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Five veteran-focused nonprofits asked President Biden this week to issue a blanket pardon for veterans with administrative discharges that disqualify them from VA benefits. (Alex Brandon/AP) Five ...
The military discharge papers of the victim of a fatal stabbing can be used as evidence by the defense in an upcoming murder trial. The attorney for defendant Jason Lee Schmidt believes information ...
Supporters of LGBTQ rights hold placards in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) (CN) — A lawsuit filed by LGBTQ+ veterans who were discharged under rules that barred gay ...
Biden’s pardon comes after the Pentagon announced a “proactive review” of LGBTQ+ veterans who received less-than-honorable discharges based on sexual orientation. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) President ...
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has reached a class-action settlement with more than 35,000 LGBTQ+ veterans who claimed they were wrongfully discharged from military duty and denied benefits ...
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, a policy which barred openly gay people from serving in the military, was repealed in 2011. But the government engaged in ongoing disparate treatment of LGBTQ+ veterans because ...
Five veteran-focused nonprofits urged President Joe Biden this week to pardon thousands of veterans with other-than-honorable military discharges before he leaves the White House in January. In a ...