IAVA: Post 9/11 Vet Best Suited to Head VA A powerful veterans group said the next VA Secretary should be from the post-9/11 generation.
US Special Counsel: VA Dismissed Whistleblowers The Office of Special Counsel says the VA routinely dismissed whistleblower allegations of sloppy care that endangered...
McDonald Easily Confirmed as New VA Secretary Robert McDonald, a West Point graduate and Army airborne vet, was swiftly confirmed to head the Department of Veterans...
Lawmaker, VA IG Clash Over Death Report at Hearing A House lawmaker and the VA’s acting IG had a heated exchange over the IG report on deaths at the VA hospital in Phoenix...
Ex-Phoenix VA Boss Sought New Job as Investigation Loomed In October 2013, Sharon Helman went looking for a job with the health care giant Kaiser Permanent.
McDonald Tells Congress VA Will Not Completely Privatize Health Care Veterans Affairs Department Secretary Bob McDonald told lawmakers on Thursday he has no plans to grow the agency's payroll or...
VA's New Rules on Agent Orange Reject Most Previously Filed Claims The VA says it will begin processing disability claims for vets exposed to Agent Orange in contaminated planes after the...
VA Blames Coverage Woes for Combat Veterans on Incomplete Applications The VA says 35,000 combat vets have not been made eligible for VA health care yet because they filled out an incomplete...
VA Could Furlough 15,000 Employees in Government Shutdown, Plan Shows The Veterans Affairs Department has posted online its contingency plan for operating during a possible government shutdown.
Lawmaker Hits DoD Over Failure to Merge Defense, VA Records Systems Rep. Tammy Duckworth heaped much of the blame for VA and DoD not having an interoperable records system on Pentagon "turf"...
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
What Turkey’s Shootdown of a Russian Jet Taught NATO — and Why It Matters Now In November 2015, a Russian Su-24 bomber strayed into Turkish airspace along the Syrian border. Within minutes, a Turkish F...
8 Legendary US Military Snipers The most notable snipers in U.S. military history aren’t just legends – they include real soldiers, sailors and Marines who...
Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Bribery Plot Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy, was commanding its forces in Europe and...
The Taliban Reject Trump’s Bid to Retake Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan “We want it back, and we want it back right away. If they don’t do it, you’re going to find out what I’m going to do," Trump...
