Today, a long-overdue bill is being introduced in Congress by Rep. Ellen Tauscher which calls for increasing dwell time for our service members who will serve in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Current deployment policies and operational tempo, which usually consists of a 1:1 ratio of time deployed and time at home,...

When I returned from Vietnam, I spent a year at Kingsbridge Veterans Administration hospital in the Bronx, learning how to live life as a paraplegic confined to a wheelchair. Life magazine called the conditions in my ward a "medical slum." My closest friend found the despair, coupled with indifference from...

I've mentioned before on this very blog that Veterans For America will not take sides in the Presidential Race. But right now, in Pennsylvania, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain are asking voters to do just that. I hope as everyone in that great state goes about making their...

Veterans for America won't be taking sides in the presidential election, but as a veteran who has spent much of the past seven years helping and advocating for soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with combat stress, I can't let the following exchange between Cindy McCain and a Marie...

Governor Palin's cavalier approach to learning about U.S. national security policy is offensive, given that she is well aware of the horrific impact that the war in Iraq has had on the Alaska National Guard.

When I read the preliminary findings from Veterans for America National Guard Program's work...

Between now and the end of President George Bush's term in office on January 20, 2009, almost half of the Soldiers scheduled to deploy to Iraq are members of our National Guard. Never before in the history of our all-volunteer military have we relied so heavily on the National Guard...

Veterans for America (VFA) strongly applauds Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH) for introducing H.R. 6205, the Stop-loss Compensation Act, which requires that U.S. servicemembers whose tours of duty are involuntarily extended, commonly known as "stop-loss," receive special pay for the duration of their extension.

More than 70,000...

Veterans for America applauds General David H. Petraeus for stating today in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee that he will probably recommend this fall that the U.S. military reduce its troop presence in Iraq by an additional Army Brigade Combat Team.

Veterans for America is deeply concerned...

This morning, President Bush will make an announcement about the situation in Iraq. For every American who supports the troops, I hope that you will listen carefully when he announces that troop deployments are being reduced from the current back-breaking 15 months to 12 months at the end of...

Advance word indicates that President Bush will ignore the stark warning issued by his own defense department by failing to draw down troops in Iraq. Our military is in critical condition. And while Iraq continues to stretch our already broken military, President Bush will stick to his script.

A recent...

The most important lesson the United States should learn from our Iraq experience is this:

U.S. military success is dependent upon the health of our military.

When our country spends the better part of a trillion dollars per year on "defense," how is it possible that it takes...

After I was shot and paralyzed in Vietnam, I spent over a year in the Kingsbridge Veterans Hospital in New York City, learning how to live life as a paraplegic confined to a wheelchair.

My ward was the focus of a Life magazine cover story that portrayed the conditions...

Think of what our military is being asked to do right now. Ongoing combat operations in Iraq entering their fifth. Fighting the resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan for the sixth year.

And then think about what we might be asking them to do in the coming months:

What would we do...

You. Me. Every single one of us. And especially the Senators who yesterday, for the second time in three months, voted against Jim Webb and Chuck Hagel's amendment to give our troops a fair shake.

Let me tell you exactly what the Webb-Hagel amendment was; you tell me if...

I have a fundamental question -- a really simple basic question. One that every American should be asking themselves right now as our elected officials get ready to return from their month-long vacation.

If the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff told you that our troops were...

Where is the fairness? Where is the justice? How can time and time again we fail our men and women in uniform?

Today on Capitol Hill, the Webb-Hagel Amendment failed. This amendment, offered by a Republican Veteran and a Democratic Veteran who now serve their country...

When our men and women in uniform return home at the end of a tour of duty, it is critical that our nation's obligation to them not end as well.

Over the past few years, staff from Veterans for America have visited every major demobilization site in the...

I just learned that President Bush will visit Walter Reed tomorrow afternoon.

The President should use his visit to gather first-hand accounts from our newly injured soldiers. He should use this trip to become more aware of the appalling state of military and veterans health care in this country, and...

As we enter the fifth year of our war in Iraq, I am deeply distressed that our country is betraying our service members.

As a veteran, I can assure you that there is no greater pain than the sense of betrayal by a government and a country that send...