A handful of veterans speaking to The Associated Press are divided over the Trump administration's proposed cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

When the Department of Government Efficiency swings an axe, it’s bound to hit a veteran who voted for President Donald Trump.

Hendrick Simoes served in the US Navy for 24 years, retiring last year and starting a new job as a civilian employee of the federal government. And to me, it feels like such a betrayal," Simoes, a 43-year-old who reached the rank of senior chief petty officer and spent much of his Navy career in public affairs,

The mass firings since Trump took office in January are pushing out thousands of veterans who make up 30% of the nation’s federal workforce.