Quil Lawrence

BBC

Quil Lawrence appears in the following:

Flooding and closed roads are some of the challenges Florida's people face after Ian

Sunday, October 02, 2022

Flooding cut off I-75 for hours as officials struggle to restore power and water to residents in the path of the storm's destruction.

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How the Biden administration's climate goals align with the military

Friday, September 23, 2022

The Pentagon held its first ever Energy Expo this week. One conclusion? The best way to sell the military on green tech may be to make sure it's lethal.

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After being dropped, vets and their caregivers may remain in VA program

Friday, September 16, 2022

Veterans and their caregivers who are part of a popular Department of Veterans Affairs program are breathing easier after a three-year grace period on unenrollment was announced.

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Federal home loan program is still failing Native American veterans after 30 years

Thursday, August 25, 2022

The GI bill has helped generations of veterans get an education and easy home loans. But that benefit has never really been available to Native Americans living on tribal land.

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One Native veteran's new mission: Fill in the gaps of VA care on his reservation

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Five-tour combat veteran Jestin Dupree works for the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes on the Fort Peck reservation in Montana. He aims to fill in gaps in VA care that often leave Native veterans behind.

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A year after the Taliban takeover, U.S. veterans worry about the Afghan people

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

This week marks one year since the abrupt end of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. U.S. veterans are still trying to come to terms with the collapse of the mission.

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Native Americans living on tribal land have struggled to access veteran home loans

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

The GI bill has helped generations of veterans get an education and easy home loans. But that benefit has never really been available to Native Americans living on tribal land.

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Biden to sign a bill that would care for veterans made sick by toxic exposures

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

President Biden on Wednesday will sign the PACT Act, a bill to care for veterans exposed to toxins that is considered the biggest expansion of veterans' health care in U.S. history.

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The Senate passed a bill to help sick veterans. Then 25 Republicans reversed course

Friday, July 29, 2022

Veterans groups are slamming GOP senators for blocking a bill that would have given health care and benefits to veterans affected by from toxic chemicals and burn pits in wars dating back to Vietnam.

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U.S. Marines are set to have the first Black 4-star general in their 246-year history

Friday, July 22, 2022

The Senate will make military history if it votes to confirm Gen. Michael E. Langley to command U.S. forces in Africa. He'll be the first Black four-star general in the Marine Corps' history.

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A bipartisan group of senators blocks a Trump-era plan to realign the VA

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

The plan would have shut many of the Department of Veterans Affairs less-used clinics and aging hospitals. The senators say they're working on a way to rebuild the VA' infrastructure.

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Black veterans came together at an empowerment conference to make their stories heard

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Groups made up of Black veterans recently came together in Washington, D.C., like they never have before. They're hoping by joining forces and telling their stories they can make their voices heard.

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U.S. is accused of a double standard when it comes to Afghan and Ukrainian refugees

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Thousands of Afghans that were promised U.S. visas remain on the run from the Taliban. The Biden administration, however, quickly cleared red tape for Ukrainians after Russia invaded Ukraine.

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Debt relief for veterans who say they were cheated by for-profit colleges

Monday, June 27, 2022

The government is settling a case that will grant billions in debt relief to students, many of them veterans, who say unscrupulous colleges cheated them into overpaying for useless degrees.

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The Senate has passed a historic expansion of care for veterans

Thursday, June 16, 2022

The Senate voted on a $280 billion package of care for veterans exposed to toxins from agent orange in Vietnam. It's a rare moment of bipartisan action and the largest expansion of VA care in history.

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Veterans exposed to toxic chemicals say they've won a historic expansion of VA care

Friday, May 27, 2022

A bill known as the PACT Act, which will lend health care services and disability benefits to veterans exposed to toxic substances, looks likely to become law next month.

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The victims and aftermath of the Buffalo supermarket shooting

Monday, May 16, 2022

Authorities are still trying to answer all the questions why a gunman killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket over the weekend. The shootings by the self-avowed racist have rattled the community.

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Black Buffalo community is tired of hearing promises when the killings don't stop

Monday, May 16, 2022

The Buffalo neighborhood that was attacked by a white supremacist has struggled for years with violence and poverty. Calls by politicians for the community to come together were met with skepticism.

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10 people are dead in an apparently planned shooting at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Yesterday, 10 people were killed and three wounded in a mass shooting in a Buffalo supermarket that appears to have been racially motivated. The shooter is in custody.

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A new Iron Curtain is eroding Norway's hard-won ties with Russia on Arctic issues

Saturday, April 30, 2022

The countries share a border. Along the frontier, residents say a new barrier has disrupted everything from Arctic climate action and nuclear waste control to trade and cross-border sports leagues.

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