Veterans

Congress is debating a defense budget near $1.03 trillion, yet junior enlisted troops still qualify for food stamps and veterans still wait months for disability claims. A populist defense policy must put the war fighter ahead of contractors and foreign aid.

The Department of Veterans Affairs still carries more than 900,000 pending disability claims, and average wait times stretch past 120 days. Veterans earned faster decisions and honest answers. Washington must put service members before bureaucracy.

American taxpayers sent roughly $119 billion to Ukraine between 2022 and early 2025, yet the VA backlog still leaves thousands of veterans waiting months for claims. A populist defense policy must put American fighters first.

The VA sits on 430,000 pending disability claims, and the solution is not another awareness campaign or a new app. Congress should strip bonuses from senior administrators until the backlog falls below 100,000 and veterans get answers within 125 days.

Washington keeps 100,000 troops in Europe while the VA backlog sits near 300,000 claims. NATO's wealthy members should finally field their own armies, freeing taxpayer money for the veterans who earned it. America First means putting American soldiers first.

Europe's largest economies still shelter under the American security umbrella while our veterans wait months for VA care. It is finally time to bring troops home and put America first.

Ohio volunteers are recovering Revolutionary War soldiers who died without official documentation. These men built America with their lives. The irony of calling them undocumented while Congress debates who belongs here is not lost on anyone paying attention.

Second Amendment advocacy groups raised 47 million dollars last fiscal year while veteran suicide rates climbed to 6,200 annually. The disconnect is stunning and demands honest debate.

The expansion of red flag statutes in twenty-one states has produced a particular pattern of consequences for veterans. The pattern is not random. The Constitution does not bend for the convenience of the prosecutor.

VA's quarterly performance data show the disability claims backlog has grown for two consecutive quarters. The agency's press shop has not described the trend on the record.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will award a $4.7 billion contract to privatize initial reviews of disability compensation appeals starting June 1, according to two VA officials and a veterans service organization representative.

An audit comparison between VA administrative overhead per claim and the financial cost to the average veteran of a delayed claim produces a ratio the agency would prefer not to discuss in public.