Tag: Veterans

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

More work needed to reform the VA

Rep Vern Buchanan · July 29, 2015 4:01 am

House preps $3 billion VA bailout to avoid August hospital closures

Pete Kasperowicz · July 25, 2015 4:01 am

Trump Announces ‘Veterans for Trump’

Daniel Halper · July 23, 2015 8:55 pm

Verterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald testifies about pending Veteran Affairs health care 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 blasts VA for threatening to close hospitals

Sarah Bedford · July 22, 2015 5:10 pm

President Barack Obama addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention at the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh Tuesday, July 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Obama uses VFW speech to defend Iran deal, take partisan shots

Susan Crabtree · July 21, 2015 6:01 pm

Whistleblower: 34,000 combat veterans still waiting for VA benefits

Sarah Bedford · July 21, 2015 4:01 am

Donald Trump made a controversial statement on Saturday that Sen. John McCain wasn't really a war hero and that he prefers war heroes that don't get captured by the enemy. (Getty Images)

WH: Trump should apologize to vets for McCain comments

Susan Crabtree · July 20, 2015 6:08 pm

"There are so men and some women who served and sacrificed and happened to be held prisoner. To denigrate that service in any way is offensive to veterans," McCain said. (AP file)

John McCain: Trump owes veterans an apology, not me

Kelly Cohen · July 20, 2015 4:38 pm

Donald Trump's comment about Sen. John McCain's war hero status will irreversibly damage his appeal among veterans, a veterans activist said.

Trump’s McCain comments dubbed ‘political suicide’ with veterans

Gabby Morrongiello · July 20, 2015 3:14 pm

"If you think Iran is going to change their behavior in a decade, I can tell you how unlikely that is because just nine years ago, they were trying to kill me and my soldiers," Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said. (AP file)

Sen. Cotton: 9 years ago, Iran was trying to kill me

Susan Crabtree · July 19, 2015 8:10 pm

"It's not just absurd, it's offensive, it's ridiculous, and I do think it is a disqualifier as commander in chief," Rubio said. (AP Photo/Christian K. Lee)

Rubio: Trump insulted all POWs

Philip Klein · July 19, 2015 2:39 pm

Bernie Sanders said we have a "deeper debt" to our veterans, and that standing by them is this country's primary moral obligation. (AP Photo)Â

Sanders: ‘Very easy to raise the flag,’ hard to support veterans benefits

Ariel Cohen · July 18, 2015 4:01 am