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MONTGOMERY, Ala. Recent actions taken to instill accountability and improve access to care are promising signs that the Department of Veterans Affairs is serious about addressing the immediate needs of veterans, U.S. Representative Martha Roby

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 27 Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told the American Legion convention here today that a new law to improve health care for veterans is a step forward but there

DENVER Surgeries are once again being done at the Denver VA after concerns were raised about its air-handling units. The Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System resumed surgical procedures Thursday. Officials say testing showed

GREENSBORO A local network of community agencies working on long-term solutions to homelessness is changing its approach. Its in getting them shelter first, and then you wrap them in all the services, City Councilwoman Marikay

WHITTIER, Calif. – An Air Force veteran whose body lay lost in the snow of an Alaskan glacier for six decades has been buried with military honors in California.The remains of Engolf Welton Hagen were

When the Veterans of Foreign Wars gathered last month for its national convention, Christine Pawley of Post 7448 in Winthrop Harbor, Ill., stepped to a microphone. “Comrades,” she said, “it’s time for change.” Pawley is

For the second year in a row, Shelton resident Lauren Cust, a wounded warrior from Operation Iraqi Freedom, and her Derby/Shelton AMVETS Post 43 team were the top fundraisers for the (Fifth) Annual Sunset Run

TAMPA On the heels of a student veterans groups warning, a U.S. Senate report reveals the extent to which for-profit universities benefit from the federal G.I. Bill program. For-profit schools received $1.7 billion in veterans

A prominent LGBT legal group filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration this week to compel the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide spousal benefits to married same-sex couples in non-marriage equality states. Lambda Legal,

August 19, 2014 WARNER ROBINS — Probably not many homeowners have moved into their new home the same day they saw it for the first time. Thats what happened to Iraq veteran Myrna Segui and

A vision two years in the making is complete. The brand new clinic for military veterans opened Monday in Northwest Colorado Springs. Hundreds of vets in Southern Colorado are already taking advantage of the services

J.R. Colby developed an intense interest in emergency medicine after taking a combat medic course while he was on active dutyas a U.S. Marine. Colby, who had been an accounting student at New Mexico State