Nearly 20 years after their deployment to Iraq, veterans grapple with their younger selves and try to make sense of the war.
Tag: Veterans
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Biden Awards Medal of Honor to Black Vietnam Veteran
Col. Paris Davis’s nomination in 1965, for saving three teammates while injured in battle, hit a wall. It was revived in recent years.
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Ian Fishback’s American Nightmare
He was a decorated soldier, a whistle-blower against torture. Then he was undone by his own mind — and a health care system that utterly failed him.
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Burn Pit Program for Veterans Could Cost at Least $400 Billion, Agency Finds
In a report reviewing the nation’s budget outlook, Congress’s nonpartisan scorekeeper estimated that a veterans health program created last year would swell the federal deficit.
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U.S. on Track to Add $19 Trillion in New Debt Over 10 Years
Congressional Budget Office projections released on Wednesday suggested rising interest rates and bipartisan spending bills are adding to deficits, amid a partisan fight on fiscal policy.