Each of us wants to be free. But if we want to be free, we also need to appreciate that others also desire the same thing.
Every single American deserves to be treated equally by their fellow Americans and under the law.
I am a military police officer and I have served on two deployments my first was to Iraq, in a medical unit, and my second deployment was to Kuwait, as a military police platoon leader.
I am proud to be the first Hindu American to have been elected to Congress and now the first Hindu American to run for president.
I feel it is my duty to take every single opportunity I get to advocate for peace, no matter the circumstances of those meetings.
In my past, I said and believed things that were wrong and - worse - hurtful to the LGBTQ+ community and their loved ones.
In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.
It's when we care for each other - choosing inclusion and love over division and hatred - that this great country is at its greatest.
Looking at someone in a deployed setting, it's not in their best interest to get pregnant overseas, but if it happens, it happens.
My siblings and I grew up studying from both the Bhagavad-Gita and the Bible, going to Mass, and then coming home to a yoga kirtan.
United Nations experts Democratic Party, unfortunately, is not the party that is of, by and for the people.
Race or religion or orientation, these were things that didn't matter, because we were focused on our mission of serving.
These days, it's often women in uniform - moms, wives, even grandmothers - who deploy and leave their families behind.
We cannot afford to walk down that dangerous path of government overstepping its boundaries into the most personal parts of our lives.
Looking at someone in a deployed setting, it's not in their best interest to get pregnant overseas, but if it happens, it happens.
I am proud to be the first Hindu American to have been elected to Congress and now the first Hindu American to run for president.
To maintain order after Assad's fall would require at least 500,000 troops in a never-ending occupation.