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
Aug 29 Watch While Economy Talk Dominates the Convention, Exploring Romney’s Foreign Policy While Economy Talk Dominates the Convention, Exploring Romney's Foreign Policy… Continue watching
May 28 Watch ‘Hell and Back Again’: What it Means to Lead Men in War, and Then Return Home 'Hell and Back Again': What it Means to Lead Men in War, and Then Return Home… Continue watching
May 28 Watch Obama, Romney Honor Nation’s Fallen As Americans across the globe remembered generations of the nation's fallen this Memorial Day, President Obama and Mitt Romney joined the observances -- taking time out from the campaign to praise the contributions of the country's servicemembers. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch Combat Paper: Veterans Battle War Demons With Paper-Making Combat Paper: Veterans Battle War Demons With Paper-Making… Continue watching
Apr 30 Combat Paper: Veterans Repurpose Uniforms Into Art By Teresa Gorman The New Jersey-based Combat Paper Project helps veterans make sense of their experiences in a constructive, safe and artistic environment. Veterans create homemade paper from military uniforms and cover it with art and more. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch Making Your Own ‘Combat Paper’: A Step-by-Step Tutorial Davide Keefe of the Combat Paper Project talks us through their paper-making process… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Job-Seeking Vets Confront Stigma of ‘Falling Behind’ While Deployed More than 12 percent of the roughly 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans were jobless last month, compared to 9 percent of the total population. As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman looks at… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Obama Urges U.S. Employers to Hire Veterans President Obama declared that the "tide of war is receding" at a ceremony honoring the nation's veterans on Friday, as the military prepares to leave Iraq and begin winding down combat operations in Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching