Tag: Veterans

"The VA continues to spend irrationally on decorations instead of on care for our veterans, like $21,500 for a 27-foot artificial Christmas tree in Chillicothe, Ohio," Mark Kirk wrote. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

GOP senator calls for moratorium on VA art spending

Jason Russell · July 27, 2016 8:00 pm

Military and veterans groups are asking for the right to defend a law in court that makes it easier to fire corrupt and negligent officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Vets groups fight to save the reform law the VA ignored

Pete Kasperowicz · July 26, 2016 10:10 pm

Among the expenditures was more than a million dollars combined on three art projects in Palo Alto, Calif. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

As vets died, VA spent millions on art

Jason Russell · July 26, 2016 5:54 pm

"It is extraordinary to think that yesterday in Philadelphia, 61 speakers came to the podium and not one of them named ISIS by name," Mike Pence said. (Ty Wright/Bloomberg)

National Security

Pence: ‘Extraordinary’ to see DNC speakers avoid mentioning ISIS

Gabby Morrongiello · July 26, 2016 3:12 pm

Donald Trump said when he brings back jobs, that amount will be lower than what people end up making. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump rips Clinton, promises change in major speech to veterans

Gabby Morrongiello · July 26, 2016 2:49 pm

"I will protect, preserve and defend the post-9/11 GI Bill," Hillary Clinton said. "It has opened doors of opportunity to more than 1 million veterans and family members. (AP Photo)

Clinton trashes veterans’ bill supported by Tim Kaine

Pete Kasperowicz · July 25, 2016 5:44 pm

"I don't understand people who trash talk about America," Hillary Clinton said in a reference to Donald Trump at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday. (AP Photo)

Clinton to Trump: Don’t ‘trash talk’ America

Mariana Barillas · July 25, 2016 5:06 pm

Retired U.S. Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Lone Survivor’: Trump knows how to fix veterans’ care

Susan Crabtree · July 19, 2016 1:48 am

The Department of Veterans Affairs tried to shrink the VA Choice Program despite the program's 2 million vets. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

VA boasts 2 million vets on health program it wants to shrink

Diana Stancy Correll · July 15, 2016 5:20 pm

The commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars blasted Netflix series "Orange is the New Black" Thursday for depicting veterans as amoral sadists. (Netflix screenshot)

National Security

VFW cmdr. slams ‘Orange is the New Black’ for depiction of vets

Joshua Axelrod · July 14, 2016 9:18 pm

"[The hospital said], look, we prefer seven days, but we certainly will accept an 'expedited manner' because that would be better than the way it is today," Mike Rounds said. (AP Photo)

The littlest victims of slow military healthcare

Joel Gehrke · July 11, 2016 4:01 am

The United Kingdom Trade Continuity Act sends a message that the U.S. prioritizes closer economic ties with the U.K.

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · July 11, 2016 4:01 am