Tag: Veterans

Gingrich added he is one of six people currently being vetted by the Trump campaign for the position. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Gingrich: I’m being vetted for Trump’s vice president

Anna Giaritelli · July 8, 2016 12:47 am

Former President George W. Bush spent his 70th birthday biking with wounded veterans (Photo courtesy of George W. Bush, via Instagram)

George W. Bush spent his birthday biking with wounded warriors

Madeleine Morgenstern · July 6, 2016 9:06 pm

Legislation, which has bipartisan support in the House and Senate, would direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide service dogs to patients suffering from PTSD. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

National Security

Veterans with PTSD could get help from furry friends

Maria Biery · July 6, 2016 8:53 pm

The bill from Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., is the latest attempt to rein in a broken VA that has defied congressional reform efforts. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

GOP reform bill takes aim at VA’s ‘entrenched’ bureaucracy

Pete Kasperowicz · July 6, 2016 4:05 pm

Weather forces White House to scrap a planned South Lawn barbecue. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

White House cancels Fourth of July for troops

Rudy Takala · July 4, 2016 7:32 pm

When combining military and civic engagement, Virginia takes the No. 1 spot as the most patriotic state. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

National Security

Report: Red states more patriotic than blue states

David Wilkes · July 1, 2016 6:21 pm

This same model can and should be applied to K-12 education. Give families a choice. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

To help children in failing schools, try copying the GI bill

Vicki Alger · June 30, 2016 4:02 am

The Veterans Crisis Line was designed to help veterans struggling emotionally. (iStock photo)

Veterans assistance line fails to meet response goals

Diana Stancy Correll · June 27, 2016 8:25 pm

Tom Cotton said veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are not yet at the point in their lives where they will be running for the House and Senate, but that that will change soon. (AP Photo)

National Security

Cotton predicts glut of vet lawmakers

Jacqueline Klimas · June 22, 2016 10:30 pm

IT failures contribute to the "timeliness, quality, and safety" of VA medical care, a report found. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Study: Veterans Affairs due for an IT upgrade

Maria Biery · June 22, 2016 8:08 pm

It's an authority Congress gave the VA in response to the wait-times scandal of 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers fume after VA ditches power to fire employees

Joel Gehrke · June 17, 2016 7:23 pm

Hickey's resignation came after accusations that she was responsible for management failings within the VA. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Official who said it’s ‘almost impossible’ to fire VA workers leaves the VA

Gabriella Ciuffetelli · June 16, 2016 5:11 pm