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Empathetic Eye

June 23, 2017 5:40 am

The announcement came after the Republican-led House passed a bill Wednesday that will make it easier to fire VA employees in an effort to boost accountability. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Trump to nominate top Senate staffer for VA deputy secretary

Daniel Chaitin -

June 22, 2017 12:30 am

Advance practice nurses, while exceptional in their role as caregivers and in the treatment of common primary care ailments, simply do not have the experience needed to make complex diagnoses. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, File)

Beltway Confidential

The VA should hire more doctors, not replace them with nurse practitioners

Kevin Campbell -

June 20, 2017 5:02 pm

There are an estimated 346 VA employees who do no actual work for the taxpayers, according to a January report by the nonpartisan Government Accounting Office. Instead, these federal workers spend all of their time doing union work. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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VA Secretary Shulkin says reform needed for union official time

Sean Higgins -

June 20, 2017 4:38 pm

Shulkin stressed that this was a reform, not an elimination of the civil service protections. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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VA secretary: Bill making it easier to fire workers a ‘different’ but necessary step

Sean Higgins -

June 20, 2017 4:01 pm

Scott Davis is a public affairs officer for Member Services in Atlanta who has appeared on national television and testified several times in Congress. (Wikipedia Commons)

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VA whistleblower who testified in Congress stripped of job duties in Atlanta

Pete Kasperowicz -

June 19, 2017 10:19 pm

One agency that's had problems with whistleblower retaliation is the Department of Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Healthcare

Rep. Jeff Denham: A long overdue change at the VA is about to improve the lives of our veterans

Rep. Jeff Denham -

June 19, 2017 12:00 pm

Spicer believes President Trump's business acumen can improve the administrative services at the VA. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Healthcare

House sends VA reform bill to president

Sean Higgins -

June 13, 2017 9:25 pm

News

Progressive veterans group blocked by Trump on Twitter

Jack O'brien -

June 13, 2017 2:43 pm

Healthcare

Joni Ernst on health insurance: ‘We’re in a world of hurt in Iowa’

Salena Zito -

June 12, 2017 4:01 am

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Empathetic Eye

Trump to nominate top Senate staffer for VA deputy secretary

The VA should hire more doctors, not replace them with nurse practitioners

VA Secretary Shulkin says reform needed for union official time

VA secretary: Bill making it easier to fire workers a ‘different’ but necessary step

VA whistleblower who testified in Congress stripped of job duties in Atlanta

Rep. Jeff Denham: A long overdue change at the VA is about to improve the lives of our veterans

House sends VA reform bill to president

Progressive veterans group blocked by Trump on Twitter

Joni Ernst on health insurance: ‘We’re in a world of hurt in Iowa’

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