'BROKEN PROMISES' chronicles the author's whistleblower crusade to expose the callous and dispassionate leadership of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) whose unethical clinical performance policies sacrificed and diminished quality mental health care and counselor welfare for the sake of numbers in the VA VET Center Program. It also describes the toxic, malicious and deceptive whistleblower retaliation tactics inflicted on him by VA officials designed to silence him from 'speaking truth to power,' and reveals the horrific impact these retributions had on himself, family members, clients and counselors.

Despite these unjust and abusive reprisals, 'BROKEN PROMISES' further explains how the author marched steadfastly on while being compelled and determined to reveal and correct the heartless misconduct, neglect and maltreatment perpetrated by VA management. It, too, details how his incredible campaign led to a federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation that substantiated his allegations, which resulted in legislation being passed and signed into law by the U.S. Congress that ensures VA leadership is accountable for protecting the quality of care for our veterans and their families, as well as safeguard the well-being and morale of counselors who provide services to them at over 300 VET Centers nationwide.

Additionally, 'BROKEN PROMISES' depicts the media coverage of the author's unwavering battle to rectify jeopardized mental health care and endangered counselor welfare within the VA VET Center Program, which was featured on NBC and NPR, to include the Military Times, other publications and local news broadcasts. It also portrays the author, Ted Blickwedel, who is a retired Marine, combat veteran and former VA VET Center Counselor, as a man of courage, integrity and tireless resolve who epitomizes all that is great in our American heroes.