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A controversial veterans advocacy group is gaining clout in Congress but appears to be losing credibility with fellow veterans lobbyists.
The group is called Concerned Veterans for America, and its ties to conservative causes and funders have drawn criticism since its founding five years ago. For the most part, CVA’s leaders have managed to balance those attacks by establishing public working relationships with several major veterans organizations.
But in recent weeks, even those arrangements have deteriorated.
The most recent divorce came in June, when the American Legion, whose leaders just a few months ago were working closely with CVA on efforts to reform the Veterans Affairs Department, sent a letter to lawmakers in which they characterized CVA’s leaders as politically motivated “mouthpieces whose focus is to leverage the military veterans community to achieve selfish gains.”
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