Department of Veterans Affairs

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Bridging The DOD-VA Gap

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, White House, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Veterans Care, President Obama, Breaking Politics News, Barack Obama, Electronic Medical Records, Veterans, Politics News

Brian McGough knows the pain of navigating from Department of Defense medical care to Department of Veterans Affairs care all too well.

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The Struggles of Unemployed Iraq Vets

Stefan Deeran | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Military, Veterans, Department of Veterans Affairs, The Exception Magazine, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Maine, Iraq, Living News

I was proud as hell to serve in the footsteps of patriots and heroes. But now I am an unemployed veteran of war.

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Bloomberg 3? NYC Veterans 0

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Troops, Mental Health, Memorial Day, Mayor Bloomberg, Middle East Politics, Michael Bloomberg, Veterans Day, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, President Obama, Michael Bloomberg Term Limits, Mike Bloomberg, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, War in Iraq, Iraq Veteran Suicide, Students, New York, New York City, Tbi, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Marines, Iraq PTSD, Veterans Benefits, Homeless Veterans, Middle East, Ptsd, US Navy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Politics News

Ask any veteran and he or she will tell you that over the past several years New York City's Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs has done little or nothing to assist the hundreds of thousands of veterans in the city.

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Harry and Louise Put the Long Knives to the VA

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harry and Louise, Department of Veterans Affairs, Clinton Health Care Plan, Jon Stewart, President Obama, Va, Health Insurance, Coordination of Benefits, The Daily Show, American Legion, Politics News

With unemployment and homelessness on the rise in general and among veterans in particular, tens of thousands of low-income veterans will likely wind up without healthcare.

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Another Year In Iraq: Looking Back and Ahead

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War Anniversary, Iraq War, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Traumatic Brain Injury, President Obama, Votevets, Ptsd, Barack Obama, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Tbi, Politics News

I was in Iraq at the start of the occupation, back in May, 2003. It's impossible to not look back and shake my head in disbelief. But I also look ahead and breathe a bit of a sigh of relief.

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For Veterans, "Happiness is a warm puppy"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 04.09.2009 | Style

Recently, I learned that the comic-strip writer Charles Schulz was a decorated veteran of WWII and experienced severe forms of the shock and melancholy that often results from combat.

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Will The VA Take On Big Insurance?

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Ronald Reagan, Va, Health Insurance, General Shinseki, Insurance Companies, Ama, Obama Health Care, Eric Shinseki, Insurance Industry, Politics News, Health Care, Obama State of the Union, American Medical Association, Secretary Shinseki, Coordination of Benefits, State of the Union, Cob, Politics News

The Department of Veterans Affairs faces a crucial decision: Will it take on the private insurance companies that have long enjoyed a free ride at the VA's -- and taxpayers' -- expense?

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The Lunatics are Running the Asylum

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Energy, Lead, Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress, Veterans Affairs, Obama Stimulus, Money, Alternative Energy, Economy, Public Health, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Fbi, Smithsonian, Tax Breaks, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Stimulus, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Coast Guard, Obama Stimulus Plan, Mississippi River, Stimulus Package, Colleges, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Economic Stimulus, Department of Energy, Hollywood, Politics News

If Congress have lost sight of what this economic crisis is about and whom the stimulus plan is supposed to be helping, perhaps the following sobering statistics will serve as a reminder.

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Tammy Duckworth: Obama's Assistant Veterans Affairs Secretary

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tammy Duckworth, Veterans Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, Tammy Duckworth Veterans Affairs, Duckworth Veterans Affairs, Obama Appointments, Obama Appointees, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Tammy Duckworth, the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs director, was nominated by President Barack Obama on Tuesday to serve ...

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From Falluja to Washington, DC: Iraq Veteran Unveils New Roadmap for Congress

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: GI Bill, Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress Iraq, Iraq Veterans, Todd Bowers, Iraq, Ptsd, Paul Rieckhoff, Veterans Affairs, Veterans, Stimulus Package, Politics News

As the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the stimulus package today, Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have a lot at stake.

