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VA progress on claims backlog is a statistical illusion, vets groups say
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VA progress on claims backlog is a statistical illusion, vets groups say

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As his sister and advocate Susan Simmons, right, holds his prepared statement for him, Mike Simmons, left, a military veteran, tells an Oklahoma House interim study committee in October 2012 that he was physically abused at Oklahoma’s Norman Veterans Center and staff members tried to intimidate him. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Rep. Charles Boustany: Will Congress continue making empty promises to nation’s veterans?

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Disabled American Veterans National Commander Larry Polzin, before speaking in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. After the event the Obamas will travel to Martha's Vineyard, Mass. to begin their family vacation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Obama: Progress made on disability claims backlog

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Few in Congress seem to care about veterans preference fraud
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Few in Congress seem to care about veterans preference fraud

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A sign of the Department of Veterans Affairs is shown above.

Veterans preference fraud widespread but government prosecutes few cases

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Legitimately disabled veteran entrepreneurs are the real victims when fraud occurs, said Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, a retired Air Force officer who chaired a House Veterans Affairs subcommittee hearing on the issue last year. (AP File)
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VA slow to clean up broken veterans preference contracting mess

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Washington Examiner reporter Mark Flatten exposes fake wounded vets ripping off program to help heroes
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Washington Examiner reporter Mark Flatten exposes fake wounded vets ripping off program to help heroes

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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform conducts the first hearing on incidents of wasteful spending by the General Services Administration, the real estate agency for federal buildings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 16, 2012. Being sworn in to testify, from left are, GSA Inspector General Brian Miller, former GSA Administrator Martha Johnson, Jeff Neely, former regional commissioner of the Public Buildings Service, Pacific Rim Region, GSA Chief of Staff Michael Robertson, and David Foley, deputy commissioner of the GSA Public Buildings Service. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Examiner Editorial: Waste and fraud cost feds hundreds of billions

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Warren Parker's company, Silver Star Construction, won more than $7 million in federal contracts as a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business, despite Parker never seeing combat.

Fraud rampant in veterans preference contracts

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Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, said he hopes the Department of Veterans Affairs will respond to requests from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for emails about training conferences. (AP File)

House panels deploy subpoenas, new website in quest for VA documents

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