Statement from Paralyzed Veterans of America on The Washington Post Editorial Board’s Myopic View on Veterans Benefits
Post Date: April 4, 2023
WASHINGTON (April 4, 2023) – WASHINGTON, D.C.– Paralyzed Veterans of America today released the following statement in answer to the Washington Post Editorial Board’s April 3, 2023, opinion piece requesting scrutiny of the VA budget providing for income and disability payments to Veterans.
There has long been a debate about the purpose of Veteran’s disability compensation. The overly broad argument offered by The Washington Post editorial board shares the view that compensation is only about lost wages, while failing to consider the incredible sacrifice and catastrophic consequences of Veterans’ service.
https://pva.org/news-and-media-center/recent-news/pva-washington-post-veterans-benefits-op-ed-response/
11:30 AM EDT
A Conversation on Cybersecurity with Rob Joyce, Director of Cybersecurity at the National Security Agency (NSA)
Center for Strategic & International Studies
https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-04-11/
https://www.csis.org/events/conversation-cybersecurity-nsas-rob-joyce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMNHNjKp4Gs
11:30 AM EDT
Treasury Secretary on IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen holds a press conference ahead of the 2023 International Monetary Fund-World Bank Spring meetings at the organizations' headquarters in Washington, DC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NYJlb5979g
https://www.c-span.org/video/?527266-1/treasury-secretary-yellen-speaks-reporters-ahead-imf-world-bank-meetings
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12:30 PM EDT
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will gaggle aboard Air Force One en route to Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Air Force One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz82uYIxgqA
Booknotes+ Podcast: Derek Leebaert, "Unlikely Heroes"
Derek Leebaert says, in the introduction to his newest book, that "Only four people served at the top echelon of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency, from the frightening early months of Spring 1933 until he died in April of 1945 and, in their different ways, they were as wounded as he." The book is titled "Unlikely Heroes" and Mr. Leebaert puts the spotlight on people who served FDR for his entire presidency:
Harry Hopkins,
Harold Ickes,
Frances Perkins, and
Henry Wallace.
They all had a major role in creating and running what is known in history as the New Deal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0DnZLRbpzM