Veterans Affairs

Holly Hughes, bottom center, state representative of the 91st district, speaks with Richard Hansen, right, a World War II veteran who served on USS LST 1046, during dinner at the Michigan LST Association reunion on September 21, 2011. Hansen is the treasurer of the group. The event was held for the last time on USS LST 393, which is one of two USS LST ships remaining. (AP Photo/Muskegon Chronicle, Greg Lindstrom)

Opinion

Examiner Editorial: Shake up Veterans Affairs so America’s heroes get benefits

Examiner Editorial -

May 2, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Joe Biden failing ‘sacred duty’ as Veterans Affairs backlogs 900,000 disability claims

Charlie Spiering -

April 30, 2013 4:00 am

VA Deputy Secretary W. Scott Gould visits the Robert J. Dole Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Regional Office Center in Wichita, Kan., last year. (VA photo by Curtis Tasset)

Politics

VA’s No. 2 official, Scott Gould, leaving agency

Washington Examiner -

April 29, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama announces his nominees for the Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA) Diector Rep. Mel Watt, D-NC., and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, Wednesday, May, 1, 2013, in the State Dining of the White House is Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

News

Watchdog: Bipartisan lawmakers ask Obama to focus on VA problems

Mark Flatten -

April 29, 2013 4:00 am

Groups representing U.S. military veterans say they worry that a new Department of Veterans Affairs plan to close out a massive backlog of unfinished disability benefits claims may be a bureaucratic dodge. In the photo above, veterans applaud during a 2011 news conference announcing a lawsuit against the department in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

News

Veterans groups worry new VA plan to clear claims backlog is ‘all smoke-and-mirrors’ bureaucracy

Mark Flatten -

April 25, 2013 4:00 am

File cabinets filled with disability claims files at the VA's regional office in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Photo: VA inspector general)

VA moves to process oldest disability claims first

Associated Press, Kevin Freking -

April 19, 2013 8:09 pm

News

Watchdog: Hickey memo a ‘Washington Moment’ for VA, senator says

Mark Flatten -

April 15, 2013 4:00 am

Allison Hickey is undersecretary for benefits at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She is a former Air Force brigadier general. (VA Photo)

News

Watchdog: Mixed reactions to VA call for ‘big brain’ meeting

Mark Flatten -

April 12, 2013 4:00 am

Why Won’t Shinseki Talk?

Mark Flatten -

April 11, 2013 4:00 am

News

Watchdog: Skeptical House panel quizzes VA head on budget

Mark Flatten -

April 11, 2013 4:00 am

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Tag: Veterans Affairs

Examiner Editorial: Shake up Veterans Affairs so America’s heroes get benefits

Joe Biden failing ‘sacred duty’ as Veterans Affairs backlogs 900,000 disability claims

VA’s No. 2 official, Scott Gould, leaving agency

Watchdog: Bipartisan lawmakers ask Obama to focus on VA problems

Veterans groups worry new VA plan to clear claims backlog is ‘all smoke-and-mirrors’ bureaucracy

VA moves to process oldest disability claims first

Watchdog: Hickey memo a ‘Washington Moment’ for VA, senator says

Watchdog: Mixed reactions to VA call for ‘big brain’ meeting

Why Won’t Shinseki Talk?

Watchdog: Skeptical House panel quizzes VA head on budget

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