Team Obama Handles Karzai With Kid Gloves

Staff / Truthdig May 13, 2010 Relations between the U.S. and Afghan administrations have been less than cozy in recent months, but President Obama's crew, headed by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, attempted to warm things up this week by giving visiting President Hamid Karzai the royal treatment in Washington. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Serves, Bush Works the Phones

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2009 As he prepared to enter the White House the next day, President-elect Barack Obama observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday by lending a hand at a shelter for homeless teenagers and visiting wounded vets at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Failing the Troops

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Apr 10, 2008 The same kinds of mismanagement and dysfunction that are at work in Iraq continue to plague veterans when they seek medical care at home. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

American Veterans in Crisis

Aaron Glantz / Truthdig Feb 2, 2008 When young American men and women sign up to serve in our military, the government makes them a basic promise: If they are wounded in the line of duty, they will get the care they need. But for far too many, that's a promise that only exists on paper -- even months after the news emerged about American vets' shameful treatment at U.S. military facilities. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

McCain Predicts ‘Other Wars’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2008 He's not exactly clear on this point, but what Sen. John McCain doesn't achieve through specificity he drives home through sheer repetition: America can expect "other wars" in the future. In this clip he delivers that warning to his "friends" at a campaign stop in Florida. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Letting Our Veterans Down

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2007 The sorry state of care of American veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan is not accidental. It's on purpose. Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Bush administration has fought every effort to improve care for wounded and disabled veterans. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

VA Exaggerates Quality of Care, Study Finds

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2007 An exhaustive study of the VA health system and its administrators has found a pattern of overstating the quality of care, arguably at the expense of veterans. If Congress is under the impression that VA medical care is top notch, it is less motivated to appropriate resources for much-needed improvements. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Tours Walter Reed

Staff / Truthdig Apr 1, 2007 President Bush paid his first visit to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center since last month's Washington Post exposé revealed the shameful treatment of hundreds of wounded veterans. While the president apologized for the hospital's "failures," some of his congressional detractors weren't impressed by the gesture. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lessons From Walter Reed

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2007 Linda Bilmes, the Harvard finance expert who helped establish the true cost of the war, including veteran healthcare, turns her attention to the Walter Reed scandal, and the bureaucratic quagmire that keeps our soldiers from getting help. Bilmes offers four lessons to avoid future problems. We can only hope someone takes her advice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The 24-Hour Scandal Cycle

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More Fallout From Walter Reed Scandal

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2007 Army Surgeon General Kevin C. Kiley has resigned, the third military official to lose his job in the Walter Reed scandal. An anonymous defense official says Kiley was asked to step down by the acting Army secretary, who got his job only two weeks ago after another abrupt dismissal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Support the Props

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