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U.S. military veterans generally don’t embrace extremism, a new survey shows

How many people with extremist views have ties to the military? The National Guard may have missed the...

Veteran hires keep rising as US unemployment falls to 3.5%

By Leo Shane III The veterans unemployment rate in March matched its lowest rate in four years, continuing a more than year-long streak...

Bill changes veteran reimbursement for transportation to medical care

By WCAX News Team Published: Mar. 2, 2023 at 6:36 AM EST BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont Sen. Peter Welch...

Starting Tuesday, all U.S. military veterans in suicidal crisis will be eligible for free care at any VA or private facility

By Courtney Kube Beginning Tuesday, U.S. military veterans who find themselves in suicidal crisis will be eligible for free emergency medical care at...

Advancing Uniform Transportation Opportunities (AUTO)

Washington, D.C.—Today, the president signed into law provisions of the Advancing Uniform Transportation Opportunities (AUTO) for Veterans Act, legislation co-authored...

House Republican Veterans Hold News Conference on Speaker Election

Representative-elect Mike Waltz (R-FL) said, “it’s time to move on…and to govern the way the American people elected us...

Breaking down the number of veterans in the 118th Congress

By Leo Shane III  Jan 3, 08:45 AM Marine Corps veteran Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., (left), and Air Force veteran Sen. Lindsey Graham,...

Free dental insurance now available to many Oregon veterans

By Amelia Templeton (OPB) Jan. 3, 2023 9 a.m. A new Oregon program offering dental insurance for veterans launches...

Competition for recruiting veterans tougher as enlistment declines

Tom Quimby, CCJ senior editor Talk to those in the know and it’s easy to see why trucking...