Quil Lawrence

BBC

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The U.S. Army is retooling itself to build up deterrence against China

Thursday, November 03, 2022

The U.S. Army is retooling itself in the Indo-Pacific region to build up deterrence against its top challenger: rising China.

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The GI Bill left behind Black World War II vets. Now there's a move to fix that

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Black vets fought overseas but returned home to segregation — which made it harder for them to benefit from the GI Bill. Some in Congress hope to remedy that injustice.

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Black vets were excluded from GI bill benefits — a bill in congress aims to fix that

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

In 1944, the GI Bill lifted a generation into the middle class — but excluded Black vets who served their country at war and came home to segregation. A bill in Congress aims to fix that.

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When flooding from Ian trapped one Florida town, an airboat navy came to the rescue

Thursday, October 06, 2022

After Hurricane Ian dumped record levels of rain across Florida, rivers flooded, leaving thousands stranded on newly created islands.

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Migrants who work as day laborers are reluctant to ask for government help after Ian

Tuesday, October 04, 2022

People in Florida are turning to the government for help after Hurricane Ian. But that's not an option for the many people who work as day laborers or in service industries on the Gulf Coast.

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Rescue efforts in Florida are still being hampered by floodwaters from Ian

Monday, October 03, 2022

The city of Arcadia, Fla., is 50 miles inland from the Gulf Coast, but it's still grappling with the water Hurricane Ian dumped last week. The flooded Peace River has cut off thousands of homes.

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Flooding and closed roads are some of the challenges Florida's people face after Ian

Sunday, October 02, 2022

Flooding cut off I-75 for hours as officials struggle to restore power and water to residents in the path of the storm's destruction.

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How the Biden administration's climate goals align with the military

Friday, September 23, 2022

The Pentagon held its first ever Energy Expo this week. One conclusion? The best way to sell the military on green tech may be to make sure it's lethal.

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After being dropped, vets and their caregivers may remain in VA program

Friday, September 16, 2022

Veterans and their caregivers who are part of a popular Department of Veterans Affairs program are breathing easier after a three-year grace period on unenrollment was announced.

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Federal home loan program is still failing Native American veterans after 30 years

Thursday, August 25, 2022

The GI bill has helped generations of veterans get an education and easy home loans. But that benefit has never really been available to Native Americans living on tribal land.

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One Native veteran's new mission: Fill in the gaps of VA care on his reservation

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Five-tour combat veteran Jestin Dupree works for the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes on the Fort Peck reservation in Montana. He aims to fill in gaps in VA care that often leave Native veterans behind.

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A year after the Taliban takeover, U.S. veterans worry about the Afghan people

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

This week marks one year since the abrupt end of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. U.S. veterans are still trying to come to terms with the collapse of the mission.

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Native Americans living on tribal land have struggled to access veteran home loans

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

The GI bill has helped generations of veterans get an education and easy home loans. But that benefit has never really been available to Native Americans living on tribal land.

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Biden to sign a bill that would care for veterans made sick by toxic exposures

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

President Biden on Wednesday will sign the PACT Act, a bill to care for veterans exposed to toxins that is considered the biggest expansion of veterans' health care in U.S. history.

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The Senate passed a bill to help sick veterans. Then 25 Republicans reversed course

Friday, July 29, 2022

Veterans groups are slamming GOP senators for blocking a bill that would have given health care and benefits to veterans affected by from toxic chemicals and burn pits in wars dating back to Vietnam.

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U.S. Marines are set to have the first Black 4-star general in their 246-year history

Friday, July 22, 2022

The Senate will make military history if it votes to confirm Gen. Michael E. Langley to command U.S. forces in Africa. He'll be the first Black four-star general in the Marine Corps' history.

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A bipartisan group of senators blocks a Trump-era plan to realign the VA

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

The plan would have shut many of the Department of Veterans Affairs less-used clinics and aging hospitals. The senators say they're working on a way to rebuild the VA' infrastructure.

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Black veterans came together at an empowerment conference to make their stories heard

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Groups made up of Black veterans recently came together in Washington, D.C., like they never have before. They're hoping by joining forces and telling their stories they can make their voices heard.

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U.S. is accused of a double standard when it comes to Afghan and Ukrainian refugees

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Thousands of Afghans that were promised U.S. visas remain on the run from the Taliban. The Biden administration, however, quickly cleared red tape for Ukrainians after Russia invaded Ukraine.

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Debt relief for veterans who say they were cheated by for-profit colleges

Monday, June 27, 2022

The government is settling a case that will grant billions in debt relief to students, many of them veterans, who say unscrupulous colleges cheated them into overpaying for useless degrees.

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