US spends millions protecting Confederate cemeteries

In this Aug. 22, 2017, photo, Bert Cambron, left, and Mark Wilson, employees of Dayton National Cemetery, move the vandalized Civil War Confederate soldier statue that stood in Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio. Two days later, the VA contracted with the Westmoreland Protection Agency, based in Sunrise, Fla., to provide unarmed security guards at Camp Chase and two other cemeteries.

Williams to attend Shawnee Island dedication

Twitter/Woody Williams Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams, a World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, will be a special guest at the grand opening and dedication ceremony of the City of Logan's Shawnee Island project on Monday, Oct. 22. Twitter/Woody Williams Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams, a World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, will be a special ... (more)

Cleveland VA medical center under review for mass cancellation of patients tests

The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center is among several Veterans Affairs hospitals in the country that are under review for claims they are improperly canceling a large number of patients' diagnostic tests. About 300,000 canceled radiology tests at VA medical centers across the United States since 2016 has raised questions about whether some medically important tests were canceled improperly, according to USA Today.

Behind Trump’s decision to finally praise John McCain

President Donald Trump offered brief plaudits for the recently passed Sen. John McCain in a statement on Monday after responding only with silence to questions about the Vietnam War veteran. Full credit: Chip Somodevilla/Saul Loeb/Getty Images WASHINGTON -- Fed up with television coverage of Sen. John McCain's death and eager to continue promoting his agenda, President Donald Trump remained silent for most of Monday about the Vietnam War veteran being honored by the rest of Washington.

The Latest: McCain to lie in state at Arizona Capitol on Wed

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says Sen. John McCain will lie in state at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, which is his birthday. The six-term Arizona senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran died Saturday of brain cancer at his ranch near Sedona, Arizona, at age 81. Republican and Democratic leaders did not give a date for the event, saying Sunday that more details would be released later.

The Latest: Trump skips mention of McCain at GOP dinner

President Donald Trump is in Ohio where he toured a hospital with wife Melania and will address state Republicans. President Donald Trump didn't mention Arizona Sen. John McCain during his speech at a Republican party dinner in Ohio Friday, hours after the family of the ailing senator said he had chosen to discontinue medical treatment for brain cancer.

Thomas J. Snee Commemorated with a Lifetime Achievement Award by…

Thomas J. Snee of Burke, Virginia has been commemorated with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide for his outstanding achievements and high level of success in the field of nonprofit associations. About Thomas J. Snee Thomas Snee retired after 31 years with the U.S. Navy.

Veterans Affairs to the forefront

July 23 marked a rare event in the politically and ideologically lacerated chambers of Congress. President Donald Trump's nominee for veterans affairs secretary, Robert Wilkie, won Senate confirmation by a strikingly bipartisan vote of 86 to 9. The VA borrows its mission statement from the penultimate phrase of one of the American history's loftiest documents, Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address: "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan."

Trump backs GOP candidates in Michigan’s Senate primary, Ohio…

President Donald Trump on Friday declared his support for Republican candidates in Tennessee, Michigan and Ohio, wading into a pair of races in Midwestern states he won in 2016 and a conservative state in which he remains popular. Trump also said he would ramp up his campaigning for House and Senate Republicans in the coming weeks, noting he has asked White House chief of staff John Kelly and other aides to draft a list of the 25 most competitive congressional races so he can get more involved.

Senate confirms Pentagon official Robert Wilkie to lead VA – Mon, 23 Jul 2018 PST

The Senate easily confirmed Robert Wilkie on Monday as the 10th secretary of Veterans Affairs, elevating the top Pentagon official and Washington insider to lead an agency that serves a key constituency for President Donald Trump but has floundered amid political infighting. The 86-to-9 bipartisan vote, with Democrats casting nearly all of the no votes, was without the drama of other Cabinet confirmations in the Trump administration.

Senate set to confirm Wilkie for Veterans Affairs secretary

After months of tumult, Pentagon official Robert Wilkie is expected to become secretary of Veterans Affairs when the Senate votes Monday to confirm him, taking on the task of fulfilling President Donald Trump's promises to fire bad VA employees and steer more patients to the private sector. The long-time public official says he will "shake up complacency" at VA, which has struggled with long waits in providing medical treatment to millions of veterans.