It's been reported that 1 in 3 of the country's 19 million veterans have been arrested and booked at least once, and currently about 181,500 are behind bars. According to the Los Angeles United Methodist Museum of Social Justice, this country has approximately 700,000 foreign-born veterans, and 45,000 active members, and each year, 5,000 new immigrants join the military. As of 2018, 17 percent of those foreign-born veterans have not been naturalized. This museum had an amazing exhibition of Portraits of Deported Veterans by Joseph Silva.
For more information, please follow up with Repatriate Our Patriots: https://www.repatriateourpatriots.org/
Below are the links to my references:
https://www.museumofsocialjustice.org/deported-veterans.html
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/717/text?s=1&r=136&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22veteran%22%5D%7D
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4569/text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3280/text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6381/text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3278/text
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/02/executive-order-restoring-faith-in-our-legal-immigration-systems-and-strengthening-integration-and-inclusion-efforts-for-new-americans/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/citizen-veterans-fight-back-deportations-violent-crimes/story?id=101164277
https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhsallpia-092-immigrant-military-members-and-veterans-initiative-immvi
10 Oct 2023
Episode 4: The Military, the VA, and Women's Lady Parts
Historic and current events surrounding women's reproductive health in the military and the VA, and how it affects everything else.
Here are the links to what is referenced:
https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/80/625
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Armed_Services_Integration_Act
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/executive-orders/10240/executive-order-10240
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/birth-control/griswold-v-connecticut#:~:text=The%20Supreme%20Court%27s%20ruling%20in,decision%20in%20the%20Griswold%20v.
https://casetext.com/case/crawford-v-cushman
The VA's Final Interim Rule on abortion counseling and abortion services:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/09/2022-19239/reproductive-health-services
Rep. Mike Bost's press release on the VA's final interim rule: https://bost.house.gov/press-releases?id=452588F0-B71B-436C-8A6E-C5EDA7588E47
Presumptive condition list related to Burn Pits: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/va-will-now-recognize-some-veterans-illnesses-associated-with-exposure-to-burn-pits
Video of House Committee on Veterans' Affairs covering reproductive health: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygvDO0KdfHo
Military Time article referring to House Republicans request on data on VA abortions: https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/09/15/house-republicans-demand-data-on-va-abortion-procedures/#:~:text=Republican%20leaders%20from%20the%20House,to%20turn%20over%20the%20information.
Senate Joint Resolution 10: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/10/text
DOD's response to the Dobbs Decision: https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3195089/dod-announces-efforts-to-ensure-access-to-reproductive-health-care/
Policies related to the changes surrounding reproductive health: https://media.defense.gov/2023/Feb/16/2003163306/-1/-1/1/MEMORANDUM-CHANGES-TO-COMMAND-NOTIFICATION-OF-PREGNANCY-POLICY.PDF
https://media.defense.gov/2023/Feb/16/2003163307/-1/-1/1/MEMORANDUM-ADMINISTRATIVE-ABSENCE-FOR-NON-COVERED-REPRODUCTIVE-HEALTH-CARE.PDF
https://media.defense.gov/2023/Feb/16/2003163300/-1/-1/1/MEMORANDUM-TRAVEL-FOR-NON-COVERED-REPRODUCTIVE-HEALTH-CARE-SERVICES.PDF
RAND Corporation reports: https://www.rand.org/news/press/2022/09/13.html
https://www.rand.org/blog/2023/07/limiting-access-to-reproductive-health-care-may-undermine.html
Senator Tuberville's news over the DOD's New Abortion Policy: https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/in-the-news/gop-senator-places-holds-on-bidens-dod-nominees-over-pentagons-new-abortion-policy/
Update to military promotions during Senator Tuberville's block: https://www.npr.org/2023/09/20/1200705608/senate-tuberville-hold-military-promotions
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/politics/tuberville-military-hold-senate-700-hours-process/index.html
Letter from Secretary Austin to Senator Jack Reed regarding the new abortion policies: https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/dod_briefing_on_non-covered_reproductive_healthcare_policies.pdf
The text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) H.R. 2670: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh
Episode 1 - Introduction to Politics in Military and Veterans Issues
For this first episode, I cover the basics of legislation and particular issues in military and veterans' subjects.
For the background of Vanessa Guillen: https://www.nytimes.com/article/vanessa-guillen-fort-hood.html
How a bill becomes a law: https://kids-clerk.house.gov/grade-school/lesson.html?intID=17#:~:text=The%20Bill%20Is%20a%20Law,is%20enforced%20by%20the%20government.
The New Yorker article "What Calling Congress Achieves" by Kathryn Schulz: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/06/what-calling-congress-achieves
Congress's veto override against President Trump: https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-defense-policy-bills-85656704ad9ae1f9cf202ee76d7a14fd
Vanessa Guillen act on military sexual violence: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/29/vanessa-guillen-act-military-investigations/#:~:text=Under%20the%20new%20law%2C%20the,signed%20into%20law%20last%20summer.
Information on the Brandon Act: https://thebrandonact.org/
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3386581/dod-announces-implementation-of-the-brandon-act/
Honoring Our PACT Act: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/10/fact-sheet-president-biden-signs-the-pact-act-and-delivers-on-his-promise-to-americas-veterans/
https://www.va.gov/resources/the-pact-act-and-your-va-benefits/#:~:text=The%20full%20name%20of%20the,and%20post%2D9%2F11%20eras
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