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The nation's leading veteran services organizations are rallying behind the Department of Veterans Affairs and its beleaguered health-care system, touting the experience of staff, the breadth of services and its holistic approach to care delivery that they argue the private sector cannot match. The VSOs are warning of politicians and groups with agendas that constantly criticize VA health care, refuse to acknowledge reforms and thus advance a camouflaged campaign to dismantle VA health care.
A settlement in the workplace retaliation lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth concluded Friday with an agreement that no law was violated, removing an obstacle in her bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk in one of November's most competitive Senate races. The lawsuit from two employees of a home for veterans alleged Democrat Duckworth violated state ethics laws by taking action against them when she was head of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs.
Young people began the work Monday needed to paint homes to help low-income, disabled and elderly homeowners in the area, including the home of a World War II veteran in Veto, Ohio. Monday was the first day in the four-day Mid-Ohio Valley Work Camp.
The names of 312 Vietnam War veterans who died from exposure to Agent Orange were added to the rolls at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial on Saturday. Family members of the deceased veterans were on hand to receive a recognition plaque and place photos of their loved ones at the base of the memorial wall of names.
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., visited the coffee shop to learn more about an initiative started by the Seattle-based beverage giant aimed at hiring military veterans and their spouses. ... Subscribe or log in to read more few early Friday afternoon customers of the Starbucks on Gusabel Avenue were greeted with the sight of a green-apron-wearing, smiling member of the U.S. Senate mixing frappaccinos behind the counter.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has angered and frustrated lawmakers by deciding to stop using their authority to fire senior employees, an authority Congress gave the VA in response to the wait-times scandal of 2014. "Everyone knows VA isn't very good at disciplining employees, but this decision calls into question whether department leaders are even interested in doing so," House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., said Friday.
Seldom does the monthly status report on Mississippi's economy issued by the University Research Center of the state College Board have any good news and last month's report was no different. But one piece in the report on Mississippi's population growth, or non-growth, caught my eye.
Dennis Jasper Webber of Lincolnville, who died in 2012, will be among 312 Vietnam veterans inducted into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund's "In Memory Program" Saturday, June 18, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The program honors Vietnam veterans whose lives were cut short as a result of their service in Vietnam, but who are not eligible for inscription on The Wall under Department of Defense guidelines.
FORT MYERS, Fla.- A 61-year-old Vietnam veteran says the Department of Veterans Affairs abandoned and left him homeless. For Billy Croft, June 1 was a day he never thought would come.
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Top Republican lawmakers blasted Attorney General Loretta Lynch Wednesday for clearing a legal path for a former Veterans Affairs official at the heart of the waiting time scandal to get her job back. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said the decision by Ms.
Overnight, that hashtag has become home for commentary favoring David French, the conservative writer and Iraq war veteran who is conservatives' latest last best hope for someone to challenge Donald Trump as an independent candidate. Mounting a bid at this stage would be difficult, and French has not said he will try.
San Pedro resident Sue McLeavy reflects at her father Korean War veteran Eldon Northrup's graveside, before she and her family attended the 31st annual “Green Hills Memorial Park Memorial Day Observance, " at Green Hills Memorial Park. Eldon who died in 2011, attended most of the observance's.
Broker-dealer Drexel Hamilton, led by disabled veterans, gives ex-military personnel a chance to use skills learned on the battlefield on a new frontier -- Wall Street. Daniel Morales doesn't discount the stress of working on Wall Street, but it pales in comparison to his experiences in the U.S. Marine Corps.
On Memorial Day, we remember the many men and women who lost their lives while in defense of our freedoms and security. For those servicemen and women who come home, the challenges can be daunting.
Illegal immigrants in the US often get better care than the nation's military veterans, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said. Last year, the billionaire sparked anger by attacking the military record of Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war.
Robert Mirto, Esq., was the Master of Ceremonies, and he and all of the honored guests kept their addresses short, so there were no medical emergencies and the parade stepped off earlier than in some past years. US Senator Richard Blumenthal, and First Selectman Jim Zeoli made brief comments, and two students from Orange Elementary Schools read short poems.
Veterans and their families gathered at Roselawn Memorial Park on Sunday to tend to loved ones' graves and take part in a Memorial Day service honoring the sacrifice of those who died serving in the military. Roselawn Memorial Park and the local Veterans of Foreign Wars work together every year to host the event.
"Thousands of people are dying waiting in line to see a doctor. That is not going to happen anymore," Trump told veterans gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial as part of the annual Rolling Thunder event, which brings thousands of motorcyclists to Washington each Memorial Day weekend.