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VA Chief: Backlog Reform Is Difficult But On Track

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Eric Shinseki triumphed over a severe combat wound in Vietnam, outmaneuvered the crusty Old Guard in the Pentagon and stared down...

VA Moves To Clear Massive Claims Backlog

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — More than 10,000 workers who handle disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs will be required to work at least 20 ho...

Panel Votes To Ban Veterans Affairs Bonuses

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A House panel voted Wednesday to place a five-year moratorium on bonuses to senior executives at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Th...

Chairman Calls For 'Top-To-Bottom Review' After 'Outrageous' Move

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A House committee chairman renewed his criticism Thursday of the bonuses paid to senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Departme...

Agency Taking Action On Soaring Problem

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 04.19.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Veterans waiting more than a year for a decision on their disability claims are moving to the front of the line, under a new progra...

David Wood

Veterans Get $63 Billion Boost In Obama's 2014 Budget Proposal

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Despite growing pressure for budget cuts, the Obama administration next week will propose spending $63.5 billion for veterans services i...

Wait For Disability Benefits Longer In VA Secretary's Home State

Honolulu Civil Beat | Kery Murakami | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics

Although the federal Veterans Administration has been taking heat nationally for a growing backlog and increased times to process disabled veterans be...

13,000 More Names to the List

Matthew Hoh | Posted 04.29.2013 | Politics
Matthew Hoh

The true measure of our society and the mark of who we are, not just as compassionate citizens but as responsible decision makers, is how we will choose to honor and remember those young men and women who have returned from overseas wars of our choosing broken, changed and sick.

24 Hours of Suicide

Stacy Bare | Posted 04.14.2013 | Impact
Stacy Bare

Starting at midnight tonight, and spacing out each suicide at intervals of 65 or 66 minutes, the timeline herein matches up with the number of veterans who will commit suicide over the next 24 hours.

Veterans Affairs Takes Big Step To Help Troops Coming Home

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 02.11.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Veterans Affairs Department said Monday it has added more than 1,000 mental health professionals and 200 support staff over the past...

What a Sick F'ing Joke...

Matthew Hoh | Posted 04.09.2013 | Politics
Matthew Hoh

What a sick f'ing joke. I am not sure what else to say about the state of Washington, D.C. and its wars. Just in Friday's reporting: - Senator Chu...

New Report Shows Staggering Veteran Suicide Rate

AP | By KEVIN FREKING | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of veterans who commit suicide each day is more than 20 percent higher than the Department of Veterans Affairs has prev...

The War Comes Home

Brian Stone | Posted 03.30.2013 | Politics
Brian Stone

We need more money to help vets and we need it now. We need to open the floodgates of medical care -- even if it means government waste and abuse. The cost of our penny pinching is too high.

Disabled Veteran Waits four Years for Help

David Wood | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics
David Wood

The Obama administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs are unsurpassed when it comes to voicing support for veterans. And the VA, under Eric ...

Hundreds May Have Been Exposed To HIV, Hepatitis At VA Hospital

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 03.15.2013 | Healthy Living

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Federal authorities warned against the infection risks of using insulin pens on more than one patient, and officials on Monday a...

Art in the Digital World (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 01.15.2013 | Arts
Crane.tv

At 21 years old, the Internet has officially come-of-age. We can now begin to examine its influence on our cultural and social interactions, the ways ...

Eleanor Goldberg

Vet Hunters: Keeping Vets Together Is Key To Ending Veteran Homelessness

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 11.12.2012 | Impact

After Jason Snyder finished a tour in Afghanistan, where he says he cleaned up the remains of soldiers blown up by IEDs, he was eager to start over. B...

The Day After Veterans Day -- Still Saying Thank You

Stacy Bare | Posted 01.12.2013 | Impact
Stacy Bare

At the end of the day, as all veterans, I am a testament to the community that has taken me in, sheltered me from the storm when needed and encouraged me to brave the tempest when it was best course of action to advance my life.

Six Ways to Honor Our Veterans

Joshua Kors | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics
Joshua Kors

Forget wearing a flag pin. Or slapping a "We Support the Troops" bumper sticker on your Prius. This Veterans Day push yourself to do something that's actually meaningful. Here are six ways to honor our soldiers.

David Wood

VA Chief Charts Solid Gains For Veterans

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 11.11.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- After Eric Shinseki took over a sleepy Department of Veterans Affairs four years ago, he decided some change was due. For one thing, tho...

David Wood

Iraq, Afghanistan War Wounded Pass 50,000

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 10.26.2012 | World

WASHINGTON -- More than 50,000 Americans have been combat-wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan since 2001, a grim measure of the cost of more than a decade ...

David Wood

Veterans In College Struggle With Frustration, Isolation As Drop-Out Rate Soars

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 10.25.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- In the decade after World War II, 2 million veterans went to college on the new GI Bill, and almost all of them graduated and went on to...

B&B Italia -- 'Can Design Save Europe?' (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 11.20.2012 | Arts
Crane.tv

The recession of the past years has sparked a lot of debate around the fate of the arts and craft industry. With manufacturing power is moving Eastward toward mass production factories in China and India, what is left of Europe's history in true craftsmanship?

Veterans Go Online In Lieu Of Brick-And-Mortar VFWs

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 11.15.2012 | Technology

DENVER (AP) — Busy, tech-savvy and often miles from their peers, thousands of new veterans are going online to find camaraderie or get their questio...

David Wood

Obama Orders Relief for Combat Trauma Veterans

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 08.31.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, responding to unprecedented waves of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans suffering from combat trauma, has ordered...