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Michelle Obama and Military Families
(www.prospect.org)
Last July I sat across the picnic table from my cousin Lang, sipping iced tea and watching the Colorado sun set over the mountains as we talked about what veterans face upon coming home. Lang, 27,... More
Submitted 10 days ago by cdoherty on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
VA worker, 13 others charged in fraud scheme (www.militarytimes.com)
A Veterans Administration employee and 13 other people have been charged with conspiring to steal nearly $2 million in disability claims. Veterans Affairs service representative Jeffrey Allan... More
Submitted 13 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Chet Edwards won’t join Obama cabinet (www.statesman.com)
U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, said this morning he has told President-Elect Barack Obama’s team that he intends to stay in Congress. Some have speculated that Edwards, a key player on veterans’... More
Submitted 18 days ago by SpencerKent on Cabinet | 0 Comments |
Obama supports advance funding for VA (www.militarytimes.com)
President-elect Barack Obama promised days before the Nov. 4 election that his administration would support the idea of approving veterans’ funding one year in advance in an effort to avoid... More
Submitted 21 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Returning troops eligible for care (www.poughkeepsiejournal.com)
Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have access to a host of advanced medical benefits, but many aren't using those services, Veterans Affairs officials say. As troops return home, they... More
Submitted 23 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Veterans Day (www1.va.gov)
This is the Department of Veterans Affairs website focusing on Veterans Day and the origins of the day remembering those who served in combat for our country.
Submitted 23 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Treatments for post traumatic stress disorder help victims reclaim ‘normal life’ (www.basehorinfo.com)
Treatments for post traumatic stress disorder are continuously being updated and new methods are being studied, according to an expert on the subject. “There is more research under way to... More
Submitted 23 days ago by robertharding on PTSD | 0 Comments |
VA "Shreddergate" story about veterans is growing larger & Call for Action (www.dailykos.com)
Despite the Veterans Administration to paint this episode as a few "bad apples" destroying claims paperwork and evidence that is needed for veterans or their surviving spouses to obtain earned... More
Submitted 25 days ago by MaxBernstein on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Mental health needs of war veterans are stressing out Buffalo VA (www.buffalonews.com)
Dana Cushing is a disabled veteran who is supposed to receive an hour of counseling each week through the Buffalo VA. But she shares that hour of a psychologist’s time with 15 others in group... More
Submitted 27 days ago by cdoherty on PTSD | 0 Comments |
West Hartford Panel Working To Help Veterans (www.courant.com)
Peggy Gray, wife of a Vietnam War veteran and mother of a disabled Iraq war vet, wants to make sure that former service members from West Hartford are getting the benefits they've earned. So does... More
Submitted 27 days ago by cdoherty on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
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