Tag: Veterans

Patricia Rose, left, a registered nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Baltimore scans a barcode before dispensing medicine to VA patient Allen Smith of Romney, WVa., Tuesday April 27, 2004. (AP Photo/Don Wright)

VA fires veteran for talking to Congress

Sarah Bedford · September 9, 2015 1:16 pm

Bush: How I’ll lift my low poll numbers

Sarah Bedford · September 4, 2015 4:01 am

The VA inspector general said many of veterans have been dead for more than four years.Â (Getty Images)

Confirmed: One-third of the vets on VA’s waiting list are dead

Pete Kasperowicz · September 2, 2015 9:28 pm

House Speaker John Boehner criticized the Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to meet its own goal of ending the veteran's healthcare backlog. (AP Photo)

Boehner rips VA for breaking promise on health backlog

Pete Kasperowicz · August 28, 2015 6:19 pm

"It's another instance of the VA telling Congress, the Veterans Committee and others about how, if we give them money, it would be spent, and then it's a different plan once we give them the money," said Sen. Jerry Moran.Â (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

VA planned to ration drugs for sick veterans

Sarah Bedford · August 21, 2015 4:01 am

A man works at a computer in TechHub, an office space for technology start-up entrepreneurs, near the Old Street roundabout in Shoreditch which has been dubbed 'Silicon Roundabout' due to the number of technology companies operating from the area on March 15, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Watchdog: VA employees waste time goofing off on social media

Pete Kasperowicz · August 20, 2015 6:57 pm

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, left, and Jame Tuchschmidt, M.D., acting principal deputy under secretary for health, Veteran Affairs Administration, wait to testify about pending Veteran Affairs healthcare budget shortfall and system shutdown at a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Congress mulls new subpoena to demand secret Philly VA report

Pete Kasperowicz · August 19, 2015 5:40 pm

President Barack Obama meets with Emma Didlake, 110, of Detroit, the oldest known World War II veteran, in the Oval Office of the White House on July 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

America’s oldest veteran dies

Nicole Duran · August 17, 2015 9:42 pm

Father of Killed Iraq Vet: Say No to Iran Deal

Michael Warren · August 14, 2015 6:21 pm

VA Secretary Robert McDonald speaks during the Disabled American Veterans convention in Denver, Monday Aug. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

New evidence shows the VA still tries to retaliate against whistleblowers

Pete Kasperowicz · August 10, 2015 9:18 pm

Iraq Vet: Tell Your Senator to Vote Down Iran Deal

Michael Warren · August 10, 2015 6:30 pm

Ben Carson had long ago decided to campaign in Iowa this weekend when the Iowa Straw Poll remained on the calendar. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

RedStaters wonder: Where’s Ben Carson?

Ryan Lovelace · August 9, 2015 12:48 pm