

Veterans for Common Sense, founded in 2002, is a non-profit organization dedicated to advocacy on behalf of United States veterans who continue to serve their country by protecting the rights and interests of fellow citizens. Based on the pragmatic ideals of the American Patriot Thomas Paine, VCS was established "by war veterans who believe we, the people, are most secure when our country is strong and responsibly engaged with the world. Wikipedia*

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Veterans for Common Sense has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2002 News Conference. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2003 with an average of 102 views per video. Most appearances with Erik Gustafson (2), Stephen Robinson (2). Most common tag: Iraq.

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    U.S. Military Troop Deployments

    Veterans and family members spoke to reporters about their opposition to unilateral military action against Iraq and called o…

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    U.S. Policy Toward Iraq

    Veterans and military analysts spoke to reporters about the 1991 Gulf war and their opposition to any preemptive strike again…

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