Post-traumatic stress can happen to anyone and impacts Americans of all ages, genders and backgrounds. For our active-duty service members, veterans and their families, it is all too common. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 20% of those who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom have reported PTS in a given year and our grave reality is that an estimated 20 or more veterans die by suicide every day. That is one almost every 80 minutes.

Some say the macho, suck-it-up, therapy-is-for-wusses ethos of the military is driving service members to take their own lives.

Sending troops to East Africa may not play well in U.S. domestic politics. But three decades ago, the world stood by and watched a brutal civil war unfold in the small African nation of Rwanda. That was shameful. Ethiopia is far larger and more geopolitically important than Rwanda, and Africa is now the fastest-growing continent.

The Powell doctrine poses two potential challenges regarding U.S. policy and rhetoric regarding Taiwan. First, as has happened too often in the past, the talking shop known as the U.S. foreign policy establishment has been too quick to bare its teeth, advocating military solutions to the political situation on both sides of the Taiwan Straits. Second, it is not clear that U.S. officials are likely to muster the level of public support Powell advocated when posturing for a possible military contest.

Before my time on the road as a trucker, I served in the United States Army. The transition to the trucking industry was a logical one for me. America’s veterans are trained to be the best, whether it’s working in the field or at a field office. As we commemorate Veterans Day this year, it’s important to remember that trucking companies are actively seeking to hire more skilled veterans.

For many veterans, adjusting to life outside of the military is challenging: Nearly half of post-9/11 veterans report difficulty in transitioning to civil life, with 32% describing the transition as “somewhat” difficult and 16% identifying it as “very” difficult. That a full 5% of these new civilians find comfort in construction speaks volumes about the industry’s potential to support our nation’s veterans in the next stage of their careers.

Now is the time for the U.S. to make its presence felt again. If “America is back,” as President Joe Biden has proclaimed, his administration should reinvigorate U.S. efforts in the South Caucasus on the conflict’s anniversary.

There are three reasons the Senate should vote to repeal this outdated law: it’s good for veterans, it’s good for the country, and it’s achievable.

Running Russia as a near-absolute monarch was never enough for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The story of his 21-year rule is equally about trying to formulate Russia’s proposition to the rest of the world - a kind of national brand message, something that was lost when the Soviet Union ceased to be the global purveyor of the far-left ideal.

OPEC and its allies will stick to their slow pace of oil-production increases, disregarding U.S. President Joe Biden’s demand to go faster.