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EXCLUSIVE: VA exec calls meeting of ‘big brain’ folks to seek backlog fixes

Mark Flatten -

April 11, 2013 4:00 am

Jerry Ensminger holds a portrait of his daughter, Janey, in this May 9, 2007 file photo in White Lake, N.C. (Photo: Gerry Broome/AP file)

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Watchdog: Lejeune Marine lost daughter but still fights bureaucrats, politicians

Mark Flatten -

April 11, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama signs legislation directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide medical care to veterans who developed cancer or other illnesses after serving a Camp Lejeune, N.C., where jet fuel leaked into the drinking water for years. On Obama's right is Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo)

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Watchdog: VA bureaucrats fiddle while Camp Lejeune veterans die

Mark Flatten -

April 10, 2013 4:00 am

Left: Bruce Furtado as a young Marine. Right: Bruce Furtado in 2013.

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Watchdog: VA knows it will live long after Marine Bruce Furtado dies

Mark Flatten -

April 10, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this March 6, 2011 file photo, Denis McDonough speaks in Sterling, Va. President Barack Obama's budget proposal will include an additional $2.5 billion to attack a growing backlog of veterans disability claims, a problem officials said is likely to worsen in coming months. White House chief of staff Denis McDonough told reporters Friday that more money for the VA in tight budgetary times reflects Obama's commitment to veterans. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Budget calls for 4 percent spending increase at VA

Associated Press -

April 5, 2013 4:00 am

Talk show host Jon Stewart devoted seven minutes of

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Watchdog: Uh-oh, VA, Jon Stewart is watching you

Mark Flatten -

April 3, 2013 4:00 am

In this March 24, 2013 photo, former Marine Corps Cpl. Marshall Archer, left, a veterans' liaison for the city of Portland, Maine, speaks to a man on a street in Portland. Veterans groups are rallying to fight any proposal to change disability payments as the federal government attempts to address its long-term debt problem. They say they've sacrificed already. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Politics

Veterans fight changes to disability payments

Kevin Freking -

March 30, 2013 4:00 am

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Watchdog: Eric Shinseki’s chief of staff leaving Veterans Affairs

Mark Flatten -

March 27, 2013 4:00 am

News

VA Secretary Eric Shinseki renews vow of claims backlog fix by 2015

Mark Flatten -

March 24, 2013 4:00 am

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is scheduled to appear at 9 a.m. Sunday on CNN's

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Watchdog: Vets Affairs chairman Miller calls for top VA official’s ouster

Mark Flatten -

March 22, 2013 4:00 am

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Tag: Veterans Affairs

EXCLUSIVE: VA exec calls meeting of ‘big brain’ folks to seek backlog fixes

Watchdog: Lejeune Marine lost daughter but still fights bureaucrats, politicians

Watchdog: VA bureaucrats fiddle while Camp Lejeune veterans die

Watchdog: VA knows it will live long after Marine Bruce Furtado dies

Budget calls for 4 percent spending increase at VA

Watchdog: Uh-oh, VA, Jon Stewart is watching you

Veterans fight changes to disability payments

Watchdog: Eric Shinseki’s chief of staff leaving Veterans Affairs

VA Secretary Eric Shinseki renews vow of claims backlog fix by 2015

Watchdog: Vets Affairs chairman Miller calls for top VA official’s ouster

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