We Fought for This Country. Don't Cut the One Department That Fights for Us. On June 6 -- D-Day -- thousands of veterans will rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., united by a shared message...
Veterans’ Protests Planned for D-Day Latest in Nearly 250 Years of Fighting for Their Benefits Veterans were not always politically popular, nor were they treated well by the federal government.
The Fatal Cost of Twisting Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's firing of top intelligence analysts sets a very bad precedent.
Women Have Served with Honor for Decades. This Administration Can't Erase That History. Women put up with inappropriate and demeaning comments, the challenges and the intimidating moments as the only woman in the...
Lessons Not Learned As this is being written on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the final end of the Vietnam War, that history is...
Access to Care Could Have Saved My Son's Life. Other Vets Should Have a Chance. Long wait times aren't always an option for mental-health care, so the Community Care Program is often a lifeline veterans...
Want Efficiency? Fund the VA and Cut the Proven Waste in Privatized Veterans Care Faithfully following orders from President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) office, VA Secretary...
Don't Dishonor Veterans with Broken Promises and Empty Gestures It's time to get back in step with the veteran community -- not with fanfare, but with follow-through.
Children In Military Families Face Unique Psychological Challenges, and the Barriers to Getting Help Add to the Strain The military promotes a culture of self-reliance and resiliency under pressure – and for good reasons. But for many military...
Trump & Co’s Polygraph Pandemonium "Multiple studies over the years have shown not only that polygraphs are hardly foolproof when it comes to vetting ...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
