June 21, 2022
CVA’s 10-year anniversary, by the numbers
Concerned Veterans for America is celebrating 10 years of defending the freedom we fought and sacrificed for in uniform. In the past decade, our staff, activists, volunteers, and partners across the country have achieved more than we ever thought possible. They’ve shown that veterans have the unique skills and experiences to make them effective leaders… Read more »
June 13, 2022
The future of the NATO alliance and U.S. involvement in Europe
NATO was formed with one main goal – stop the emerging Soviet threat of expansion into Western Europe. Seventy years later, the USSR has collapsed, and the former Eastern Bloc has broken into individual nations, leading a casual observer to think the mission was accomplished. But the tensions between Russia and the West remain, brought… Read more »
June 13, 2022
A history of NATO: Why it was formed and what its goals were
This article was updated on July 10, 2023. Russia’s immoral invasion of Ukraine has sparked international debate and questions about the role of NATO and whether it should be expanded. NATO, also known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a collective security pact that was formed in 1949. NATO’s founding members were the United… Read more »
May 31, 2022
What would happen if the U.S. had to combat Russia? We answer that question and more
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in late February, there has been no shortage of ideas and proposals put forward for how the United States should respond. Unfortunately, while many of these ideas are well-intentioned, too often their potential secondary and/or indirect consequences are not fully explored. Given the chaotic nature of war, when… Read more »
May 23, 2022
‘I am very thankful for the MISSION Act’: Veterans share stories and struggles with VA and community care
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been misrepresenting appointment wait times and blocking veterans’ access to needed health care. Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request expose methods the VA is using to skirt requirements in the VA MISSION Act to prevent veterans from using the community care option and keep them in… Read more »
April 29, 2022
The VA has released recommendations for better health care. Here are four questions we still have.
You might have seen news outlets covering recommendations for streamlining veterans’ care from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Those recommendations represent a giant step in the Asset and Infrastructure Review process that will allow the VA to cut through waste and bureaucracy and adapt to veterans’ evolving needs. But misinformed concerns about these recommendations have… Read more »
April 8, 2022
Scandal has become the status quo at VA eight years after Phoenix
Eight years ago, the Phoenix Veterans Affairs scandal broke, alerting the public to egregious mismanagement of veterans care. A concerted effort at the Phoenix VA to manipulate and cover up appointment wait times kept veterans away from needed medical care. Inspector General and Government Accountability Office investigators found the manipulation was being practiced all over the… Read more »
