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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Scott LoBaido doesn’t like to cry. But when it comes to veterans, the Grasmere resident wears his heart on his sleeve. “It’s close to my heart,” LoBaido said of the sacrifices

The Waco Veterans Affairs Medical Centers name and brand soon will be officially linked to a local World War II hero. The hospital is holding a renaming ceremony Thursday to formally become the Doris Miller

Local veterans had a chance to voice their concerns and ask questions at a veterans town hall meeting sponsored by Congressman Mark Amodei on Tuesday. There was also discussion about proposed cuts to military benefits

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., added his support Tuesday to establishing a Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic somewhere in Sussex County to serve veterans living in the northwestern corner of the state. The idea of a

A much-heralded program aimed at speeding up access to medical treatment by allowing some patients to obtain care outside the Department of Veterans Affairs system has gotten off to a slow start. In the San

Hartford Senate Democrats in Connecticut are pushing for retired veterans to be fully exempt from the states income tax. The legislators made their case Tuesday during a news conference and public testimony at a hearing

The rural setting of the Hot Springs Veterans Affairs Medical Center would make it an excellent place for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said Monday at a Rapid City press

The embattled Veterans Affairs Department, now ranked by a government watchdog as among the most troubled federal agencies, is reminding employees in a memo why they should care about their work. The document circulating among

The Department of Veterans Affairs this month unveiled plans to end veterans homelessness in Los Angeles by 2016. The move came as the agency races to meet its goal of eliminating the same problem across

The Government Accountability Office now considers the VA hospitals as a high-risk agency that is susceptible to waste, fraud and abuse in an updated report. There seems to lack coordination between VA and non-VA hospitals,

Des Plaines American Legion Post 36 will host a program Saturday explaining the rights and benefits to which all veterans are entitled, organizers said. The free program begins at noon and will last about two

The new head of the Veterans Affairs Department, Robert McDonald, says hes determined to run the sprawling, scandal-ridden government agency like a business. And to prove he means business, the former private sector executive ticked