Newsweek: on Homeland Security


Joe Biden: Don't turn a blind eye to Russian bounties on US soldiers

One of Trump's more recent foreign policy scandals was the suggestion that Russia had been paying bounties to Taliban fighters in Afghanistan for dead U.S. troops, which is believed to be linked to several American deaths in Afghanistan. "Under President Biden, America will not turn a blind eye to Russian bounties on the heads of American soldiers," the former vice president said. "Nor will I put up with foreign interference in our most sacred democratic exercise: voting."
Source: D.Brennan/Newsweek on 2020 Democratic National Convention Aug 21, 2020

Sarah Palin: Let veterans apply skills to skip state certification

Palin addressed CPAC with a speech that dealt with the plight of veterans, delicately weaving in her own role as the mother of a soldier: "America hands over her sons and her daughters in service with the promise that they're going to be taken care of. Our troops are promised that a grateful nation will spare no expense to patch them up and bring them back to health when wounded," Palin said. "Well we, their mothers and their fathers and their husbands and their wives, we're here to collect on the promises made."

She noted the lack of services for veterans and said the best way to honor them is by helping them.

She floated a policy idea--using the skills veterans have learned in the military, say computer programming, and sparing them the requirement to get some kind of certification when, in fact, they already have the necessary skills. She discussed making veterans benefits permanent and less subject to the whims of Congress.

Source: Newsweek on 2015 Conservative Political Action Conf. Feb 27, 2015

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