The New York Times – Joshua Bunn was a rifleman in one of the bloodiest valleys in Afghanistan, where his infantry unit killed hundreds of enemy fighters and lost more comrades than any [...]
Daily Republic – According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Institute of Medicine, approximately 250,000 of the 696,000 U.S. servicemen and women in the 1991 Gulf War [...]
Colorado Springs Gazette – By August, many more thousands of Vietnam War veterans, those suffering from bladder cancer, hypothyroidism, Parkinson’s-like symptoms and even high blood [...]
Government Executive – Combat veterans now can apply for health care at the Veterans Affairs Department by telephone, in addition to the existing paper and online application options. Read [...]
Stars and Stripes – The Pentagon has been deducting money erroneously from combat-wounded veterans’ severance pay for 25 years, an error officials knew about for years and that might have [...]
Government Executive – Senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Department would not receive bonuses in fiscal 2017 under a major House spending bill unveiled on Tuesday. Read More >
The American Prospect – The VA Commission on Care, the 15-member bipartisan body created by Congress to make recommendations about the future of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), [...]
Military Times – House appropriators will give the Department of Veterans Affairs almost all the money VA officials say they need for next year, but with a few caveats Read More >
NextGov – Improving the veteran experience is at the top of the list of priorities for the Veterans Affairs Department. Literally. Displayed in the lobby entrance to VA’s Washington, D.C., [...]
ABC News – Top GOP lawmakers Tuesday promised increased spending for veterans’ programs and National Guard construction projects but Speaker Paul Ryan says House Republicans need to [...]