March 16, 2023
My VA Story: Wheelchair-bound Montana veteran wants to fix the VA so younger vets don’t face the same fate
Ed Moeglein chose to make the military his life out of a sense of duty to country. “We were in that kind of a community,” Ed says of why he chose to enlist. “Both my father and father-in-law were World War II veterans. Growing up all my friends’ dads were World War II or Korean… Read more »
March 10, 2023
Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes a historic war powers bill. Will the full Senate and House be on board?
In the days leading up to the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee took an important step to keep American troops out of unnecessary danger and end our nation’s endless wars. Senators voted to pass Sens. Tim Kaine’s and Todd Young’s bill, S. 316 to repeal the 1991 and 2002… Read more »
March 6, 2023
Montana veteran: One Montana lawmaker has tried to fix problems at the VA, and another ignores them
Over the last year, we’ve heard a lot from lawmakers and candidates campaigning for our votes and support. One of the typical promises we hear is that our politicians will be champions for veterans and will ensure they are taken care of for all they’ve sacrificed for this country. As a veteran myself, I can… Read more »
March 2, 2023
#VAFail: Veteran dies after VA hospital couldn’t confirm he was a veteran
Last year, veterans in Gainesville, Florida, read a disturbing report of mismanaged care at the Malcolm Randall VA Medical Center. A veteran was brought to the emergency room in a coma by an ambulance crew. Despite the emergency responders calling the VA on their way there, VA staff couldn’t confirm whether the patient was an… Read more »
February 27, 2023
What is CVA working on in 2023? Here are our top priorities
2023 is shaping up to be a busy year. The new Congress is settling in, and members are setting their priories, presenting new opportunities for Concerned Veterans for America to share the issues veterans and military families are focused on. At CVA, our mission is to defend the freedoms we and our families fought and… Read more »
February 21, 2023
Texas veteran: The VA shows cold indifference to the plight of veterans. I expect Texas lawmakers to change that
The Department of Veterans Affairs is entrusted with a sacred duty: to care for those who wore the uniform in service to this country. Caring for veterans includes managing the country’s largest health care system of VA facilities around the country. As a veteran of the U.S. Army, the spouse of a Marine, and a… Read more »
February 6, 2023
Russ Duerstine: Congress should focus on veterans health care and foreign policy
Politicians are often “champions” for veterans and military families on the campaign trail, but will that carry over into the new Congress? CVA Executive Director Russ Duerstine recently argued veterans health care and foreign policy should matter to members of the 118th Congress. Russ wrote in The Hill: For too long, veterans who receive their… Read more »
