Paul Rieckhoff News Archive

Giving Back to Veterans
By Joe Klein, Time
July 3, 2008

Bush OKs $162 Billion for War, GI Bill
By Jon Ward, Washington Times
July 1, 2008

Wounds You Can't See
By Bob Herbert, New York Times
June 24, 2008

Veterans to 'Raq Up Free Tuition at CUNY
By Stephanie Gaskell, Daily News
June 22, 2008

Study Shows Discrepancies in VA Care for Men, Women
By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press
June 13, 2008 

A NEW G.I. Bill
WBUR's Here and Now
May 26, 2008

Congress Tries to Reach Middle Ground on New GI Bill, But Cost Remains a Sticking Point
By Michelle Rabinowitz, MTV News
May 14, 2008

FEATURE-Iraq War Strains U.S. Army Mental Health System
By Claudia Parsons, Reuters
May 6, 2008

Doing the Troops Wrong
By Bob Herbert, New York Times
May 6, 2008

Nearly a Fifth of War Veterans Report Mental Disorders, a Private Study Finds
By Lizette Alvarez, New York Times
April 18, 2008

Chuck Schumer Protests Benefit Denials to Iraq's 'Pvt. Ryans'
By Stephanie Gaskell, Daily News
April 18, 2008

A Beefed-Up GI Bill Would Spur Economy
By George W. Reilly, Providence Journal
February 11, 2008

On the Front for a New Generation of Veterans
By Patrick Arden, Metro New York
January 31, 2008

War Concussions Linked to Stress
By Benedict Carey, New York Times
January 30, 2008

VA Struggles With Vets' Mental Health
CBS News
November 14, 2007

Iraq War Veterans Often Delay Mental Reactions
By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times
November 14, 2007

Failing to Serve America's Heroes on the Home Front
By Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz, ABC News' The Blotter
November 9, 2007

Who Will Probe 'Noncombat' Deaths in Iraq?
By Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher
November 6, 2007

Push to Reveal Time Vets Wait for Care
By Stella M. Hopkins, Charlotte Observer
October 24, 2007

Young, Older Vets Fight for VA Funds
By Richard Sisk, Daily News
October 21, 2007

The 'Good Germans' Among Us
By Frank Rich, New York Times
October 14, 2007

After Iraq, Vets Air Their Doubts
By Emerson Clarridge, Newsday
October 12, 2007

Wounded Vets Also Economic Casualties
By Jeff Donn and Kimberly Heeling, Associated Press
September 29, 2007

VA Head Wants to Cut Delays in Vets' Pay
By Hope Yen, Associated Press
September 27, 2007

Dramatic Increase Found in Soldier Suicides
By Aaron Levin, Psychiatry News
September 21, 2007

Health Officials Chip Away at PTSD Stigma
By Kelly Kennedy, Dallas Morning News
September 19, 2007

VA Secretary Leaving His Post in the Fall Among Some Criticism
By George W. Reilly, Providence Journal
July 23, 2007

Concerns Grow About War Veterans’ Misdiagnoses
By Laura M. Colarusso, Boston Globe
June 10, 2007

An Offer That Won’t Easily Translate
By Kevin Coughlin, Newark Star-Ledger
May 20, 2007

The Known Soldier
By Valley Haggard, Style Weekly
May 9, 2007

VA Under Fire for Hefty Employee Bonuses
MSNBC
May 3, 2007

An Invisible War
By Bob Herbert, New York Times
May 3, 2007

Vets Are Home and Homeless
By Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle
April 15, 2007

13,000 National Guard Troops to Head to Iraq
By John Hendren, ABC News
April 8, 2007

Fight for Vets
By Neil Graves, New York Post
March 12, 2007

Paul Rieckhoff: Walter Reed Hospital: Mice, Mold, and Roaches
By Paul Rieckhoff, Yahoo! News
February 20, 2007

‘Debate Doesn’t Hurt the Troops,’ Says President of Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Group
By David Edwards and Josh Catone, The Raw Story
February 15, 2007

“I Don’t Have Will to Go Back to War”
By Jo Napolitano, Chicago Tribune
January 27, 2007

Veterans Feel Left Out, Ignored in Bush Speech
By Dana Hughes, ABC News
January 24, 2007