Nov 12 Watch Honoring Soldiers Who Fought and Died in the Recent Afghanistan and Iraq Wars Honoring Soldiers Who Fought and Died in the Recent Afghanistan and Iraq Wars… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch Veterans Face Uphill Battle for Benefits When Field Records Are Lost, Destroyed Veterans Face Uphill Battle for Benefits When Field Records Are Lost, Destroyed… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch News Wrap: Israeli Tanks Fire Retaliatory Shells Into Syria for Second Time News Wrap: Israeli Tanks Fire Retaliatory Shells Into Syria for Second Time… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch As Details Emerge on Petraeus Affair, Fallout May Echo Far Beyond Resignation As Details Emerge on Petraeus Affair, Fallout May Echo Far Beyond Resignation… Continue watching
Nov 12 Missing War Records Complicate Benefit Claims By Veterans A Pro Publica-Seattle Times investigation found that field records from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not kept, were destroyed or simply cannot be found. Continue reading
Nov 12 Meet the Incoming Congressional Class Veterans At least a dozen newly elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives are veterans, a record number of whom served in Iraq and Afghanistan. There are 26 veterans currently serving in the U.S. Senate. That number will fall to… Continue reading
Nov 12 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight By News Desk On Monday's NewsHour: New questions about the FBI investigation that led to the resignation of CIA director David Petraeus Back in school in New Jersey after the storm Lost combat records from the Afghan and Iraq wars And, remembering veterans… Continue reading
Nov 12 Meet Veteran, Representative-elect Tom Cotton Photo courtesy of Tom Cotton. Representative-elect Tom Cotton, R-Ark., joined the army as soon as his student loans from Harvard Law School were paid in 2004. After witnessing the tragedy of Sept. 11, Cotton says he felt compelled to… Continue reading
Nov 12 Meet Veteran, Representative-elect Tulsi Gabbard After the events of Sept. 11, then-Hawaiian state representative Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii saw the world around her change. And so she enlisted in the Hawaii Army National Guard. "I felt that I need to do more with my life,… Continue reading