At a veteran-led protest on Capitol Hill, grief and dismay reverberate over Iran war ^71.4%

NPR - By Juliana Kim - 4/24/2026, 10:46 AM

Negativity Bias 28% - Biased Writer Voice 18.1% - Appeal to Emotion 15.8%

When Kevin Benderman learned that the U.S. had entered a war with Iran, his mind teleported back about 20 years to Fort Hood, Texas — the day he received orders to deploy to Iraq. That deployment profoundly changed Benderman, an Army veteran now living in Augusta, Ga. Despite coming from a long line of military service, he said nothing... more