Tag: Veterans

Sen. Joe Manchin: US coal workers ‘feel like returning Vietnam vets’

Lisa Boothe · October 3, 2016 6:52 pm

"I think the president answered this quite directly" during a CNN town hall with service members last week, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said when asked about Trump's remarks. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House: ‘Not a sign of weakness to get help’

Susan Crabtree · October 3, 2016 6:49 pm

Twitter erupts after Trump’s comments on veterans’ suicide

Gabby Morrongiello · October 3, 2016 4:34 pm

Officials at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Hines, Ill., may have left the bodies of deceased veterans neglected for months in the facility's morgue. (Jim Roberts via Wikimedia Commons)

Report: VA left veterans’ bodies to ‘decompose’ in hospital morgue

Sarah Bedford · September 30, 2016 1:08 pm

"President Obama can't seem to get his facts straight when it comes to VA accountability because, just like the department's leaders, he is not at all focused on it," Jeff Miller said. (AP Photo)

Republicans push back on Obama claim of increased VA accountability

Sarah Bedford · September 29, 2016 8:04 pm

A survey found that 73.8 percent of veterans always or sometimes vote in local elections, compared to just 57.2 percent of non-veterans. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

National Security

Want to thank veterans for their service? You can start by voting, advocate says

Jacqueline Klimas · September 29, 2016 7:39 pm

The group's report said if the 19 states that haven't expanded Medicaid coverage hold to that position in 2017, it would leave 604,000 veterans without coverage. (AP Photo)

Report: More than half a million vets likely to lack insurance next year

Robert King · September 28, 2016 3:41 pm

Today, more than 77,000 veterans have been waiting more than 125 days for the VA to make a decision about whether they qualify for care. (iStock photo)

A Veterans Affairs reform that can work

Craig Wax · September 28, 2016 1:25 pm

An Illinois judge set a court date Thursday in the lawsuit pending against Rep. Tammy Duckworth over her alleged mistreatment of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, where the Democratic Senate candidate served in high-level positions from 2006 to 2011. Duckworth is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in this state this year. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Duckworth faces VA court challenge ahead of Senate race

Sarah Bedford · September 23, 2016 4:01 am

Rep. Steve Russell, R-Okla., and Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., say a continuing resolution is hard on the military. (AP Photos)

National Security

Vets in Congress say CR ‘throws a monkey wrench’ in the military

Jacqueline Klimas · September 22, 2016 4:12 pm

The construction for the Veterans Affairs Hospital is seen, Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Aurora, Colo. The first inquiries into what went wrong with a vastly over-budget veterans medical center could be done soon, VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson said Wednesday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

VA wasted millions on lavishly designed hospital

Sarah Bedford · September 21, 2016 9:41 pm

More than a dozen Medal of Honor recipients publicly endorsed Donald Trump on Monday, including U.S. Army Sgt. Leroy Petry, who lost his right hand in 2008 while serving in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Trump nabs joint endorsement from 14 Medal of Honor recipients

Gabby Morrongiello · September 12, 2016 9:23 pm