This is one of the greatest moments on The West Wing as Toby organizes a military honor guard and burial at Arlington National Cemetery for a homeless Korean War veteran. “In Excelsis Deo” originally aired on NBC December 15, 1999, and is the 10th episode of the first season of The West Wing. According to […]
As military families received the remains of their loved ones at Dover Air Force Base, White House lawyers allowed a private organization for veterans and their families to step in and pay veteran’s death benefits, which had been suspended due to the shutdown. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports, below: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, […]
The families of five U.S. troops killed overseas this weekend will not receive the usual “death gratuity” due to the government shutdown. A typical $100,000 compensation is wired to families within 36 hours to help with funeral and other expenses. You can watch the clip below from MSNBC: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, […]
On Wednesday, Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a veteran of the Iraq War, dramatically chastised a federal contractor who claimed that a high school sports injury had rendered him a service-disabled veteran. Speaking during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Duckworth vividly described to a committee witness, Braulio Castillo, how she lives […]
Sir Patrick Stewart was one of the featured speakers at Houston’s COMiCPALOOZA – The Texas International Comic Convention – last weekend. There were several particularly poignant moments when he spoke out in regard to violence against women in response to a question from the audience from a woman in the audience. He had inspired her to get out […]