by Jerry Wu | Feb 11, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — House Republicans reprimanded leaders of Veterans’ Affairs education programs at a Tuesday subcommittee hearing for “wasting billions and millions” of federal funds on recent projects, including the process to digitize the GI Bill. “We’re not going...
by Pavan Acharya | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Veteran advocates on Wednesday warned senators that a majority of the more than 200,000 armed service members who leave the military each year may be largely unaware of mandatory government services intended to provide them with educational, mental health...
by Christina van Waasbergen | Nov 18, 2021 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs and advocates from veterans groups Wednesday highlighted systemic failings in how the VA handles military sexual trauma claims. Studies suggest that as many as one in three female U.S....
by Stephanie Haines | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON—Two years after President Barack Obama removed all U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the al-Qaida threat in the region has grown more menacing, but few analysts or lawmakers agree on what role the U.S. should play in the on-going conflict. “Al-Qaida was...
by Stephanie Haines | Feb 18, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration should make it clear to U.S. citizens that the U.S. is still “at war” with al-Qaida, and that the conflict will not end soon, experts at a Heritage Foundation discussion said Tuesday. The basic point is that the government has...
