Tag: Veterans

Miller faulted the IG for failing to identify clearly the leaders responsible for lengthy wait-times. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Let veterans bypass federal crooks and see a doctor

Washington Examiner · January 23, 2016 5:01 am

That number of fired VA employees fluctuated in recent months depending on who is talking and where. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

VA won’t say how many officials have been fired

Sarah Bedford · January 21, 2016 8:31 pm

Palin links son’s domestic violence arrest to Obama’s veterans policies

Ariel Cohen · January 20, 2016 9:10 pm

"So you basically put the pressure on the VA -- if you can't deliver the goods, we're going to provide an alternative," said Robert Gates, who led the Pentagon under both President George W. Bush and President Obama. (AP Photo)

Gates calls for more veterans’ choice at VA

Sarah Bedford · January 19, 2016 4:01 pm

Rep. Jeff Miller, chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said Tuesday during a hearing on the matter that the VA refused to count appeals as part of its backlog of claims. Instead, the agency only looked at a veteran's initial claim when tallying the backlog. (AP photo, file)

Veterans Affairs manipulated data to hide its growing backlog

Sarah Bedford · January 12, 2016 6:29 pm

HUD Secretary Julian Castro announced the grantees in Tulsa, Okla., last week at the winter meeting of the Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes. (AP photo/Andrew Harnik, file)

HUD, Veterans Affairs partner to help homeless Native American veterans

Kelly Cohen · January 11, 2016 9:53 pm

"Right now, VA leaders owe the public an explanation," House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., wrote in a statement. (AP Photo/File)

Lawmaker slams VA for rehiring alleged scandal ringleaders

Anna Giaritelli · January 9, 2016 2:34 am

The VA put Charles Davis, a mental health worker in the Tomah, Wis., office, on "administrative absence." (Photo courtesy of VA Department)

VA still paying official charged with sexually assaulting veterans

Pete Kasperowicz · January 7, 2016 5:01 am

Breaches ranged from employees accidentally mailing a veteran the wrong medical records to employees intentionally spying on patients' records. (Bloomberg/Andrew Harrer)

Medical privacy is not the VA way

Sarah Bedford · January 6, 2016 5:01 am

Report Tuesday night says that Charles Davis was charged with "sexually assaulting a vulnerable patient/veteran." (Photo courtesy of Facebook page of A.J. Investigates)

VA worker charged with seven counts of sexual assault

Pete Kasperowicz · January 6, 2016 2:25 am

"The Department of Defense continues to consider any suicides too many and we're doing everything we can to prevent suicide in our military," a Pentagon spokesman said. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images file)

National Security

Military suicides increase in 2015

Jacqueline Klimas · January 4, 2016 8:07 pm

Brandon Eden, Legislative director and deputy chief of staff for Rep. Steve Knight, R-Calif. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Iraq war vet helped shine light on VA scandal

Jacqueline Klimas · January 4, 2016 5:01 am