Tag: Veterans

There has been an increase of media coverage dealing with the growing number of non-profit organizations providing much needed companion pets for our returning...

Regional stories on veterans, health,education and other benefits and issues today from: Monterey, California, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Wichita Falls, Texas, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lufkin, Texas, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Hartford, Connecticut, Sunrise, Florida, Springfield, Missouri, and Chattanooga, Tennessee.

If approved by the NRC, the unprecedented request would eliminate the negative "medical event" categorization for 80 of 97 previously reported cases in which prostate cancer patients were given improper doses of radiation at the VA's Philadelphia facility. NRC officials say they do not recall ever getting a similar request.

Various Pro-Peace (or anti-war if YOU prefer) Veterans, active duty, and Military Family groups and service organizations have been planning and preparing for massive...

Regional Stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from: South Bristol, New York, Pocatello, Idaho, Carmel, California, Port St Lucie, Florida, Bishop, Texas, Chillicothe, Ohio

Regional stories on veterans health, education and other benefits and issues today from: Lorain, Ohio, Wichita Falls, Texas, Salt Lake City, Utah, Louisville,Kentucky, Charleston,South Carolina, Port St. Lucie, Florida, Joliet, Illinois, Johnston, Iowa, St Paul Minnesota, and Mason, Texas

VA is known for its commitment to innovative quality and safety programs and for the transparency of results they achieve. In 2008, VA issued its first comprehensive facility-level report of quality and safety data, reporting on care provided in inpatient and outpatient settings, quality of care within specific patient populations, and patient satisfaction and outcomes. Improved and re-issued in 2009, the report is a comprehensive snapshot of the quality of care VA provides.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and services today from: Prescott, Arizona, Norman Oklahoma, Lufkin, Texas, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Anchorage, Alaska, Oakland, California, Tomah, Wisconsin, Buffalo, New York, Sunderland, Massachusetts, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Buffalo, New York, and Wellesley, Massachusetts

Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall Headed To Batavia VA This Summer. The Batavia (NY) Daily News (2/10, Baker, 13K) reports, "Those who served and are serving the nation will be honored in a special way this summer" at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Batavia. Plans are "'under way for bringing the Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall to the Batavia VA grounds June 24-28,' said Royce Calhoun, assistant medical center director, VA Western New York Healthcare System." The wall is a "half-sized replica of the actual Vietnam War Memorial Wall" in Washington, DC.

Regional stories on veterans, health, education and other benefits and issues today from: Marksville, Louisiana, Forest Grove, Oregon, San Diego, California, Des Moines, Iowa, Salt Lake City, Utah, Cleveland, Ohio, Milpitas, California, and Austin, Texas

Did you know that the Board of Veterans’ Appeals publishes a law journal? The Veterans Law Review, founded by Board Chairman James P. Terry, encourages frank discussion of relevant legislative, administrative, and judicial developments in veterans’ benefits law. The 2nd volume of the Veterans Law Review is slated for national distribution later this month. For more information, including guidelines for submitting an article for the 3rd volume of the Veterans Law Review, visit Law Review.

Regional stories on veterans health, education and other benefits and issues today from: Shreveport, Louisiana, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Corvallis, Oregon, Helena, Montana, Bay Pines, Florida, Salem, Oregon, San Diego, California, Cincinnati, Ohio, Hagerstown, Maryland, Los Angeles, California, and Boulder City, Nevada

Murtha, First Vietnam Combat Vet Elected To Congress, Passes Away. The AP (2/9) reports 77-year-old John Murtha US Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), "an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday." In 1974, Murtha "became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress," a point also noted by McClatchy (2/9, Youssef), the Wall Street Journal (2/9, Bendavid, Miller, 2.08M), The Hill (2/9, Tiron, 21K), and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Regional stories on veterans health, education and other benefits and issues today from: Helena, Montana, Pocatello, Idaho, Washington, DC, Modesto, California, Goshen, New York, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Tempe, Arizona, Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Florence, South Carolina

Although the somewhat finished product looks nothing like the Mandatory Funding of the VA that most Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs) flaunted as a few...

