Category: In the Press

The Michael Smerconish Program: Paul Rieckhoff on 3rd Party Candidates After New Hampshire

Independent voters, like the two of us, played a powerful role in the New Hampshire primary, driving support for Nikki Haley and Dean Phillips. Neither won. But both overperformed and showed the challenges both Trump and Biden will face this November if they are indeed the Democratic and Republican nominees. Could 2024–finally–be the year in… Continue reading The Michael Smerconish Program: Paul Rieckhoff on 3rd Party Candidates After New Hampshire

MSNBC: Why I hoped (and sort of believed) that Norman Lear would live forever

Don’t miss Independent Americans host Paul Rieckhoff’s conversation with the great Norman Lear in Episode 69. Like Norman, it’s a classic we’ll cherish always. By Paul Rieckhoff, political and national security analyst and U.S. Army infantry combat veteran I hoped (and kinda believed) that Norman Lear would live forever.  Norman was a national treasure. A truly great… Continue reading MSNBC: Why I hoped (and sort of believed) that Norman Lear would live forever

CNN Opinion: Combine Election Day with Veterans Day and give democracy a boost

Veterans Day has been recognized as a federal holiday each November 11 since 1938, but it means little for most Americans beyond a day off from work. Attendance at Veterans Day events is regrettably low—and declining rapidly. And so is the veterans’ population in America. World War II’s “Greatest Generation” is almost entirely gone. And… Continue reading CNN Opinion: Combine Election Day with Veterans Day and give democracy a boost

Angry Planet: A Righteous Conversation About Mark Milley

Paul joins the Angry Planet podcast to break down Trump’s threats against Mark Milley: Paul Rieckhoff is a veteran with a lot to say about the state of the world. He came on Angry Planet to help us understand what happened when former President Donald Trump and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General… Continue reading Angry Planet: A Righteous Conversation About Mark Milley

MSNBC: This is Israel’s 9/11. Here’s how it can learn from America’s mistakes.

There is no harder time to have discipline than in the face of atrocity. And yet that is when it is required most.   Oct. 11, 2023, 9:56 PM EDT   By Paul Rieckhoff, political and national security analyst and U.S. Army infantry combat veteran   In 2009, I was honored to lead a group… Continue reading MSNBC: This is Israel’s 9/11. Here’s how it can learn from America’s mistakes.

The Chuck Toddcast: The mental health crisis among veterans, with Paul Rieckhoff

  The Department of Veteran Affairs’ report last year showing a staggering decline in suicides among military veterans seemed to bring encouraging news — still, that figure was disputed by advocates, who say the undercounting of suicides painted a rosier picture than reality offers. Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, joins… Continue reading The Chuck Toddcast: The mental health crisis among veterans, with Paul Rieckhoff

NEWSNATION’S Rush Hour: Heroes will die – Veterans stage sit-in, react to blocked burn pit bill

  “If they can’t get a really important, urgent piece of veteran’s legislation done, then what can they get done,” said Paul Rieckhoff, Founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), reacting to U.S. Senate Republicans blocking a bill to provide healthcare for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving abroad. Read more… Continue reading NEWSNATION’S Rush Hour: Heroes will die – Veterans stage sit-in, react to blocked burn pit bill