House Republicans demanded answers from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority about why it increased the fees for Veterans Service Organizations (VSO) volunteers who assist veterans at Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) traveling “Honor Flights,” according to a letter led by Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
Retired Marine Colonel Pete Metzger, the chairman of the newly-created Charities for Veterans advisory board, spoke about how the organization is “trying to become the Consumer Reports for veterans charities.”
A Ukrainian national who came to the United States as a refugee — and who has a drunk driving conviction — has been charged with the deaths of five U.S. Marine Corps Veterans and two of their loved ones after allegedly causing a crash in Randolph, New Hampshire, last week.
Former Navy SEAL Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), retired Green Beret Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL), and Marine veteran Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) will kick off a Republican effort on Wednesday to recruit more Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to Congress in 2020, according to people involved in the initiative.
