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83-Year-Old Charged With Posing as Marine Vet for Benefits

PENSACOLA, Fla. — An 83-year-old Florida man has pleaded guilty to pretending to be a veteran so he could receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits. According to a statement from the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida, Richard Kohl claimed to serve with the Marines in the Korean war, forging government […]

July 13, 2018

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Army Ousts Recruits Lured by Promise of Citizenship as ‘Security Threats’

NEW YORK – In June, a young Pakistani student studying in Minnesota managed to get his hands on the documents that explained why he wouldn’t be allowed to join the United States Army. The electrical engineering student, who didn’t want his name revealed because of fear of reprisals if he goes back to Pakistan, “has […]

July 13, 2018

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Senate Panel Approves V.A. Nominee

WASHINGTON — Robert Wilkie, the latest choice by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, was easily approved Tuesday by the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, moving his nomination to a vote by the full Senate. The VA committee advanced Wilkie’s nomination with a voice vote Tuesday afternoon. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was […]

July 12, 2018

“Dropped from Heaven to Hell”: Sudden Discharge Stuns Immigrant Ph.D. Candidate

SAN FRANCISCO — Growing up in eastern China, Panshu Zhao fell in love with America. He read the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the ideals of democracy. He jumped at the chance to attend graduate school at Texas A&M University. In 2016, Zhao enlisted in the U.S. Army as part […]

July 10, 2018

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Military Spouse Wins Congressional Primary

Tatiana Matta, a Democrat candidate in California’s 23rd Congressional District, near Los Angeles, has won the primary election. She will be running against Republican incumbent Kevin McCarthy in November. Why is this significant? There are numerous mid-term elections this year and they all play a role in determining how Congress will work together (or not) […]

July 5, 2018

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Judge Tosses California Suit Over Student Debt

SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. judge threw out a lawsuit June 27 by the state of California accusing the Trump administration of illegally reneging on an Obama-era commitment to quickly forgive the loans of students defrauded by the Corinthian for-profit college chain. The state had failed to establish it had the right to bring the […]

June 29, 2018

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Kaine’s Military Spouse Bill Provides Model for Democrats to Reach Women

When America’s military service members were faced with widespread unemployment five years ago, lawmakers like Sen. Tim Kaine sprang into action to get those who sacrificed for their country back to work. Now, the Virginia Democrat says the same unemployment crisis is plaguing military spouses, a group of women and men — but mostly women […]

June 28, 2018

Rule Change Will Help Military Spouses

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – For dozens of military families, school this upcoming year may be the opportunity they were looking for. From here on out military spouses have fewer hurdles to jump through to teach in the state. “That’s a huge step forward for Nebraska,” said Meagan Patton-Paulson. Patton-Paulson’s husband is in the military. “I […]

June 26, 2018

Bill to Support Vets Higher Ed Introduced in Senate

(Washington, DC)—Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, welcomed the Senate introduction of their legislation, the Servicemembers Improved Transition through Reforms for Ensuring Progress (SIT-REP) Act by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and John Boozman (R-AK). Kuster and Bilirakis led the House version of the bill, which […]

June 26, 2018

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Officer Who Deserted 35 Years Ago Was Working for University System

OAKLAND, Calif. — An Air Force officer with top security clearance who vanished 35 years ago and was arrested in California last week worked for years as a consultant for the University of California system, former colleagues said. University system colleagues knew William Howard Hughes Jr. as a personable, brainy number cruncher for the system’s […]

June 15, 2018

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Lawmakers Probe Sexual, Racial Claims at Coast Guard Academy

Concerned about complaints of sexual harassment, bullying and racial disparities at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Rep. Joe Courtney and two other Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday asked the new Coast Guard commander, Admiral Karl Shultz, for information and internal records that would aid them in an investigation. The lawmakers asked Shultz to […]

June 15, 2018

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PROSPER Act Would Revolutionize Higher Ed

A massive revision of the federal law governing higher education has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The 590-page Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act is designed to hold students and institutions more accountable for how they use federal loans and financial aid and to help students complete […]

June 14, 2018

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Air Force Officer Vanished 35 Years Ago, Faked Identity

A Kirtland Air Force Base officer with top security clearance who disappeared 35 years ago has been found in California. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations said in a news release this week that William Howard Hughes Jr., was apprehended at his home after a fraud investigation involving a fake identity he had been […]

June 12, 2018

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How One Man in Uniform Became Face of Global Romance Scams

In the summer of 2015, Bryan Denny received a peculiar message in his LinkedIn inbox. “I really need to speak with you, Bryan,” a woman wrote. “I thought you were coming to visit me after your deployment in Syria was completed?” He didn’t recognize the woman’s name or picture, had never been to Syria, and […]

June 7, 2018

Man Sentenced to 5 Years for $24 M GI Bill Fraud

NEWARK, NJ – A Pennsylvania man who conspired with a former college assistant dean from Toms River in a scheme that stole more than $24 million from the Post 9/11 GI Bill was sentenced Monday to 5 years in prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. David Alvey, 51, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge […]

June 7, 2018

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House Bill Includes $31 B loss for Students

Last December, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce rushed through a partisan rewrite of the Higher Education Act less than two weeks after introducing it. Since then, the bill has languished without a vote scheduled in the House. Yet, there are signs that might be changing. Last week the House majority whip convened […]

June 1, 2018

Senate Orders Pentagon to Review Sex Abuse by Children

The Senate committee that oversees the U.S. military ordered an independent investigation of how the Defense Department handles sexual violence among children on bases as part of legislation that would overhaul how the Pentagon must respond when assaults are reported. Military officials had quietly resisted an outside review of problems documented in an Associated Press […]

May 29, 2018

N.Y. Senate Bills Support Military

NEW YORK— Senator Patrick M. Gallivan reported that the New York State Senate has passed a package of bills in order to support current and active military service members. These 29 bills passed give protection to active duty soldiers and veterans as well as memorial sites and cemeteries along with adding funding to previously cut […]

May 22, 2018