Veterans Affairs

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., said he introduced the measure Tuesday to bring accountability that is lacking in the agency, which more often rewards failure with bonuses than punishes it with terminations. (AP Photo)

Politics

Proposal by Rep. Jeff Miller would make firing failing Veterans Affairs bosses easier

Mark Flatten -

February 11, 2014 5:00 am

1st Lt. Aaron Dunn kisses his wife Leanne, holding their baby Emma, age 14 months, following an arrival ceremony for soldiers returning from a deployment in Afghanistan, at Ft. Carson, in Colorado Springs, Colo., before sun up Friday Nov. 30, 2012. 1st Lt. Dunn, with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, had not seen his wife and baby since he deployed in February. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Columnists

What John Boehner should say about the cut in military retirement benefits

Hugh Hewitt -

February 9, 2014 5:00 am

Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki defends bonuses despite patient deaths and disability claims backlogs

Mark Flatten -

February 8, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Robert Gates: When government tries to build something big, it almost always fails

Charlie Spiering -

January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Red Alert Politics

[WATCH] MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski shuts down comparisons of Obama and Christie scandals

Katie LaPotin -

January 13, 2014 8:31 pm

World War II veteran Jack Cooper, 93, of Richardson, Texas, holds a sign as he joins approximately 40 others demonstrating in front of the Social Security Administration building in Dallas on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Veterans Affairs under fire for proposed disability filing rule

Associated Press -

January 11, 2014 5:00 am

News

VA reports spike in suicides among youngest vets

Kevin Freking -

January 9, 2014 11:40 pm

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., recently defended the pension cut in an op-ed in USA Today, saying he stands behind

Disabled veterans to be exempted from federal pension cuts

Andrew Taylor -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Education

NY authorizes veterans’ school tax exemptions

Washington Examiner -

December 23, 2013 5:00 am

In 2012, of the $828 million worth of contracts doled out through agency reverse auctions, 99 percent were awarded to one contractor. (Thinkstock)

Reverse auctions could save taxpayers millions

Kelly Cohen -

December 11, 2013 5:00 am

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