Here's Your Maverick
John McCain sure is a maverick, I'll give him that. In just a week, he's managed to alienate the Iraqi Prime Minister, the Iraqi people, the American people, and the veterans community.
John McCain sure is a maverick, I'll give him that. In just a week, he's managed to alienate the Iraqi Prime Minister, the Iraqi people, the American people, and the veterans community.
Dave Johnson and James Boyce | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
At the Vets for Freedom NewsLadder, we are linking to all of the stories and articles about VFF and together we can ask -- and potentially answer -- some very basic questions about politics and the War.
Dave Johnson and James Boyce | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
If Vets For Freedom really does have 25,000 veteran members, we'll post the whole membership list right here.
Steve Ralls | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
Our country's ban on gay troops is counter-productive and foolish. It has ruined careers, ruined lives and put an unacceptable burden on the men and women who wear our country's uniform.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics
I've written often here about my friend Cheryl Harris, whose son Ryan Maseth was electrocuted and died in Iraq. She finally testified before Democrats in Congress yesterday.
James Boyce | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
We have stretched our military so thin, the only way to continue the nightmare that is Iraq is for this administration to take our National Guard and send them over time and time again.
FactCheck.org | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
The AFL-CIO is attacking McCain with a TV spot saying he voted "against increasing health care benefits for veterans." Actually, he voted for increases in those benefits.
The Real News | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
Chairman Conyers has the ability to bring the articles to a vote in the committee, but he is undecided on a course of action.
Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
A Vietnam veteran criticizes McCain for his record on the war in Iraq, veterans' benefits and more. "Every vet respects John McCain's war record," sa...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
As some may know, I have followed here, for months, the saga of my friend Cheryl Harris, whose son, Ryan Maseth, was electrocuted and died in Iraq se...
Hal Donahue | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
Photo: Scranton Times-Tribune Sacrificing So Jenna and Barbara Bush can be free Her mother, a sharp, attractive lady, walked into my office las...
AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Brandon Ziegler served two tours in Iraq and wears a bracelet inscribed with the name of an Army buddy who never made it home. Jim ...
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics
It is a promise we made to the veterans of World War II: that those who defend our country should be able to take advantage of America's opportunity. This legislation again fulfills that promise.
AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama stopped by Walter Reed Army Medical Center Saturday to visit wounded war veterans, a group that he has said endures su...
Christine Pelosi | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
In today's installment of McCain vs. McCain, the "straight talker" claimed credit for passage of the 21st Century GI Bill of Rights he opposed.
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
With the 92-6 victory in the Senate last night, the new GI Bill will now make its way to the president's desk for his signature. Here are some of the responses from veterans around the country.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
"I'm not going back to Iraq," Army Sgt. Benjamin Miller, 24, told friends back home in Minnesota. And, indeed, he is not. Three days ago, he was buri...
Rep. Rick Noriega | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
After two weeks in the field training soldiers preparing them for their return to the Middle East, it is clear to me now more than ever why I'm running for the United States Senate.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
Another young U.S. soldier, this one age 19, has apparently killed himself in Iraq, and at least two other reports of "noncombat" deaths in the past week may fall in the same category.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics
A horrible truth has emerged: It turns out that Spc. Kamisha Block was actually murdered, and the killer, another soldier, Staff Sgt. Brandon Norris, then turned the gun on himself.
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
The Bush administration withdrew their long-held objections to a new GI Bill that would fully fund the cost of a public college education for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
Max and the Marginalized | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
Unemployed, failing out of school and entertaining suicidal thoughts, Will King filed a disability claim with the VA to have his PTSD upgraded from mild to moderate.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
Jeffrey McKinney's family believes that if his chain of command had paid closer attention to the symptoms, his death might have been avoided.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics
As many of us celebrate Father's Day today, feel free to spend at least a moment to ponder the countless children left fatherless by our war in Iraq.
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
It's like a pilot crashing a plane because he was too busy giving all the passengers their complementary peanuts.
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Jon Soltz | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics