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VA trying to move faster on benefits claims
Our government historically has armed soldiers with the technology necessary to succeed on the battlefield, enabling them to topple targets like Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Washington finally is recognizing the importance of technology on the home...Tags: Electronics, Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Vietnam War (1955-1975), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Mikulski, VA secretary pledge added staff, training in Baltimore
The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the nation's worst performer in processing disability claims, will receive more employee training, an influx of senior staff and a new digital processing system ahead of schedule, under a...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Environmental Issues
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday
The Baltimore SunWEATHER: Light rain possible, highs around 50. TRAFFIC: Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues. TOP NEWS Hopkins doctor found dead amid investigation of claims he secretly taped patients: Police want to identify women seen by a...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Fergie (singer), Veterans Affairs, National Football League, Mark Turgeon
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Save The VA group holds town hall in Hot Springs
HOT SPRINGS, S.D. - They made their presentation to U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki in Washington, D.C. last month and Tuesday night the public had the chance to see the presentation given by the Save the VA group in Hot Springs. The...
Tags: Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, Hot Springs, Bodies of Water
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U.S. scales back goal on veterans' health records with an eye on costs
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is ditching ambitious plans to create a single computer system for troops and military veterans to track their health records, opting instead for a more modest, less costly plan that officials said will deliver...Tags: Leon Panetta, Pharmaceuticals, U.S. Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, Chemical Industry
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VA approves veteran's claim after Baltimore Sun report
For 21/2 years, Iraq combat veteran Robert Fearing battled overwhelming anxiety and paranoia, a remnant of the mortar attacks he endured in the desert, all the while swallowing his frustration at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to...
Tags: Paranoia, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Veterans Affairs, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Delegation and Save the VA meet with VA Secretary
RAPID CITY, S.D. - Supporters of keeping Veterans Affairs medical facilities open in Hot Springs have made their case directly to the agency's head. The state's congressional delegation, Gov. Dennis Daugaard and representatives of the "Save the VA"...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, Dennis Daugaard
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Letter from Sens. Mikulski and Cardin to VA secretary
January 28, 2013 The Honorable Eric K. Shinseki Secretary U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20420-0001 Dear Secretary Shinseki: We are writing to express our continued frustration about the on-going and...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC
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Md. congressional leadership demands answers from VA
Calling the failures at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Baltimore "inexcusable," Maryland's congressional leadership on Monday demanded the beleaguered agency develop an immediate plan to fix the local problems in processing disability claims....
Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Bernard Sanders, Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Benjamin L. Cardin, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Obama Cabinet shuffle taking shape
WASHINGTON (AP) — The composition of President Barack Obama's second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president's team deciding to stay on amid concerns about...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Cabinet, White House, Politics, Chuck Hagel
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Helping homeless vets, slowly
Los Angeles County holds the unwelcome distinction of having the most homeless veterans in the country — 6,000 to 8,000, depending on whose estimate you use. That number has remained stubbornly, embarrassingly high despite the presence of a...
Tags: Mental Health, Veterans Affairs, Zev Yaroslavsky, Health Treatments, Health
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Agreement Boosts Health Care Access for American Indian Veterans
Native American military veterans will be able to access health care closer to home thanks to an agreement between the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and the Indian Health Service. The agreement allows for Veterans Affairs to reimburse IHS for direct...
Tags: Veterans Affairs, Kathleen Sebelius
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