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Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) claimed Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that the Trump administration’s moves were like a “war on veterans.” Host Jake Tapper said, “Your reaction to these massive cuts being made to the VA and the cuts that are affecting so many veterans who work for the federal workforce? I imagine your district workers are are hearing from a lot of your constituents directly affected, who are veterans.”

President Trump nominated former Virginia Republican Senate candidate Hung Cao – an outspoken proponent of toughening up the standards for military service – to serve as the under secretary of the Navy on Thursday. “Hung is the embodiment of the American Dream,” Trump said of his pick to serve as the second-highest ranking Navy official.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Doug Collins confirmed that the Biden administration’s VA diverted “manpower” away from Veteran Care (VC) to help illegal migrants obtain health care.

Kelsi Sheren, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran injured in Afghanistan, is calling on UK citizens to take a stand against the legalisation of euthanasia, highlighting cases where disabled veterans have been encouraged to consider assisted suicide. Sheren served as an artillery gunner in the Canadian Armed Forces. “I served in the Canadian Armed Forces as an Artillery Gunner in Afghanistan,” she recently shared. “During my deployment, I was sent outside the wire to work alongside the British military in OP TORA ARWA. That mission changed my life. I was injured and medically released in 2011 with PTSD, hearing loss and...

KYIV — For nearly three years, distressed Ukrainian troops, veterans and their families — including some soldiers on the brink of suicide — have relied on a U.S.-funded hotline to connect with trained psychological, legal and medical experts. But after President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week suspending almost all U.S. foreign aid programs for 90 days, the... “The support line is temporarily unavailable,” a recorded voice now tells callers. “The Veteran Hub thanks you for your trust. The consultants will return to work as soon as it becomes possible.” The Trump administration’s sudden move to suspend foreign...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statements after introducing the Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, which would help improve veterans’ access to health care by reducing the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) role in the community care referral process: “Under the Biden-Harris administration, veterans were discouraged from seeking community care by layers of bureaucratic red tape and a lack of accessibility to their local medical providers,” said Senator Blackburn. “The Veterans Health Care Freedom Act would right this wrong by empowering veterans...

In an article for The Gateway Pundit in September 2024, Sonny Fleeman exposed a study in which veterans were exposed to “unethical experimentation” in the form of behavioral intervention to see if it would increase their receptiveness to the COVID-19 shot. The whistleblower’s discovery revealed that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) used motivational interviewing (MI) techniques—a psychological strategy designed to influence behavior—to encourage veterans to accept experimental gene therapies misleadingly dubbed COVID-19 vaccines. Consider the quarterly report of the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission for Moderna, Inc., which reveals “mRNA is considered a gene therapy product by the FDA”...

Six years before packing a rental truck with firework mortars and gas cannisters before shooting himself in the head... Army Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger told an ex-girlfriend he was spiraling.... In the case of Livelsberger, the Army will soon have to decide whether his nearly two decades of service as a special forces soldier with nine overseas deployments contributed to his death. Enlisted by the Army in 2006 to train as a member of its special forces, Livelsberger became a member of the 10th Special Forces Group, which conducts counterterrorism and training missions around the world. He deployed five times...

n a weird way, it would be better if it were a partisan issue. At least that way, one of the two parties might actually give a damn — and be incentivized to help. If the Republicans or Democrats thought they could score political points by solving the problem, maybe someone would do something. Or at least try. But nobody does anything. Nobody cares! And each day in America, roughly 22 veterans commit suicide. It’s the sickest, saddest Catch-22. Plus, it’s getting worse: the year-to-year number of suicide deaths among U.S. veterans has increased by 9% since 2022.

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The Biden regime has quietly revoked the veterans hiring preference for civil service jobs and promotions, which since the 1944 Veterans Act gave eligible veterans preference over others for appointments in federal civil service selection, a memorandum obtained by American Greatness shows

Several top Veterans Affairs officials in Tennessee resigned as an internal investigation and a broader congressional probe into alleged sexual misconduct intensified, Breitbart News has learned. Congressional investigators discovered that one man who resigned, whose name they would not tell Breitbart News but sources familiar say was a bargaining unit biomedical employee, had dozens of sexual relationships with women who worked at the Mountain Home VA medical center in Tennessee. In fact, the congressional investigators told Breitbart News this one man slept with no fewer than 32 different women who worked there—and the man and several of the women bragged...

President Trump's call for 10,000 new Border Patrol agents is precisely what our border security needs, but there's a crucial question: where exactly are we supposed to find these people? The answer is staring us right in the face. Every year, about 200,000 service members transition out of the military. These aren't just numbers on a page – these are trained professionals looking for their next mission, and we desperately need them not just for Border Patrol but for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

[Small excerpt of transcript, formatted by https://www.perplexity.ai/, but there is way more to the 50 min. video The United States and Taiwan have always maintained a complicated relationship. Taiwan's official name is the Republic of China (ROC), a government that was initially established all the way back in 1912 across mainland China following the collapse of the Imperial Qing Dynasty.The ROC was subsequently one of America's top allies during World War II, fighting against the Japanese in the Asia-Pacific theater. However, following the conclusion of that war, the Chinese Nationalist government of the ROC almost immediately resumed its long-standing civil...

The Army deployed 65 infantry divisions for the Second World War. Each was a small town with its own equivalents for community services plus eight categories of combat arms. Units such as artillery, engineering, and heavy weapons engaged the enemy directly. Yet of all categories, the foot soldier faced the greatest hazard with the least chance of reward. Except for the Purple Heart and the coveted Combat Infantryman’s Badge, recognition often eluded them because, so few came through to testify to the valor of the many. These civilians become warriors confronted the most dismal fate of all whose duty was...

The military guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is changed in an elaborate ceremony which happens every hour on the hour from October 1 through March 31, and every half hour from April 1 through September 30.

Kamala Harris told supporters Thursday that she “stood up to veterans” in a brutal gaffe that capped off a long day of campaigning in Wisconsin. Harris, 59, was in the middle of touting her tenure as California’s attorney general when she mistakenly bragged about standing up to America’s war heroes. ... Some in the crowd appeared to groan, while others laughed at the blunder. ... Jim Ridderbush, a local union leader, introduced Harris as “the president of the United States” before she took the stage — in another apparent gaffe. ... Harris told her Green Bay supporters that her plan...

Volunteers at Squantanoa helping get aid to mountain people in wake of Helene, after it became apparent that FEMA sucks.

The headliner of a heavy metal music festival in Florida — and seven other bands — dropped out of the show to protest that acquitted Kenosha killer Kyle Rittenhouse would be on the bill as a “special guest,” according to reports. Rockers Evergreen Terrace pulled out of Shell Shock II in Orlando, saying it refuses “to align with an event promoting murderers” — prompting the festival’s founder to slam them as woke phonies. SNIP Seven other bands including Southpaw, Let Me Bleed and American Hollow followed suit and quit the festival, saying they didn’t want to get political, according to...

Flag Officers 4 America, a group comprised of more than 200 retired admirals and generals, has endorsed former President Donald Trump for reelection in a signed letter Monday stating that Trump is a "proven leader who will secure our border, repulse our adversaries, revitalize our economy and keep America safe and strong." "Today our Nation has never been more divided as the cultural war, supported by the Democratic party, divides our citizens into conflicting groups," they wrote. "Recent evidence is the widespread riots on university campuses with students and faculty supporting terrorist organizations, Hamas and Hezbollah, blatantly flying their flags...