On Monday, Vice President Joe Biden hosted the kick-off of the sixth annual “Ride 2 Recovery Memorial Challenge” at his home. The event in which cyclists and injured veterans ride 325 miles from Washington to Virginia Beach was opened with
Curtis, a veteran from Sacramento, CA who says he has been diagnosed with kidney cancer, told radio host Tom Sullivan that he has been waiting eight months for his application for treatment to be processed. He said that he sent
CNN Senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta said the White House made a “really big screw up” when they accidentally blew the cover of the top CIA official. The Chief of Station’s name was released in an email sent to
To commemorate Memorial Day, President Barack Obama appeared at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and deliver remarks honoring our fallen servicemen and women and their families. Transcript as
British historian and author of “The Storm of War,” Andrew Roberts, offers a defense of U.S. military strength in a lecture for Prager University. Roberts says that history and common sense show that “when America’s armed forces are powerful, focused,
On this morning’s edition of Washington Journal, Leo Shane, the congressional reporter for the Military Times, received a surprise when he fielded calls from veterans and active duty military members on the VA healthcare system. One of those veterans, a
Monday in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel blamed “partisan political narrow interests” for blocking modernization of the U.S. military. Earlier in the year, Hagel delivered the Pentagon’s fiscal 2015 budget to Congress which
On Monday while visiting with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop at the terrorism victims’ memorial. The pope leaned against the wall engraved with the names of Israeli victims
On Monday, fueling the 2016 presidential speculation, conservative commentator Dr. Ben Carson released a video titled “Can a doctor be president?” Dr. Carson pointed out doctors are trained to be rational and make evidence based decisions in the video… Follow
On Monday’s “Fox & Friends,” on the Fox News Channel, former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) commented on the ongoing VA scandal in an appearance to promote his new memoir, “I Heard My Country Calling.” Webb had been much more critical
In an appearance on FNC’s “Fox & Friends” on Monday, House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL) spoke about the difficulties he has faced regarding his oversight role in looking into the current VA hospital scandal. “First of
Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” segment, moderator John King reported on Democrats unhappiness with President Barack Obama over this handling of the growing Veterans Affairs waiting list scandal. King said the scandal is much more than broken campaign promises saying
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart London, UKIP leader Nigel Farage has bid Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister a fond and jubilant, “Goooodbyeeee!”
On Sunday, President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, the eve of the observed Memorial Day. Transcript as follows: OBAMA: Hello, Bagram! (Applause.) Well, I know it’s a little late, but I was in
On Sunday night’s PBS telecast of the annual National Memorial Day concert from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, actor Gary Sinise recognized the struggles of Marine Sgt. John Peck, who had suffered injuries from two IED explosions, one
During Sunday night’s PBS telecast of the annual National Memorial Day concert from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, television star Gerald McRaney told the story of World War II veterans, highlighting one in particular – the heroic actions
On Sunday’s broadcast of ABC’s “This Week,” Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told fill-in moderator Martha Raddatz that the revelations of deficiencies at Veterans Administration hospitals, which have been said to have caused numerous deaths
On MSNBC on Sunday, Ken Blackwell, Zerlina Maxwell and Bob Franken participated in host Craig Melvin’s “Brain Trust” panel segment to discuss Friday’s California killing spree and whether or not this is just another example of why there is a
On CSPAN’s “Newsmakers” earlier this week, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chair Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said while discussing delays in health care for veterans at VA hospitals because of false waiting list that overall veterans receive excellent care. Sanders said
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) called for the Department of Justice to get involved in the Veterans Affairs waiting list scandal because it has risen to a level of “criminal negligence.” Kinzinger said, “When we
