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19 December 2024










Associated Press | Trump Says It Was 'Stupid' for Biden to Let Ukraine Use US
Weapons to Strike Deeper into Russia
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President-elect Donald Trump <[link removed]> on Monday
suggested that he may reverse PresidentJoe Biden's
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use American long-range weaponsto strike deeper into Russian territory
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CNN | Netanyahu tells Israeli troops to stay in area of Syria’s Mount Hermon
until end of 2025, source says
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the country’s
military to remain in the area of Syria’s Mount Hermon until at least the end
of 2025, a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN on Wednesday.

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Wall Street Journal | U.S. Fears Military Buildup by Turkey Signals
Preparations for Incursion Into Syria
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Senior U.S. officials say Turkey and its militia allies are building up forces
along the border with Syria, raising alarm that Ankara is preparing for a
large-scale incursion into territory held by American-backed Syrian Kurds.

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Military Times | 12 ISIS fighters killed in new round of US strikes on Syria,
DOD says
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U.S. forces in the Middle East conducted the second round of strikes in Syria
in as many weeks, killing 12 enemy fighters Monday.

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The New York Times | Seeking Relief From Brain Injury, Some Veterans Turn to
Psychedelics
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A van full of U.S. Special Operations veterans crossed the border into Mexico
on a sunny day in July to execute a mission that, even to them, sounded pretty
far out.

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Military.com | VA Review Finds Underused Therapists and Misused Scheduling for
Mental Health Care at Georgia Clinic
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A program designed to educate veterans on the various treatments for mental
health <[link removed]> conditions
actually hindered access to medical care and contributed to the underuse of six
therapists at a Georgia Veterans Affairs clinic, aDepartment of Veterans
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found.

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Stars and Stripes | ‘Disturbing and disgusting’: House lawmakers investigate
rampant sex, harassment, misconduct
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The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee has investigated multiple whistleblower
accounts of rampant sexual assault, misconduct and consensual sexual activities
that took place inside the VA Mountain Home health care facility in Tennessee.










Foreign Policy | Start by Keeping Ukraine Out of Ceasefire Talks
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|Anatol Lieven
The incoming Trump administration seems genuinely committed to finding peace
in Ukraine. Whether it’s capable of the extremely complicated diplomacy
required is a very different question. One issue that will have to be decided
at the very start of the process is at what stage, and on what issues, Ukraine
should be involved in the process. The issue is more fraught than has generally
been acknowledged.

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Washington Examiner | The VA has a mission to complete. Congress and Trump can
see to it
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|Jessica Villarreal
I’ll never forget the day I discovered the Department of Veterans Affairs
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care if I lived or died. I had been struggling with mymental health
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a point of desperation, verging on suicidal. I know many of my fellowservice
members <[link removed]> know this feeling.
Our experiences inuniform
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return to haunt us often, even after the healing we’ve done.

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Responsible Statecraft | McCarthyism, European style: The elite crackdown on
Ukraine dissent <[link removed]> | Eldar
Mamedov

As the war between Russia and Ukraine is framed by the ruling politicians and
commentators in Europe and America as part of a purported global struggle
between democracies and autocracies, the quality of democracy in the West
itself has taken a hit.










Earlier this month, Chairman Bost introduced The Complete the Mission Act of
2024 – a bill that would protect veterans’ health care choices from
bureaucratic meddling and hold the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
accountable for improving veterans’ awareness of and access to their preferred
treatment choices – even when that treatment is not at a VA facility.

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