San Francisco Chronicle (AP) – During debate on Thursday, Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, complained about the $21 billion, 10-year cost of the comprehensive bill. During an [...]
NewsMax – The Department of Veterans Affairs has told Navy veteran Joseph Teson, who lives in the small town of Watervliet near Albany, N.Y., that it overpaid him $3,090. To recoup its [...]
stargazette.com – In the 31-county area served by the VA’s Buffalo Regional Benefit Office — covering the western half of New York State from Broome County to Lake Erie — veterans in are [...]
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Federal workers who falsify or deliberately omit key details of veterans’ health records could face personal legal action under a bill expected Tuesday by [...]
USA Today – At least 350,000 veterans of wars before those in Iraq and Afghanistan have outstanding appeals of benefits decisions, according to VA records. Progress in resolving initial [...]
Department of Veterans Affairs – As I testified before Congress on May 15, I take any allegations about patient safety or employee misconduct very seriously. The reports of Veterans’ [...]
The Washington Post – The question facing President Obama as he seeks to contain yet another widening VA scandal is whether quiet and resolute professionalism still works in an age of noisy [...]
Stars & Stripes – As the federal government struggles with problems at the Veterans Administration amid thousands returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it does so with a Congress [...]
Politico – Leading veterans groups are lashing out against Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) for an open letter he wrote scolding the organizations for not doing more to condemn Secretary of [...]
msnbc (VIDEO) – Rachel Maddow reports on the shaming of Republican Senator Richard Burr by U.S. veterans groups after the senator criticized them in an open letter ahead of Memorial Day [...]