Accuracy in Media

Sobering statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs, as reported by ABC News: According to the VA, an average of 20 veterans died from suicide every day in 2014. The VA examined over 55 million veteran records from 1979 to 2014 from every state in the nation. The last time the VA conducted a study […]

This is sad news: A new report released by the Pentagon on Friday indicates the suicide rate among active-duty military remains high, and is nearly double what it was in the years leading up to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. The Defense Department reported there were 265 active-military member deaths in 2015. Although that figure […]

Why can’t we allow our veterans and soldiers to seek private health care and not deal with government-run health care? Photo by New Jersey National Guard