Oct 05 U.S. dedicates memorial honoring disabled veterans By Carey Reed President Obama honored the nation's wounded servicemen and servicewomen during the unveiling of a disabled veterans memorial in Washington on Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 29 VA settles complaints of three Phoenix whistleblowers By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Veterans Affairs Department said Monday it has settled complaints filed by three employees who faced retaliation after filing whistleblower complaints about the troubled Phoenix VA hospital. Continue reading
Sep 18 White House announces plan to train 50,000 people, including veterans, to install solar panels By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. is planning to train veterans to become solar panel installers in the next six years, the White House said Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 26 Obama unveils plans to improve mental health care for veterans By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press His standing with veterans damaged by scandal, President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his administration's response to Veterans Affairs lapses that delayed health care for thousands of former service members, but conceded more needed to be done to regain their… Continue reading
Aug 07 President Obama signs bill allowing new changes in veteran health care By Matthew Daly, Darlene Superville, Associated Press FORT BELVOIR, Va. — President Barack Obama says the government must ensure that the Veterans Affairs Department has the resources to keep up with the demands of troops returning from war. Continue reading
Jul 25 House and Senate try to find compromise on VA health care plan By Associated Press A day after offering competing plans to improve veterans' health care, the chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees are again attempting to find a compromise. Continue reading
Jul 11 Lawmakers seek lower price for bill on vets’ care By Matthew Daly, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Stung by sticker shock, members of Congress are scrambling to lower the cost of a bill to fix veterans' health care amid a growing uproar over long waits for appointments and falsification of records to cover up the delays at… Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch Is GI Bill benefitting for-profit colleges instead of helping veterans? By PBS News Hour Veterans can receive the full cost of a college education under the GI Bill, but recently funds from the bill have flowed mostly to for-profit schools, even though veterans’ prospects are often not appreciably better after attending them. Aaron Glantz… Continue watching
Jul 03 VA says patient access to medical care improving By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has reached out to nearly 140,000 veterans in the past two months to get them off waiting lists and into clinics for medical appointments. Continue reading
Jun 13 Veteran advocates remember Steve Robinson By News Desk The death Thursday of Army veteran and advocate Steve Robinson, who made several appearances on the PBS NewsHour, prompted words of praise from the advocacy community about how he championed veteran and military causes. Continue reading