Last week, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force. The bill, introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee, had support on both sides of the aisle, including a bipartisan group of cosponsors. The White House has also suggested support for a repeal, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced... Read more »

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Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Concerned Veterans for America and veteran of the Iraq War, wants Congress to reclaim its proper role in deciding questions of war and peace. He points to broadly written Authorizations for Use of Military Force — and overly expansive interpretations of those AUMFs by the executive branch — as... Read more »

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“We failed the audit, but we never expected to pass it.” That is what then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said in 2018 when the DOD participated in and failed its first ever financial audit. Yes, the Pentagon has been going through financial audits for only three years. It failed all three times. But a... Read more »

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Many Americans have strong opinions about U.S. foreign policy and the way our lawmakers use the military, and rightfully so. Citizens have a responsibility to hold lawmakers accountable for their decisions, especially when sending their fellow Americans into harm’s way. For the veteran and military family community, these opinions come from years of experience. Service... Read more »

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Recently, President Joe Biden laid out his plan to fully withdraw U.S.  troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. This plan serves as an extension of the May 1 deadline set out last year between the U.S. and the Taliban in the Doha agreement. While we’d hoped the final withdrawal of troops would’ve occurred this... Read more »

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In a post-Afghanistan War world, the United States will need to rethink  its approaches to foreign policy.  Reforms to war powers and a commitment to realism and restraint are the best ways to do that. CVA Executive Director Nate Anderson recently led a bipartisan roundtable on the future of American foreign policy and solutions to... Read more »

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Today, President Joseph Biden announced U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan beyond the May 1, 2021, withdrawal deadline established in the Doha agreement. However, the president established a new timeline for bringing troops home, committing to full withdrawal by September 11, 2021. By that date, the U.S. will have been at war in Afghanistan just... Read more »

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The May 1 deadline for withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan is just a few short weeks away, but Concerned Veterans for America and others are still calling on President Joe Biden to stick to that deadline. CVA has joined eight other organizations across the political spectrum in advocating that Biden adhere to the Doha agreement... Read more »

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Our Executive Director Nate Anderson deployed to Afghanistan twice as a Green Beret, once during the Bush administration, once during the Obama administration. He applauded when the Trump administration signed an agreement to set a timeline for U.S. withdrawal. Now he waits to see if the Biden administration will live up to that deal as the May 1... Read more »

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Dan Caldwell served as a U.S. Marine in Iraq more than a decade ago. Today, as a senior adviser to Concerned Veterans for America and the foreign policy campaign manager for Stand Together, he is helping lead the fight to end the 18-year-long U.S. involvement in Iraq. “I remain proud of my service in Iraq... Read more »

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