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2013/05/19 15:53
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The 30-second Web video has the edgy quality of a campaign-season attack ad, including ominous music, grainy photos and a closing demand: “It’s time for new leadership.” But the target is not an...
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2013/05/17 01:39
2013/05/17 01:39
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WILMINGTON, NC (FOX WILMINGTON) - Leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, DC have admitted they have a problem. A backlog of benefits claims has reached historic...
2013/05/16 23:20
2013/05/16 23:20
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Despite years of intensive effort to confront the problem, military commanders earlier admitted their collective failure in frank confessionals and seemed at a loss for answers. “The Army is failing...
2013/05/16 01:19
2013/05/16 01:19
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The groups hardly expected to match the first term’s record three Asian Americans in the Cabinet. But one concern was that two of the Asian American Cabinet members — Gary Locke at Commerce and Steven...
2013/05/15 20:47
2013/05/15 20:47
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Loading Slideshow STAYING: Joe Biden, Vice President U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks during an inauguration reception at the National Building Museum January 20, 2013 in Washington, DC....
2013/05/13 20:26
2013/05/13 20:26
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U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence issued a press release Monday calling for the resignation of Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki over what Collins called “failures of both national and...
2013/05/10 22:35
2013/05/10 22:35
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB/CNN) - Twenty veterans have now tested positive for hepatitis after a veteran's hospital in Buffalo admitted to reusing insulin pens on patients. The hospital says about 700...
2013/05/10 22:23
2013/05/10 22:23
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VA launches “aggressive plan” to expedite long-standing Veterans’ claims WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday it is implementing an initiative to expedite compensation...
2013/05/10 22:04
2013/05/10 22:04
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Disabled veterans across America are facing shameful delays in accessing earned benefits. President Barack Obama pledged more than four years ago that he would reduce the waiting period for disabled...
2013/05/10 04:00
2013/05/10 04:00
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It happens to the best of presidents. Sometime during the second term of popular presidents, the American people begin to bid goodbye to their chief executive, at which point the president begins to...
2013/05/10 03:40
2013/05/10 03:40
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HUNTINGTON -- An initiative to expedite the backlogged health care claims of the nation's veterans was announced Thursday at the VA Regional Office in Huntington. Eric Shinseki, the U.S. Secretary of...
2013/05/09 22:20
2013/05/09 22:20
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After five years and an estimated $1 billion spent trying to build a single integrated electronic health record (iEHR) system with the Department of Veterans Affairs, defense health officials have...
2013/05/09 18:16
2013/05/09 18:16
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AUGUSTA, Maine — ‘Delay, deny, until I die.’ That’s something that Jim Pineau, a Marine Corps veteran who now works for U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, hears all too often from veterans who are waiting...
2013/05/09 17:02
2013/05/09 17:02
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By Lisa Chedekel, Conn. Health I-Team Writer Alarmed by a new report that found gaps in the VA’s follow-up care of suicidal veterans discharged from Veterans Health Administration inpatient mental...
2013/05/09 08:31
2013/05/09 08:31
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It takes an average of 213 days for a veteran living in Connecticut to get a medical claim processed by the Veterans Administration and Connecticut veterans are among the fortunate. It takes 642 days...
2013/05/08 18:19
2013/05/08 18:19
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The growing influence of Asian Americans in U.S. politics will be on full display Wednesday, as President Obama meets with half of dozen leaders of the Asian Pacific American Institute for...
2013/05/08 15:18
2013/05/08 15:18
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... gamblers may still be in the early stages of their problematic gambling careers,” the study explained. “And the prevalence of pathological gambling may yet increase notably among veterans in the...
2013/05/07 08:28
2013/05/07 08:28
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After two tours of duty with the Marines in Iraq, Anthony Pike returned home to Brooklyn with hearing loss, a ringing in his ears and profound stress. Now there’s the galling, added stress he’s...
2013/05/07 06:30
2013/05/07 06:30
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The writer, of Omaha, is a retired military officer. On the April 28 More Commentary page, Charles Krauthammer provided us with some clever historical revisionism regarding the legacy of George W....
2013/05/06 23:38
2013/05/06 23:38
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President Barack Obama pledged more than four years ago that he would reduce the waiting period for disabled veterans to get their hard-earned benefits. Instead, average wait times have increased from...