What has Congress done to aid active service members, veterans, and their families? What lessons can we learn from how veterans from previous conflicts were supported upon their return? What challenges do we face as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue to take their toll? A bipartisan panel will discuss these issues. Moderated by Robert Levinson, Senior Defense Analyst with Bloomberg Government, the panel includes Amanda L. Meredith, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee; former members of Congress Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY), who served on House Veterans Affairs, and Bob Clement (D-TN), who was in the National Guard while serving in the House; retired Army Staff Sergeant Charles Eggleston, three-time Purple Heart recipient who spent over three years at Walter Reed recuperating from wounds sustained in Afghanistan; and Alison Messick, director of programs at the Navy SEAL Foundation. Presented in partnership with the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress. To access live, real-time captioning, please click below or insert the following URL into a separate browser window: www.streamtext.net/player?event=November5Event

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