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Rieckhoff in NYT: Trump Dismisses Troops’ Possible Brain Injuries as ‘Headaches’

The Brief

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The Cuba warning. why a War Powers Act has to come before the next strike, not after

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Max Brooks on why veterans are the antidote to civic despair. Max Brooks on why veterans are the antidote to civic despair

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The recruiting and morale crisis inside the military after t. The recruiting and morale crisis inside the military after thirteen funerals and zero accomplished objectives

The deputy commander of the American-led operation in Iraq said the Pentagon was putting service members through medical examinations to see if they had traumatic brain injuries.

“Don’t just be outraged by #PresidentMayhem’s latest asinine comments,” Paul Rieckhoff, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, wrote in a Twitter post. “Take action to help vets facing TBIs,” a reference to traumatic brain injury.