The Hill – Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie told lawmakers his agency is stepping up efforts to prevent veteran suicides during testimony before a Senate panel Wednesday. Read More >
Law360 – Veterans who seek to appeal the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ denial of their benefits claims often fall into a multiyear black hole of bureaucratic inaction, waiting [...]
ConnectingVets Radio – Veterans with post-traumatic stress could have more opportunities to get a service dog paid for by the VA if a new bill becomes law. The Puppies Assisting Wounded [...]
Military Times – Senior service members would once again be able to share their GI Bill benefits with spouses and children under a provision included in a House panel’s budget bill draft. [...]
Government Executive – Though their numbers have fallen, a surprising portion of U.S. military veterans are non-citizens who might become subject to deportation by Immigration and Customs [...]
Military.com – All Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities will be completely smoke-free by October, with all forms of tobacco use, including e-cigarettes and vaping, banned [...]
Pew Trusts – To Army veteran Everett Brockington, 52, there’s no mystery about why so many veterans die by suicide: “They’ve seen things and done things that they can’t handle. And they’ve [...]
ConnectingVets Radio – DUIs, domestic incidents, arrests, police brutality, even murder plots — members of Congress spent much of a Tuesday hearing detailing horror stories of VA [...]
Government Executive – The Veterans Affairs Department can no longer publish the data related to its disciplinary actions against employees, a third-party arbitrator has ruled after a [...]
ConnectingVets Radio – Members of Congress are expressing doubt over Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense’s plan to have a new, $16 billion universal electronic [...]