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View News AlertsMarch 3rd, 2010
Homelessness Growing Among Young, Female Veterans
The report, entitled “Women Warriors”, claims that women Veterans earn on an average of $10,000 less per year in civilian jobs than their male counterparts. This makes it harder to afford housing. To make matters worse, less than five perceRead More
March 3rd, 2010
Desert Storm Veteran Is New Head of Montana VA
“I look forward to the new changes in the VA, which will provide opportunities to partner and collaborate with all our stakeholders,” said Desert Storm Veteran Robin Korogi, newly appointed director of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VARead More
March 3rd, 2010
Surviving Spouses Try to End “Widows’ Tax"
Amid assurances and guarantees, surviving spouses' struggle to end the so-called “Widows’ Tax” has so far come to no avail. Every year since 2005, the U.S. Senate has voted on legislation that would end the policy that denies surRead More
March 3rd, 2010
VA Planning Reconsideration of Rejected Gulf War Illness Claims
Shinseki appointed a task force to review benefits and care for Gulf War Veterans. He put Gingrich in charge of it. The proposed changes are coming from the work the task force has done so far.
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Bill Would Safeguard Survivors’ Homes from Foreclosure
Last Tuesday, Rep. Frank Kratovil Jr., D-Md, introduced legislation that would protect surviving spouses of service members killed in either Afghanistan or Iraq from losing their homes through either forced sale or foreclosure for one year.
Read MoreFebruary 17th, 2010
2011 May Bring Longer VA Claims Delays
This month, the White House released its 2011 Department of Veterans affairs budget, which included an unprecedented 27% increase in funding for the Veterans Benefit Administration. Some of that funding will go to hire an estimated 4,000 permanent emplRead More
February 17th, 2010
VA to Take Back GI Bill Payouts to Active Duty Military
Active duty service members who were eligible for post 9/11 GI Bill benefits were not suppose to get advanced payments, but received them anyway. The stipends are to assist student Veterans with living expenses when they are carrying 50% or more of a sRead More
February 17th, 2010
A Marine Vet Uses Physical Training to Recover from Severe Injuries
2003 was a tough year for Hector Delgado and his family. Hector was in an induced coma on a Navy ship in the Persian Gulf. His pelvis had been crushed into six pieces and his legs and nerves were mangled after a fuel tank fell on him while he was with Read More
February 17th, 2010
Los Altos Citizen Works to Help Veteran Defendants
In January 2009, Sargent Binkley was found not guilty of robbing a pharmacy for pain medication by reason of insanity. According to Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Linda Condron, and based on expert testimony, he suffered from service-connectedRead More
February 17th, 2010
John Murtha, first Vietnam Combat Vet Congressman, passes away
Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha, 77, died this month at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA, after suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha came from a long line of military. His great-grandfather fought in the Civil War,<Read More
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On January 4, 2010 the National Veterans Foundation (NVF) will extend the hours of its Lifeline for Vets™ to accommodate a growing number of Veterans who need help with crisis intervention and resource referrals. The Lifeline provides assisRead More
“While we understand the strategic reasons for this decision,” said National Veterans Foundation President Shad Meshad, “we are deeply concerned about the welfare of the troops that will be deployed. This is the longest, all-volRead More
FORT HOOD, Texas – The U.S. Army said 12 people were killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.
Read MoreThe defense claimed Bratcher was either guilty only of manslaughter -- unable to stop himself because of an extreme emotional disturbance -- or that he committed murder but was legally insane due to a mental disease or defect, PTSD. The judge could theRead More
The New York Times reported yesterday that under rules to be proposed this week, the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to add Parkinson’s disease, ischemic heart disease and hairy-cell leukemia to the growing lis
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