veteran

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The veteran litigator found herself in hot water after her efforts to broker a detente between Cipriani and Shell spectacularly backfired.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The company looked to assure investors that another change in management won’t be too much of a disruption, as interim CFO Day is a longtime company veteran.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

But our successes in reducing veteran and family homelessness, and our improved knowledge about what works and for whom, should be getting us much closer to making substantial improvements, and hopefully sooner than later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Dahlia also speaks with Andrew Weissmann, law professor at New York University and a veteran federal prosecutor, about President Trump’s latest nomination for attorney general and the state of the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Secretary of State John Kerry, who more than forty years before had been the first Vietnam War veteran to testify before Congress against the war, put it more bluntly.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin