{"id":2253591,"date":"2024-05-26T22:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T02:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veterans-in-congress-wash-vietnam-war-wall-for-memorial-day\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T22:27:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T02:27:38","slug":"veterans-in-congress-wash-vietnam-war-wall-for-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veterans-in-congress-wash-vietnam-war-wall-for-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Veterans Clean Vietnam War Wall for Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fveterans-in-congress-wash-vietnam-war-wall-for-memorial-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2253591&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Congress veterans from both political parties teamed up to clean the Vietnam \u200cWar Memorial in anticipation\u200b of Memorial Day. This \u2064bipartisan initiative was showcased\u2062 on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221;. Representative Mike Waltz emphasized the importance of unity over party \u2063lines. Waltz and\u200d Representative \u2064Pat Ryan highlighted \u2063a\u2062 concerning disconnect between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/history-repeats-itself-democrats-are-using-tactics-of-the-marxists-of-1917-in-russia-to-steal-2020-election\/\" title=\"History Repeats Itself: Democrats Are Using Tactics of the Marxists of 1917 in Russia to Steal 2020 Election\">general population<\/a> and \u200dthe\u2064 small proportion who have\u200b served in the military. They \u200dare keen on bridging this gap by encouraging more young American \u200dservice \u2063enlistment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Several veterans currently serving in Congress \u2014 from both sides of the aisle \u2014 joined together to wash the Vietnam War Memorial ahead of the Memorial Day holiday honoring fallen service-members.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace the Nation\u201d shared video of the project on Sunday, showing several members of Congress who served in different branches of the military as they hand-washed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrat, Republican, black, white, brown, none of that matters,\u201d Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) said. \u201cIt just matters that we\u2019re all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This Memorial Day weekend, a bipartisan group of veterans who serve in Congress hand-washed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrat, Republican, Black, White, Brown, none of that matters. It just matters that we\u2019re all Americans,\u201d Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TmMLGrGbd3\">pic.twitter.com\/TmMLGrGbd3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1794813253345845415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Waltz and Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) also spoke with \u201cFace the Nation\u201d host Margaret Brennan about the \u201cdivide\u201d between the 99% of Americans who have never served in the military and the 1% who have. Calling that chasm \u201cdeeply problematic as a democracy,\u201d they told Brennan that they have been working together to find better ways to recruit more young Americans to serve.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With less than 1% of the American population serving in the military, the \u201cdivide\u201d between the other 99% is \u201cdeeply problematic as a democracy,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepPatRyanNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepPatRyanNY<\/a>, who is working with another veteran in Congress, Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgwaltz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@michaelgwaltz<\/a>, on ways to recruit more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">service members<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DPEiYsdJfm\">pic.twitter.com\/DPEiYsdJfm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1794742391477243917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Waltz suggested that especially in light of President Joe Biden\u2019s recent unilateral moves to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-student-debt-forgiveness-would-cost-taxpayers-millions\/\" title=\"Democrats push for student debt forgiveness, would cost taxpayers millions\">cancel student debt<\/a>, perhaps some sort of civil or military service could be expected of those whose debts were forgiven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Service doesn\u2019t just have to be in the military. <\/span>People here are talking about just giving away college or just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-student-loan-cancellation-plan-could-worsen-military-recruitment-crisis\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Student Loan Cancellation Plan Could Worsen Military Recruitment Crisis\">eliminating debt<\/a>. Well, how about the American taxpayer gets something in exchange for that in terms of service?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cService doesn\u2019t just have to be in the military,\u201d Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgwaltz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@michaelgwaltz<\/a> says. \u201cPeople here are talking about just giving away college or just eliminating debt. Well, how about the American taxpayer gets something in exchange for that in terms of service?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xeX4w1PzDQ\">pic.twitter.com\/xeX4w1PzDQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1794742641818751243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Waltz and Ryan are also working together to combat the very real problem of suicide among military veterans, saying that the federal government needed to be ready to do more. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the urgency. It needs to be a problem that every American recognizes as theirs,\u201d Ryan said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The U.S. government is \u201cnot doing enough\u201d to address the number of veterans who succumb to suicide after serving, says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepPatRyanNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepPatRyanNY<\/a>, an Army veteran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have the urgency,\u201d he tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@margbrennan<\/a>. \u201cIt needs to be a problem that every American recognizes as theirs.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TTvDUvHJCC\">pic.twitter.com\/TTvDUvHJCC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1794740563415294326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress veterans, spanning both political spectrums, united to clean the Vietnam War Memorial for upcoming Memorial Day celebrations. The event, honoring fallen heroes, was covered by CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace The Nation\u201d. 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