Category Archives: Veterans Services
Tom Coburn puts hold on veterans suicide prevention bill
By Jacqueline Klimas – The Washington Times – Tom Coburn said Friday a bill that -->
VA policy to disclose errors in medical care not always followed
By William R. Levesque, Tampa Bay Times: Department of Veterans Affairs leaders often talk proudly -->
Major messup: How the VA gave Congress and the media false information
By Josh Hicks: The Department of Veterans Affairs this year issued false statements to Congress and -->
Herbicide Tests, Usage, and Storage Outside of Vietnam
The Department of Defense has released a list of dates and locations of herbicide tests -->
Capital Data: New York’s veteran unemployment problem
By Brendan Cheney: More veterans in New York State are unemployed than non-veterans, according to -->
Former Maryland Veterans Affairs Official Sentenced To Prison For Fraudulently Obtaining Over $1.4 Million In Benefits
Baltimore, Maryland – Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced U.S. Army veteran David -->
My view: Help for veterans with new program
By Sam McVey, Deseret News: On Monday, the Utah Judicial Council approved the first two -->
V.A. Creates Plans to Consolidate Services
By Richard A. Oppel, Jr.: The New York Times: The Department of Veterans Affairs announced -->
VA calls for more money for patient care
The Hill: By Martin Matishak – The Veterans Affairs Department says the $16.3 billion lawmakers -->
HOSPITAL HORROR: VA patients treated with bogus medical equipment, supplies
By Jim McElhatton – The Washington Times -Unauthorized and potentially counterfeit, dangerous surgical devices and -->
Robert McDonald Announces Massive VA Health Overhaul
By Kimberly Leonard, US News & World Report: The chief of the Veterans Affairs Department -->
Victims of Toxic Chemicals Fight for Benefits From VA
MSN News by Mike Magner: Veterans who were exposed to toxic contaminants during their service -->
Younger veterans heading to Congress in bigger numbers
The Navy Times, by Leo Shane III: Next year’s Congress will boast the largest class -->
Joni Ernst: First Female Combat Vet in Senate
By Daniel Wiser, The Washington Free Beacon: Republican Joni Ernst became the first woman from Iowa -->
Tom Cotton First Iraq and Afghanistan War Vet Elected to U.S. Senate
Associated Press, By Charles Babington: Veteran Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas lost his seat -->
Justice Department undercuts VA explanations on not firing executives
Stars & Stripes, by Travis J. Tritten: The VA says it has held off for -->
VA’s archaic archives give way to simpler computerized system
The Washington Post: By Amy Wax-Thibodeaux:Call it the demise of the old rubber thumb and -->
The Best Places For Veterans 2014
Forbes: You might not think of Pittsburgh, PA as the most promising place for a -->
VA removes first official under new firing rules, after two months of paid leave
By Josh Hicks, The Washington Post: The Department of Veterans Affairs has fired the director -->
VA secretary defends pace of disciplinary actions
Military Times, by Leo Shane III: Critics of the Veterans Affairs Department want to know -->