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Podcast: Eye on Veterans
Episode: The American Legion fights for vets, and why Signal scandal is absolutely dangerous
Description: This week we’re catching up with The American Legion's Executive Director of Government Affairs, Mario Marquez, a retired Marine Corps Sgt. Major, with a deep background in veterans affairs and national security. We open with memories from Iraq deployments, and an experience with Houthi rebels in Yemen. That led us to our first discussion about the recent Signal message app scandal involving DoD, DNI, CIA and Senior White House officials. Marquez says if he had shared discussions of pending military strikes, "he would have been court martialed".Marquez also discusses the impact of recent VA...