The University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and The War Horse News hosted a day-long convening to discuss the human impact of military service with journalists, scholars, and the senior government officials shaping the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
C-SPAN aired live coverage of the Evening Keynote, The Human Impact of Military Service – a Conversation With Jon Stewart and Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks.
Stewart questioned Deputy Secretary Hicks about military spending and the amounts that go to troops and families versus defense contractors, including in a video clip that went viral on Twitter.
“Congress gave [the military] billions of dollars to go to war, every year, for a lot of years, and then the veterans have to fight for money on the back end,” Stewart said.
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