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Raymond Spicer enlisted in World War II at the Grand Forks Post Office in 1942.
On Wednesday, the World War II vets registered for the North Dakota Victory Roll Call workshop through the Grand Forks County Historical Society at the Myra Museum.
Angela Hunt, the new Stark County Deputy CVSO receives certificate from Tom Sumers the North Dakota Veterans Affairs Training Officer for completion of week long new VSO training.
Some employees have lost faith in inspector general to root out problems at troubled Atlanta office.
By Brad Schrade- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
5:38 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014
Federal investigators with the VA inspector general’s office appear to be in the final stages of an inquiry into alleged mismanagement and mishandling of hundreds of thousands of health applications at the Veterans Affairs national enrollment office in Atlanta.
It's all legal.
By Jennifer Hlad
Stars and Stripes
Published: September 15, 2014
SAN DIEGO — As part of the effort to eliminate the VA appointment backlog by the end of next year, Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald said Monday that he plans to increase the range of pay for VA doctors and nurses, among other changes.
Move America Forward has collected millions to send care packages to U.S. troops. But its appeals often rely on images and stories borrowed without permission, and its assets have been used to benefit political consulting firms and PACs.
by Kim Barker
ProPublica, Aug. 5, 2014, 5:45 a.m.
By: Anna Burleson, Forum News Service
Published June 20, 2014, 08:42 AM
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Sam Solberg attended the University of North Dakota for about a year and a half right out of high school. He had plans to go to medical school, was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and liked playing indoor soccer, but in the fall of 2013 he decided college life just wasn’t for him and dropped out to join the military.
By ANDY MEDICI
Federal Times
Jun. 2, 2014 - 12:24PM
The Veterans Affairs Department secretary would be able to fire senior executives and the agency would receive new hiring authorities and emergency funding under legislation announced June 1.
April 24, 2014 6:00 am • By Brian Gehring
Last week I had an interesting conversation with a fellow from Maryland, a Vietnam vet named Ed Nicholson.
He called me to talk about fishing — more specifically, fly fishing.
Nicholson told me that about a dozen years ago, while he was in Walter Reed Medical Center undergoing treatment for cancer, he got to know quite a few injured military members and disabled veterans.
Prairie Public Television is airing a three-part television series in May that addresses the concerns of many Veterans.