President Obama's 2011 budget proposal includes 20 cost-saving ideas submitted by federal employees; three from VA employees: -- Allow Veterans to Keep Medication When They're Discharged: The award-winning SAVE Award idea would allow veterans leaving VA medical facilities to keep leftover medications, including eye drops and inhalers. The plan would save taxpayers $14.5 million in the next four years.

Regional stories on veterans health, education and other benefits and issues, today from: Scranton, Pennsylvania, Morristown, New Jersey, Hillsboro, Illinois, Oceanside, California, Milford, Massachusetts, Detroit, Michigan, Chula Vista, California, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Haverstraw, New York

Regional stories on veterans' health, education,other benefits and issues today from: Prescott, Arizona, Ballston Spa, New York, Melbourne, Florida, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Joliet, Illinois, Conroe, Texas, Vero Beach, Florida, Elmira, New York, San Francisco, California, and St. Joseph, Missouri.

Regional stories on Veterans benefits, health, education and other issues today from: Redding, California, Phoenix, Arizona, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Bennington, Vermont, Denver, Colorado, Torrington, Connecticut, Roseberg, Oregon, Ocala, Florida, Nobleboro, Maine, Fort Worth,Texas, Vineland, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chillicothe, and Columbus, Ohio.

Find out What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans VA To Open New Clinic In Montana. VA Spreads Word About Student-Produced Film. Four Veterans...

Regional stories on Veterans, health, education and other benefits and issues, today from:Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Terre Haute, Indiana, Concord, California, Lombard, Illinois, Wilmington, North Carolina, Cranford, New Jersey, Houston, Texas,Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Terre Haute, Indiana, Concord, California, Lombard, Illinois, Wilmington, North Carolina, Cranford, New Jersey, Houston, Texas, and Cranford, New Jersey

The Fundraising Congress What vets need from the prez How to Get Our Democracy Back The death penalty -- it's unworkable To win Afghan war, isolate the...

NO MORE CORPORATE RUN "MILITIA" GROUPS NO MORE CONTROLLED PRESS AND "POLITICS AS USUAL" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor I am sick and tired of what...

Regional stories on Veterans benefits, health, education and other issues today from: Watertown, New York, Morgantown, West Virginia, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Battle Creek, Michigan, Washington, DC, Stockton, California, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, Buckeye Lake, Ohio, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Denver, Colorado, Portland, Oregon, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa

If you watched the Grammy Awards on January 31, you were part of one of television’s largest audiences and you also saw VA’s new health care recruitment ad. The Winter Olympics is another big-audience event coming up where the commercial will run a total of 12 times between February 8 and February 28. The ads will also run during CBS’s Amazing Race on February 14 from 8-9 p.m. (EST) and on 60 Minutes February 28 from 7-8 p.m. (EST). The ads direct viewers to VA Careers, and VA medical centers are making sure all available jobs are posted to make the most of the ad campaign’s referral to the site for information about VA job opportunities. These are just a few of the hundreds of television airings scheduled for the recruitment ads in the near future.

The failure to answer 90 percent of calls says a lot about the VA. As the second-largest bureaucracy in the country, it continues to be a model of how not to run government programs. Forget all of Washington's buzz words: transparency, efficiency, fiscal responsibly. We need the administration to try a new term, "customer service." These veterans aren't calling to order an iPad, they're trying to take advantage of a historic benefit that was promised to them by Congress and this president.

Top 10 Veterans news from around the country features the top stories on Veterns Benefits,Health, Education and other issues in summary form from the Veterans Administration.

Today's regional stories on veterans affairs, health, benefits and education from: Fargo, North Dakota, Gainesville, Georgia, Seattle, Washington, Madison, Wisconsin, Tallahassee, Florida, Des Moines, Iowa, Sacramento, California, Washington, DC, Wagner, Souh Dakota, Roseburg, Oregon, Omaha, Nebraska, and Starkville, Mississippi.