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Native American Veterans Fight VA and Lose

Tim Giago | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native American Veterans, National Guard, Department of Veterans Affairs, Social Security, Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration, Department of Veteran Affairs, Disability, Social Security Benefits, Social Security Disability Claims, Veterans, Politics News

Andy Torress was denied disability pension by the VA, but when he took his medical records to the Social Security Administration, they approved him for 100 percent disability.

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Open Letter to Veterans Affairs Nominee Gen. Eric Shinseki

Joseph A. Violante | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Department of Veterans Affairs, Congressional Budget Office, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, General Eric Shinseki, Homeless Veterans, Veterans Health, Obama's Cabinet, Medical Care, Medicine, Female Veterans, Women, Veterans Affairs, Vets, Budget, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, Partners for Veterans Health Care Budget Reform, Veterans Health Administratino, Obama Vets, Eric Shinseki, Shinseki, Eric Shinseki Veterans Affairs Secretary, Women's Health, Health, Disabled American Veterans, Department of Veteran Affairs, Barack Obama and Eric Shinseki, Veterans Health Care, Caregivers, Politics News

The history of veterans funding is so consistently poor that even when Congress has gotten the funding level right, it has been late. Imagine trying to run a private sector health care system without knowing your budget.

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Welcome to Chaos, General Shinseki

Hal Donahue | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Economic Development, Obama, Senate Confirmation, Health Care, Eric Shinseki, President Elect Obama, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

A patient at Walter Reed Army Hospital, I am constantly seeking to educate and assist veterans and returning military concerning access to benefits and opportunities. The news is not good.

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How the VA Could Lead the Battle for Universal Health Care

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transition, Obama, Health Care, Veterans, Department of Veterans Affairs, Barack Obama, Universal Health Care, Veterans Health Administratino, Eric Shinseki, Politics News

By separating insurance financing from the care provided, universal coverage would enable the VA to expand its services to non-veterans whose care would be paid through universal insurance.

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Trouble Buying That Illinois Senate Seat? (A Cheaper Alternative for Holiday Gift-Giving)

David Quigg | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

I cannot be bought. Not for less than 20 bucks. So there's no need to worry that my judgment has been tainted by the fact that a publisher sent me a ...

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Why won't the VA provide service dogs for wounded warriors?

Mark Kleiman | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Science and Politics, Wounded Warrior, Iraq Veterans, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration, Politics News

NEADS Inc. is a non-profit that trains service dogs. One of its current programs is called Canines for Combat Veterans. The dogs can perform amazing...

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How Did the RNC Insult Troops and Veterans? Let Me Count the Ways...

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Department of Veterans Affairs, John McCain, Surge, Success of the Surge, Sarah Palin, Fred Thompson, Opsec, Wesley Clark, Republican Convention, 2008 Presidential Election, Veterans, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Iraq Veterans, Walter Reed Middle School, Walter Reed, Politics News

Last week's convention sure made every superficial effort to come off as pro-Troop. And the media ate it up, not challenging a single thing. But to those of us who did serve, it was offense after offense after offense.

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Here's Your Maverick

Jon Soltz | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Timelines, Department of Veterans Affairs, John McCain, Veterans Affairs, Votevets, 2008 Election, Veterans, Nouri Al Maliki, McCain Iraq, Politics News

John McCain sure is a maverick, I'll give him that. In just a week, he's managed to alienate the Iraqi Prime Minister, the Iraqi people, the American people, and the veterans community.

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Embedded With The Troops... in Aspen

Heather Buchanan | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, Department of Veterans Affairs, Snowmass, Memorial Day, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Politics News

True to their indomitable spirit, these wounded warriors don't let something like paralysis or a missing leg or two prevent them from tearing up the mountain.

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