DNC Veterans & Military Families Council
Veterans & Military Families Council of the Democratic Party
As combat veterans, service members, and military families, the Veterans & Military Families Council recognizes a fundamental truth: trust matters. For generations of troops, that trust has included the independent reporting of Stars and Stripes. Recent reporting from NPR detailing new Pentagon efforts to tighten control over Stars and Stripes – after dismissing it as …
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This article was first published at Bleeding Heartland on September 4, 2018. As the DNC has effectively shut down the Veterans & Military Families Council during this critical election year instead of working with Council leadership to resolve problems, this remains a critical issue for Democrats in 2026 and beyond.Democrats have a patriotism perception problem…one …
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For decades, a little-known policy has quietly undermined the benefits earned by disabled veterans. Under current federal law, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is required to recoup certain separation or severance payments by withholding VA disability compensation – often years or even decades after a veteran has left active duty. The policy may be …
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The Veterans and Military Families Council (VMFC) is raising serious concerns following new reporting from Ms. Magazine detailing the growing crisis facing women veterans as reproductive healthcare access continues to erode under the Trump administration. According to the report, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has moved to implement one of the strictest abortion bans …