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New video shows President Trump saluting North Korean general
By Courtney Kube · NBC News ·WASHINGTON — North Korean state television aired video on Thursday from the historic summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un that included a surprising moment when the American president saluted a ...
Washington Notebook: Vets group backs Damon Martinez for Congress
By Michael Coleman · Albuquerque Journal ·VoteVets Action Fund will begin airing television ads in the Albuquerque market over the next week in an attempt to persuade Democrats to vote for Damon Martinez in the 1st Congressional District primary on June 5.
MSNBC: Purple Heart recipient skeptical of Trump’s personal doctor as Veterans Affairs secretary
Will Fischer, Purple Heart recipient and director of government relations for VoteVets.org, expresses his concern over President Trump’s appointment of his personal doctor, Ronny Jackson, as Veterans Affairs Secretary. Fischer ques...
Democrats hoping to knock off GOP incumbents with veterans
By Bill Lambrecht · San Antonio Express-News ·Conor Lamb’s victory in a district Donald Trump won by 20 percent 16 months ago was the biggest success yet of a Democratic Party strategy - running veterans, many who served in Iraq and Afghanistan wars, in the midterm elections.
Trump’s VA Consumed by Infighting, Backstabbing, and Talk of a Leadership Overhaul
By Lachlan Markay, Asawin Suebsaeng, Sam Stein · The Daily Beast ·Sources close to Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and those in the broader veterans affairs community believe that his days are coming to an end atop the agency.
Could veterans be Democrats’ secret midterm weapon?
By Joseph Weber · Fox News ·Washington Democrats and their supporters have recruited and backed dozens of military veterans to run in this year’s elections -- even sending some into deep-red districts to challenge the Republican Party for the so-called “guns-and-God” vote
A Veterans Group Is Suing The Trump Administration Over Failed Raids In Yemen And Niger
By Vera Bergengruen · BuzzFeed News ·The group has asked for documents laying out the Trump administration's response to two raids that ended with the deaths of five US service members.
Democrats back military veterans as candidates in their battle to retake the House
By Maryalice Parks · ABC News ·Exactly one year before the 2018 midterm elections, one of Democrats' key strategies to retake the House is coming into focus. In a wide range of districts around the country, Democrats are placing their bets on military veterans.
Progressive groups launch new ad campaign using veterans against Trump on Russia
By Ben Kamisar · The Hill ·Two progressive groups have launched an advertising campaign that uses military veterans to highlight what they see as the White House’s insufficient response to Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
MSNBC: Iraq Vet slams Trump's Afghan policy as "self-serving"
Will Fischer, who is an Iraq War Veteran and Director of Government Relations at VoteVets, says he thought the president’s Afghanistan policy is basically "kicking a can."