@axios Promoting to #veteranissues

Gift link from Washington Post: “Army families said they were swindled. Congress moves to counterpunch.”

#VeteranIssues #MilitarySurvivors

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/25/military-financial-counselors-congress-defense-bill/

Army families said they were swindled. Congress moves to counterpunch.

Following a Post report, lawmakers push to toughen oversight of military financial counselors who advise the grief-stricken about their life insurance benefits.

The Washington Post
@AP Promoting to #VeteranIssues

From the Los Angeles Times: “Vets must fight bureaucratic war to get promised VA housing in L.A.”

#VeteranIssues #Housing

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-19/vet-fights-bureaucratic-war-to-get-va-housing-in-la

Vets must fight bureaucratic war to get promised VA housing in L.A.

Eddie Sotelo came home from war in Afghanistan to fight a new battle: for housing vets were promised. It took him five months of paperwork to become one of the lucky few to get it.

Los Angeles Times

From Stars and Stripes: “20 years after invasion, Iraqis still waiting to come to US”

#MilitaryIssues #VeteranIssues

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-06-19/years-invasion-iraqis-come-us-10481807.html

20 years after invasion, Iraqis still waiting to come to US

Thousands of Iraqis, many of whom risked their lives by working closely with Americans during the Iraq War and its aftermath, are still trying to enter the US.

Stars and Stripes

From Stars and Stripes.com: “‘Come home’: Father searches for homeless Iraq War veteran”

#VeteranIssues #Homelessness

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2023-06-17/seeking-homeless-iraq-war-veteran-10466867.html

‘Come home’: Father searches for homeless Iraq War veteran

Book describes the world in which America’s homeless veterans live with hopes of finding a lost son.

Stars and Stripes