{"id":125189,"date":"2023-01-19T17:52:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T17:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/19\/advocates-push-for-national-veterans-strategy-to-focus-support-efforts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:10:57","slug":"advocates-push-for-national-veterans-strategy-to-focus-support-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2023\/01\/19\/advocates-push-for-national-veterans-strategy-to-focus-support-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocates push for national veterans strategy to focus support efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2022\/08\/23\/veterans-may-be-key-to-solving-the-us-military-recruitment-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\">George W. Bush Institute<\/a> are pushing for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\">national veterans strategy<\/a> to focus numerous existing military transition programs and provide better insight on what other resources are needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur servicemembers, veterans, and their families form an immense pool of talent that can be leveraged in our businesses and in our communities,\u201d group leaders wrote as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/gwbushcenter.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/GWBI_PolicyRecs2023_VeteranTransition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">series of policy priorities<\/a> released this week to coincide with the start of the new congressional session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFederal legislators, executive departments and the administration all have roles to play in ensuring our nation best understands this. And as our transitioning service members, veterans, and their families face their next chapter, national leaders, elected officials, and their key staff members must seize this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2023\/01\/18\/when-va-calls-veterans-listen\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cellphone-smartphone.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">When VA calls, veterans listen<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">More than 70% of veterans approached through the department&#039;s Solid Start program talked to staffers about available programs and services.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Institute, the non-partisan policy arm of the George W. 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