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The National Defense Committee called on the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) today to reconsider its 85/15 Rule, either by reinitiating the rulemaking process or rewriting the rule entirely. In a letter to Secretary Denis McDonough, executive direct Bob Carey…
NDC Calls on Dept. of Ed to Investigate Appointment to Negotiated Rulemaking Committees
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today the National Defense Committee (NDC) calls for diverse, unbiased representation for veterans and U.S. military members in the Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking. “The Department’s negotiated rulemaking has immense,…
Preparing Students for Success after College
We have written a lot about the Department of Education’s efforts to paint career colleges as a scam that saddles veterans with debt and leaves them unprepared for life after a degree. In reality, career colleges offer non-traditional students a…
Op-Ed: Regulators’ Disdain for Alternative Higher Education Options Hurts Veterans
Military members’ and veterans’ education benefits are not grants from the federal government; they are earned benefit payments in exchange for services rendered, National Defense Committee executive director Bob Carey writes in the Odgen Standard-Examiner. But the U.S. Department of…
Harmful Education Regulations Don’t Help Address the Military Recruiting Crisis
On Veterans Day, we honor the brave Americans who answered the call of duty and served in uniform. But it’s also a reminder of a difficult reality: Our military is experiencing a recruiting crisis. And our educational benefits policies are…
Bob Carey in Stars & Stripes: Healthy SNAP Act ‘Infantilizes’ Service Members
The government’s distrust of military members to make the best decisions for themselves and its pervasive attitude of condescending paternalism contributes to the military’s recruiting and retention crisis. Case in point: The Healthy SNAP Act of 2023, which was introduced…
