Obama Vets

Ryan Grim

Obama Backs Off Plan To Bill Private Insurers For Vets' Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics


President Obama has backed off a proposal to charge veterans' private health care plans for treatment related to combat injuries, Speaker Nancy Pelosi...

Open Letter to Veterans Affairs Nominee Gen. Eric Shinseki

Joseph A. Violante | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Violante

The history of veterans funding is so consistently poor that even when Congress has gotten the funding level right, it has been late. Imagine trying to run a private sector health care system without knowing your budget.

Sam Stein

McCain's New Anti-Obama Line Borrowed From Attack Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


John McCain has gleefully pounded Barack Obama in recent days for having traveled to Iraq only once since he entered Congress. But his arguments virtu...

Nico Pitney and Sam Stein

Lieberman, Graham Violating McCain Campaign's Ethics Rules?

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney and Sam Stein | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics


Two of Sen. John McCain's top campaign chairmen are serving on the board of an independent organization that is behind a new attack ad against Sen. Ba...