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By Patricia Murphy, KUOW Radio, Seattle
December 4, 2014
A federal audit of a 24-hour national hotline for homeless veterans found that callers didn’t always receive assistance or access to needed services.
The Office of the Inspector General said lapses in management and oversight at the call center led to more than 40,000 missed opportunities to help.
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By Leo Shane III
Military Times Staff writer
Oct. 23, 2014 - 12:03PM
Only about one in 25 veterans offered free credit monitoring in the wake of Veterans Affairs Department security breaches has signed up for the service, a figure that VA officials call disappointingly low.
Nearly 1 million veterans have had their personal information potentially compromised over the last seven years, a total that officials call upsetting but insist sits well below comparable private-sector security breaches.
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The Red River Valley Writing Project is offering a six-week workshop called "Warrior Words" for veterans of any U.S. war. The workshop is funded by a North Dakota Humanities Council grant, received by the Greater Grand Forks Community Theater. The goal of the workshop is to provide support for veterans to write a monologue about their experiences and share that monologue with the public. RRVWP teacher Lori Koenig, will lead the workshop. Meetings will take place in the Dawson Conference Room of the Fargo Public Library, Main branch, from 10-11:30am.
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By Tom Philpott
Special to Stars and Stripes
Published: July 31, 2014
Note: In addition to the $15 billion, the Congressional Budget Office reported Thursday a measure in the bill calling for leases on 27 new medical centers in 15 states and Puerto Rico would cost about $1.27 billion.
Veterans reading only headlines, hearing only sound bites, might have a few misconceptions about how Congress and the VA plan to use non-VA healthcare providers to ensure more timely and convenient access to care.
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July 2, 2014
WASHINGTON - Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson met with the leadership of 26 Military and Veterans Service Organizations (MSOs and VSOs) to reaffirm his commitment to work together to address the unacceptable, systemic problems in accessing VA healthcare.
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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.
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Baillie, Norsby honored for 60, 50 years with Legion
April 18, 2014
Tim Chapman - Tribune Editor , Pierce County Tribune
The dedication of Fred Duane Baillie and Ray Norsby is laudable to say the least.
The 86-year-old Baillie, a World War II and Korean War veteran, still makes a point of sending his regrets to the families of fellow veterans when they die.
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Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post
Published on April 8, 2014
Most Iraq and Afghanistan veterans’ injuries didn’t occur during combat. But their ailments have become an enduring consequence of the conflicts.
Army sniper James Crowell went to war 70 inches tall. He returned home an inch shorter and in constant pain, his spine compressed by the collective trauma of a rooftop fall, a Humvee accident and his heavy body armor, worn almost every day on four deployments.
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Categories: MilitaryOlder troops largely reject changes; younger troops more receptive
Mar. 13, 2014 | By Andrew Tilghman, Staff writer
The Pentagon’s new proposal for reforming military retirement is drawing sharply negative reactions from today’s career-minded service members, according to a recent survey of Military Times active-duty readers.
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Categories: EmploymentBy Cheryl Pellerin
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON (2/12/14) - First Lady Michelle Obama announced Monday that more than 100 construction industry companies have committed to hiring more than 100,000 military veterans over the next five years.
Obama and Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez delivered remarks at the National Symposium on Veterans" Employment in Construction, hosted at the Labor Department.