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ABC 8 News – Bill Bjournez Junior was passionate about playing his trumpet. The musical notes lift him up when he’s feeling down, and as a longtime trumpet player in the air force band, his [...]

Stars and Stripes – Their work became more urgent this summer, after a Government Accountability Office report disclosed that the VA denies more than 80 percent of veterans’ claims for Gulf [...]

Government Executive – The Veterans Affairs Department saw a slight net increase last year in the number of doctors and other in-demand workers it employs, according to a new report, but [...]

Federal News Radio – Ask Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin what his biggest challenge is and his answer might not be immediately obvious. It’s not improving wait times at VA medical [...]

Stars and Stripes – A boost in medical providers and resources, greater awareness of mental illness within the military and improving the treatment of exiting service members could help [...]

Military Times – Officials from two of the nation’s largest veterans groups attacked this weekend’s National Football League protests as “disrespectful” to the American flag and the [...]

USA Today – The Department of Veterans Affairs is tightening oversight of controversial medical experiments on dogs after an investigation found surgery failures and canine deaths in [...]

ProPublica – In August 2016, an inspector from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency arrived at Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana, a nerve center for the U.S. military’s global air [...]

The Washington Post – Federal officials plan to crack down on what they view as predatory lending schemes — reminiscent of the toxic practices seen during the housing boom — targeted at [...]

FOX News – Officials in Pinellas County, Fla., and the operators of a local medical center for veterans are pointing fingers about who’s reponsible for some 30 patients being left [...]