While most of the DC military press is focused down on the Pentagon today, the Department of Veterans Affairs is also unveiling its fiscal 2011 spending plans and ambitious goals for the near future. Secretary Eric Shinseki will hold a press conference at 315, and we'll have a full story later this afternoon. But even though the $125 billion VA budget proposal is only a fraction of the proposed Defense Department budget, the plans could have wide-reaching ramifications for current service members as well as veterans.

Today's regional stories on veterans, health education, other benefits and issues from: Baltimore, Maryland, Fort Worth, Texas, Spokane, Washingon, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Melbourne, Florida, Jefferson City, Missouri, Huntington, West Virginia, Madison, Wisconsin, Greenville, Texas, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Winfield, Kansas, Watertown, New York, and Klamath Falls, Oregon

To expand health care to a record-number of Veterans, reduce the number of homeless Veterans and process a dramatically increased number of new disability compensation claims, the White House has announced a proposed $125 billion budget next year for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

# VFW Head Lauds Shinseki, Sees Improvements In Vets' Health Care. # NY Governor: Keep Aid To Local Vets' Agencies At Current Level. # Vets Cemetery In Kentucky On Track For Fall Opening. # Acute Psychiatric Unit Proposed For Vermont VAMC. # Ohio County Hard Hit By Veteran Suicides.

Third Republican announces run for McIntyre's House seat Published: Friday, January 29, 2010 at 11:24 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 29, 2010 at 11:24 a.m. The Republican...

Incumbent Rush Challenged by Three in 1st District (Bronzeville) January 28, 2010 By Susan S. Stevens Bobby Rush The 1st Congressional District, which forks from Bronzeville to...

Regional stories today on veterans education, health, benefits, and news from: Bloomfield, New Mexico, San Diego, California, Pueblo, Colorado, New Albany, Indiana, St Paul, Minnesota, Sarasota, Florida, Augusta, Georgia, Temple, Texas, Anchorage, Alaska, Highland Park, New Jersey, Colleyville, Texas, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Red Bluff, California

Today's regional stories on Veterans, health, education and benefits come from: Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Portland, Oregon, Sacramento, California, Saginaw, Michigan, Cincinnati, Ohio, Garden City, New York, New Concord, Ohio, Washington, DC, Lansing, Michigan, Iowa City, Iowa, and Great Falls, Montana

Veterans News on Health, Benefits, Education, GI Bill, today from: Anchorage, Alaska, Billings, Montana, Woodbury, New Jersey, Helena, Montana, Moscow, Idaho, West Palm Beach, Florida, Camp Lejuene, North Carolina, Medford, Oregon, West Palm Beach, Florida, San Francisco, California, Kansas City, Missouri, Middleboro, Massachusetts, and Muskogee, Oklahoma,

Areas in and near Iraq's largest towns and cities, including Najaf, Basra and ­Falluja, account for around 25% of the contaminated sites, which appear to coincide with communities that have seen increased rates of cancer and birth defects over the past five years. The joint study by the environment, health and science ministries found that scrap metal yards in and around Baghdad and Basra contain high levels of ionising radiation, which is thought to be a legacy of depleted uranium used in munitions during the first Gulf war and since the 2003 invasion.

Looks like US Representative Buyer is being looked at in the media. Maybe our C141 pilots from Charleston AFB should get involved. ...

Matt Taibbi takes David Brooks to the Woodshed, The Nation looks at the State of the Union in a unique way, "Foreclosure" a national tragedy ignored in last night's address, Byron Dorgan discusses the Dems rescue of the economy and Jim Hightower throws some rocks at a glass building, in today's picks.

Regional stories on Veterans health, education and other benefits from: San Jose, California, Carmi, Illinois, Columbia, South Carolina, Moffett Field, California, Des Moines, Iowa, Montpelier, Vermont, Huntsville, Alabama, and Springfield, Missouri

President Obama's first State of the Union address last night concluded with Obama noting the administration's "largest increase in investments for veterans in decades -- last year." Obama did not directly address the infamous 'culture of denial' our veterans endure at the U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs, but he did commit to a specific policy in Iraq and Afghanistan "so ... our troops can begin to come home."