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New Navy Retention Survey Doesn’t Represent Sailor Demographics
The results of the 2014 Navy Retention Survey — which received over 5,500 responses out of a pool of over 320,000 active-duty sailors...
The Last Surrender: What The US Should Learn From The End Of World War II
In July 1945, President Harry S. Truman issued the Potsdam Declaration, after nearly four years of bloody war with Imperial...
Top Student Veterans Group Faces Backlash For “Not Recommended” Colleges List
If three colleges owned by a for-profit education company facing bankruptcy, the closure of all its campuses, and a long...
The Surprising Bipartisan Congressional Support For Obama’s New War In Iraq
The rapid and bloody advance of the Islamic State across Iraq has had Washington scrambling to respond, with the millstone...
Obama Signs Veterans Health Care Reform Bill
On Thursday, in a short ceremony at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, before a crowd of soldiers and surrounded by key members...
John Walsh Is Quitting His Senate Campaign
Sen. John Walsh of Montana has released a statement to his supporters indicating he is dropping out of the Senate...
Here’s How For-Profit Schools Manipulate Congress
The sweeping bipartisan Veterans Affairs reform bill signed by President Barack Obama on Thursday failed to address a long-time loophole...
The First Iraq Vet In The Senate Is Having A Really Tough Time
Democratic U.S. Sen. John Walsh of Montana, a retired brigadier general and adjutant general of the National Guard, and the...
The Last-Minute, Bipartisan, Comprehensive Deal To Fix The VA
After weeks of bickering over competing versions of a bill to reform the embattled Department of Veterans Affairs, a compromise...
New Survey Shows That Most Vets Are Affected By Suicide
With over 300,000 members, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is the largest organization for former military members who have...
VA Secretary Nominee Tells Senate He Can Make A Difference
Robert McDonald, the nominee for Veterans Affairs Secretary, sat for hours of Senate questioning at his confirmation hearing, but if...
4 Questions Congress Needs To Ask Obama’s Nominee To Fix The VA
On Tuesday, the Senate will take up the nomination of Robert McDonald as Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs....
Dunford On The Big Difference Between Iraq And Afghanistan
Since the collapse of the Iraqi army, many senators have expressed concern that the same fate may await the Afghan...
5 Ridiculous Things In The Defense Spending Bill That Still Cost Less Than The F-35
The F-35 is the most expensive weapons program in the history of the Pentagon, with a price tag of $396...
Whistleblowers Reveal “Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics” Within The VA
Dr. Katherine Mitchell has worked at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs hospital for 16 years and there’s one memory that still...
After Karzai Who Will Lead Afghanistan?
The U.S military has just a matter of months to figure out its post-2014 presence will look like in Afghanistan....
In The Midst Of Present-Day Political Fighting, Remember How This Nation Started
It has been a standard trope for at least the last decade that the country has never been more divided...
Here’s How Leaders Are Reacting To Obama’s Surprise VA Pick
It’s unusual for a former CEO troubleshooter to be picked by the Obama administration to lead this post, and former...
11 Hard Questions For The Chairman Of The House Committee On Veterans Affairs
Veterans Affairs is embroiled in an existential crisis, and Congress is faced with the aftermath of a scandal that grows...
The Interim VA Secretary’s Dangerous War On Whistleblowers
When Dr. Sam Foote blew the lid off of the corruption and wait lists at the Veterans Affairs hospital in...
Congressional Leaders May Prosecute VA Officials
Hours before handing his resignation to President Barack Obama, former Veterans Affairs secretary Eric Shinseki tried to explain the reasons...
Poison Pill Amendments And VA Reform In Washington
Editor's Note: This article was updated from its original form on Wednesday at 6:18 pm to reflect the Senate vote...
Bowe Bergdahl And The Disillusionment Of War
“The future is too good to waste on lies,” Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl wrote his father in an email shortly...
