Introducing #vetchat

Oct 17, 2012 2:15 AM EDT

A new weekly Twitter chat from the Hero Project, happening every Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST, dedicated to military and veterans' issues.

Newsweek & The Daily Beast is proud to announce an ongoing online conversation about military and veterans’ issues, held every Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST at the hashtag #vetchat. Today’s chat is being hosted by The Daily Beast's Michael Daly. Each week’s conversation will inform Hero Project TV, the Beast series hosted by Jarhead author and Marine veteran Anthony Swofford, which airs every other Friday morning.

Follow @HeroSummit or email Jake Heller at jake.heller@newsweekdailybeast.com for more information, or if you’d like to host one of the conversations.

#vetchat—every Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST

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