‘Please Come and Apply’—The PACT Act Is the Largest Expansion of Veteran Benefits in Decades
“We think that there are, roughly, a little over 6.2 million veterans who, we believe, qualify for the PACT Act,” VA Secretary Denis McDonough said.
About Ishan Thakore
Ishan Thakore is a multimedia producer and investigative journalist. His work has appeared in THE CITY, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Netflix, the BBC, National Geographic blogs, and Al Jazeera. He is the recipient of IRE’s Journalist of Color fellowship, a Fulbright-National Geographic digital storytelling fellowship, and a BBC/Sundance Institute fellowship. He is an incoming Ted Scripps fellow in environmental journalism.
