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Veterans' health bill stumbling block is budget 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 2026

Two top Veterans Affairs officials leaving jobs 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1805

Military Probe finds problems at Valley VA (TX) 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1601

VA challenged on handling of whistleblower charges 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1673

Anybody know why the Army ditched the green Class-A's? 10 Aristus Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 4403

Veterans Affairs Falls Short On Commitment To Women's Medical Issues 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1885

Army veteran: Key to getting benefits is persistence 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1768

New Brockton / Western Mass VA Investigations 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1806

Cost of scramble to solve VA wait crisis: $54B yearly 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1716

Report: Half of vets with PTSD got treatment 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1903

DOD sending team to Madigan for audit on military health care 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1637

VA: 80 percent of senior executives got bonuses 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1826

Flood of PTSD cases coming, scientists warn 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1783

Sen. Ron Johnson's shameful votes 2 white cloud Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1830

Little-known Treasury fund has tab for VA settlements 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1676

Interoperable Electronic Medical Records Program Progresses 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1822

VA, IG warn against rush of vets into private care 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1700

Senate passes bipartisan bill offering veterans more medical care options 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1833

Perry, Texas hospitals propose plan for VA backlog 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1802

Veterans in Fayetteville, region say they can attest to VA health care delays 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1677

Washington's Cold Shoulder for Defrauded Students and Soldiers 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1820

From War to Sleeping on the Street 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1916

Patients at Fayetteville VA Medical Center have longest wait times in the country, audit says 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1810

VA orders probe of Colorado Springs veterans clinics 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1795

VA audit of veterans' health care wait times finds Anchorage satisfactory 3 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2116

VA audit: Escondido clinic flagged 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1911

(WA) 59-day wait for new local VA patients, audit shows 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1888

Data sought on how veterans fare as civilians 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1707

Exchange chief: Let 22 million vets shop exchanges online 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1758

Are there any Gulf War I vets' advocacy and support organizations? 14 politicat Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 3527

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Aurora police: Suicidal veteran diagnosed wtih PTSD killed by officer 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1857

Agency checking if VA retaliated against workers 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1738

New VA secretary plans to allow veterans to seek ‘purchased care’ at other hospitals 7 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2562

Senators Reach Accord Easing Worries Over Veterans’ Health Measure 0 white cloud Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2106

On D-Day: Remembering the Muslim Troops who Fought the Axis 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1959

Senators reach bipartisan deal on veterans health scandal as 18 deaths are confirmed 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1835

Here's The Simple Reason Congress Hasn't Fixed The VA 4 white cloud Jun 2014 Jun 2014 25 2941

Veterans Group Targets Mitch McConnell, Richard Burr In New Ad Campaign 2 white cloud Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 2107

"Don't Call This Veteran a Hero" 5 silverweb Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2964

Who Really Broke Veterans Affairs? 5 white cloud May 2014 Jun 2014 2 2529

Jon Stewart rips Oliver North: Are you mad that prisoner-trading has ‘gone mainstream’? 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2135

Last of Navajo World War II ‘code talkers’ dies in New Mexico 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1839

California voters support plan to spend $600 million for homeless veterans 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1829

Study links Iraq veterans’ respiratory problems to metallic dust from ‘burn pits’ at U.S. base 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2044

Tinnitus 18 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Jun 2014 13 5473

This message was self-deleted by its author 2 nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1790

VA Scapegoat Sacrificed, So Now Can We Fix The VA? 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 4 2172

Former Air Force toilet-unplugger wraps self in flag, clutches guns, tells you to ‘Google’ history 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 6 1912

Congress puts Veterans in eight different priority groups to receive V.A. health care. 8 pwb May 2014 May 2014 1 3245

IG: Phoenix VA hospital missed care for 1,700 vets 1 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1797

Veterans Lash Out At GOP Senator’s Attempt To Politicize VA Scandal 1 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 3 1870

A MESSAGE TO VETERANS FROM THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 2 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 4 1927

VoteVets Chair Jon Soltz: Critics Demanding Shinseki Resignation Are ‘Hypocrites’ 4 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 4 2239

The Real Veterans Scandal: 258,000 Have No Healthcare Thanks to GOP Governors 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 4 2296

De Blasio, at Memorial Day Events, Pays Tribute to Veterans 0 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 0 1708

Veterans Groups Lash Out at Republican Senator 3 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 6 2259

Dozens Of Hearings Later, Lawmakers Pressed On Where They've Been On VA Dysfunction 1 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 2 1796

Take Care Of Your Veterans 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1594

The War on America's Military Veterans, Waged with SWAT Teams, Surveillance and Neglect 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 1823

Memorial Day: For Vets, Too Many Delays and Not Enough Parades 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 2 1784

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What Do You Think About Secretary Eric K. Shinseki? (Poll) 4 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 3686

Memorial Day: Despair and Resilience 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1663

My Ongoing VA Journey 19 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 11 6164

Notes From The Boonies 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1973

LAPD sued for $20M in live-on-TV shooting 4 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 2253

Fraggin' 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 1887

Remember the Children 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1752

Eric Shinseki, "mad as hell" over VA scandal, is grilled by senators 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 2140

Report on VA due within 3 weeks, Shinseki says 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1690

New Names Etched on Vietnam Wall 2 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 2 2465

Have any of you Vietnam era guys been back to Vietnam since the war? 5 Victor_c3 Apr 2014 May 2014 0 2258

question about the VN war and its veterans 45 steve2470 Mar 2014 May 2014 0 11244

For some vets, the war will never end 2 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 2109

Pulitzer-winning series used as tool to lobby for change 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1878

Volunteer docs, dentists fill holes in vet coverage 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1794

Veterans bike through Vietnam to help heal wounds of war 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1786

U.S. special forces struggle with record suicides: admiral 1 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1909

SC man hit with $525 federal fine for failing to pay for 89-cent drink refill at VA hospital 6 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 2575

An Int’l Trail of Death and Heartbreak: How the Bush Wars came home with the Vets 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1800

Veterans and White Supremacy 2 douglas9 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 2058

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