Tag: Veterans

Gina Farrisee, assistant Veterans Affairs secretary for human resources, testifies before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on the scandal surrounding bonuses being paid to top VA officials (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

VIDEO: Lawmakers blast Veterans Affairs official over paid bonuses

Ed Sykes · June 20, 2014 7:45 pm

Gina Farrisee, Assistant Veterans Affairs Secretary for Human Resources, testifies before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing Friday.ÃÂ (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

All top Veterans Affairs managers got high performance ratings despite long delays, patient deaths

Mark Flatten · June 20, 2014 7:14 pm

VA: No Flies On Us

Geoffrey Norman · June 20, 2014 6:25 pm

Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson speaks during a news conference at the VA Medical Center in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The Veterans Affairs Department (VA) release the results from its Nationwide Access Audit, along with facility level patient access data for all Veterans health facilities. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Audit: More vets wait 30 days; some waits shorter

Matthew Daly · June 19, 2014 11:27 pm

Mark Flatten, left, sat down with Steve Doty to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs and the ongoing scandal that has plagued the agency.

VIDEO: Mark Flatten discusses Veterans Affairs scandal

Mark Flatten, Steve Doty · June 19, 2014 10:00 am

Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson speaks during a news conference at the VA Medical Center in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The Veterans Affairs Department (VA) release the results from its Nationwide Access Audit, along with facility level patient access data for all Veterans health facilities. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

VA chief: More vets wait 30 days for appointment

Matthew Daly · June 18, 2014 10:27 pm

Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson said Wednesday he is "confident Sharon Helman, director of the Phoenix veterans' hospital, remains on the agency's payroll, despite an announcement last month that suggested she was being fired. Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Veterans Affairs officials using ‘semantic sleights of hand’ to hide lack of accountability over patient deaths, falsified records

Mark Flatten · June 18, 2014 9:04 pm

Big Government politicians want to throw more funding at the VA, as usual. (AP Photo)

A fed-up veteran blasts Veterans Affairs’ ‘lie, delay, deny’ abyss

Michelle Malkin · June 18, 2014 2:56 pm

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has signed a bill aimed at improving military veterans' and service members' access to higher education and jobs. It's also intended to help prevent military identity fraud and theft. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Ohio governor signs bill to help veterans, military

Associated Press · June 17, 2014 1:39 pm

Senate bill would double veterans’ health spending

Matthew Daly · June 16, 2014 10:34 pm

Senate bill doubles spending on veterans’ health

Matthew Daly · June 14, 2014 7:15 pm

More than 57,000 new applicants have had to wait at least three months before their first appointments, while an additional 64,000 who enrolled for VA health care over the past decade have never been seen by a doctor, according to a VA audit. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Veterans Affairs scandal is a look at future of Obamacare

Elizabeth Price Foley · June 14, 2014 2:21 pm