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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. (AP) – Vermonts only veterans hospital is going to be joining six other Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in making the life stories of some veterans a part of their medical

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald toured the Wilmington VA Medical Center Monday. McDonald met with hospital leaders and workers, as well as veterans. “We have a lot of work to do,” McDonald said.

FARMINGTON A 2013 project to build houses for Navajo veterans in each of the five agencies is continuing into another year. An update about the Navajo veterans housing project was provided on Wednesday to officials

New York is poised to become the largest U.S. city to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015, an incredible achievement for a city that in 2012 had the second largest population of homeless

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has put forward Lt. Col. Sean Connolly of Hebron as his choice to succeed Linda Schwartz as the state’s Veterans Affairs commissioner. Connolly must first, however, be confirmed by the General

A conservative veterans group is testing its clout with a radical plan unveiled Thursday to largely privatize VA health care. Concerned Veterans for America is calling for the Veterans Health Administration the wing of the

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) announced the expansion of new health care services at the Laredo VA Outpatient Clinic effective February 1, 2015. The new services feature the option for in-patient hospital stays for the first

BEAUFORT, S.C. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense are opening a new dermatology clinic at the Beaufort Naval Hospital. The grand opening of the clinic is set for Thursday. The new

WASHINGTON — Senators said Thursday a new multi-billion-dollar program to provide outside health care to veterans caught up in long waits at the VA does not appear to be working. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., pressed

Governor Terry McAuliffe, Secretary John Harvey, and Secretary Bill Hazel met Wednesday with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald to discuss ways that Virginia can partner with the VA to accelerate access to

WASHINGTON A national veterans task force is advocating radical changes in the medical system for America’s former military personnel, including a choice to receive subsidized private care and conversion of the Veterans Health Administration into