Iran war Archives - Alpha Democrat

Empty Pentagon briefing room lectern and press seats, illustrating the Pentagon casualty count revision

Hegseth Called the Casualty Report a Lie. Three Weeks Later His Own Department Changed the Numbers.

On 18 September the Washington Post reported that six officials put the American death toll in the Iran war at 22 or 23.

A camera operator, seen from behind, faces two lecterns in a local TV studio set for the Lacore Honeycutt debate

Honeycutt Said Lacore Was “Removed From the Table.” Lacore Said Her Opponent Has Never Worn the Uniform.

The Lacore Honeycutt debate on Wednesday showed two ways to use a service record.

Sailors stand in formation on a carrier flight deck, seen from behind, ahead of the USS Lincoln homecoming

Hegseth Gave the Lincoln the Military’s Top Unit Award. A Marine Senator Asked Two Watchdogs to Investigate the Same Day.

This week's USS Lincoln homecoming comes with two accounts of the same 321 days.

Voters walking into a Colorado Springs auditorium at dusk before a Killin and Crank Fifth District debate

Colorado Springs Has Five Military Bases and a Congressman Who Never Served. An Army Paratrooper Has Him at Lean Republican.

Jessica Killin and Jeff Crank are running in the Colorado district where a service record ought to count for the most.

Printed roll-call sheet beside a folded flag on a desk, for a story on Republican veterans and the Iran war powers vote

Seven Republicans Voted to End the Iran War. Four of Them Have Served.

Two Iowa Republicans in toss-up seats switched to a yes vote on war powers on 15 September and explained it with their own time in uniform.

Campaign flyers on a folding table in a Mount Pleasant office, set for the Lacore Honeycutt race after Hegseth's speech

Hegseth Defended the Firings at Quantico. One Admiral He Fired Is on the Ballot in Five Weeks.

Pete Hegseth spent Wednesday defending his cuts to the military's top ranks.

Families waiting on a San Diego pier at dawn as a carrier approaches, ahead of the USS Lincoln hearings

The Navy Confirmed Eight Suicide Attempts in the Lincoln Strike Group as the Carrier Heads Home

The Navy's acting secretary confirmed in a letter dated 22 September that sailors across the Lincoln carrier strike group made eight suicide attempts during its ten-month deployment.

People leaving a small-city theater at night after an evening event, following the Bennett Kean Rahway debate

Rebecca Bennett Brought Up the Navy When the Subject Was War, and Almost Nowhere Else

At the Bennett Kean Rahway debate on Sunday, the former Navy pilot tied her opposition to the Iran war to her time in uniform.

Empty Senate chamber desk where the Duckworth NDAA Iran amendment has kept the defense bill stalled since July

Congress Has Passed a Defense Bill Every Year Since 1961. Tammy Duckworth Is Helping Block This One.

The Duckworth NDAA Iran amendment is the price Senate Democrats have set for letting the defense authorization move.

Empty Norfolk shipyard pier at first light, the Navy carrier readiness question veteran Democrats have raised

The Ford Broke the Record in April. Nobody Made It a Campaign Issue Until the Lincoln.

Two carriers have now been held at sea past the breaking point in this war, not one.

Empty San Diego carrier pier at dawn before the USS Abraham Lincoln returns, the oversight fight veteran Democrats joined

A Marine Senator Asked to Board the Carrier. The Members Who Got a Review Never Served.

The USS Abraham Lincoln handed veteran Democrats their sharpest material of the year.

An emptied union hall in a New England city the morning after a primary election night.

VoteVets Spent $1 Million in Hartford and Won. The Navy Never Came Up.

Luke Bronin beat John Larson by about twenty points on Tuesday, and veteran-aligned money paid for a large share of it.