Veterans news and stories by mail.com

Veterans

GOP senator threatens delay on CIA nomination
President Barack Obama's choice of John Brennan to be the next CIA director hit a snag Tuesday as a Republican senator threatened to delay the ...
Hagel's own words are fodder for critics
Chuck Hagel was blunt-spoken in the Senate, even when bucking fellow Republicans. Now opponents in his own party and elsewhere are using Hagel's words ...
Deal restores severance pay for military gays
Dozens of gay and lesbian former military service members who were discharged due to their homosexuality will receive the rest of their severance pay ...
Obama sends military one of its own as DOD chief
President Barack Obama said he was sending the U.S. military "one of its own" Monday as he selected decorated Vietnam combat veteran Chuck Hagel to ...
Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
Despite Republican misgivings, President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, ...
Vets face confusion using GI Bill at state schools
In choosing to serve her country in uniform, Hayleigh Lynn Perez knowingly accepted a nomadic life. Now the former Army sergeant says she and ...
Incarcerated veterans train dogs for other vets
Hazard Wilson's new cellmate is a hairy bundle of energy whose playful zeal can't be contained by steel doors: a five-month-old golden retriever.
Fatal train collision to go to Texas grand jury
A Texas prosecutor says a grand jury will consider the case involving a train collision that killed four veterans who were riding on a parade float.
Pentagon debuts float in Rose parade to honor vets
It's been almost 60 years since James McEachin returned home with a bullet still lodged in his chest, finding an America indifferent toward the troops ...
Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were still in disarray as lawmakers returned to the Capitol to confront the ...
General's battle with PTSD leads him to the brink
In the exploding hell of battle, a single hand poked through the earth. John Cantwell could see the ridges and calluses of the skin, and the pile of ...
Husband charged in Wis. officer's shooting death
An Iraq War veteran charged with ambushing his wife Christmas Eve as she worked as a Milwaukee-area police officer told investigators he shot her in ...
Program helps veterans reintegrate through music
During stressful times as a combat medic in Afghanistan, Mason Sullivan found solace in Vivaldi. New Jersey native Nairobi Cruz was comforted by ...
Husband charged in killing of Wisconsin officer
An Iraq War veteran told detectives that he stalked his wife for several days while she was patrolling the streets of the Milwaukee suburb where she ...
Over the fiscal cliff: What kind of landing?
Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break.
Over the fiscal cliff: How hard a landing?
Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break.
Over the fiscal cliff: Soft landing or dizzy dive?
Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break.
Memorial service for Sen. Inouye held in Hawaii
The late Sen. Daniel Inouye was remembered Sunday as an American hero whose legacy as a war veteran and longtime senator would be felt across Hawaii ...
Kerry a familiar face on the world stage
Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's pick for secretary of state, is a familiar face to the world leaders vital to American interests. The son ...
Obama Social Security offer at odds with top Dems
President Barack Obama's offer to limit the growth of Social Security benefits would cost the average retiree less than $50 in the first year. But the ...
Britain to award medals to Arctic convoy veterans
Britain says it will award a medal to veterans of the Arctic convoys that brought essential supplies to besieged Russia during World War II.
Authorities: Kansas man who killed 2 cops dies
A man with a history of theft and weapons convictions gunned down two police officers investigating possible drug activity in a Kansas grocery parking ...
AP: Workers say charity gave little money to vets
A veterans charity already under scrutiny for how it raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in Tennessee handed out only a fraction of the money in ...
Kerry, Hagel front-runners to lead State, Defense
Democratic Sen. John Kerry, who unsuccessfully sought the presidency in 2004 and has pined for the job of top diplomat, vaulted to the head of ...
Senate moves bill covering fertility care for vets
Wounded veterans and their spouses who want to have children could get the government to pay for treatments such as in vitro fertilization under ...