Tag: Veterans

World War II veteran Doug Thrutchley stands by the captured U-505 German submarine on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Thrutchley, who was involved with capture of the 252-foot vessel, was on hand to mark the 70th anniversary of its capture. It is the only German submarine the U.S. Navy captured during the war and one of five left in the world. (AP Photo/Stacy Thacker)

Last meeting for WWII veterans who captured U-boat

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2014 7:33 pm

First lady Michelle Obama applauds in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 4, 2014, during a Joining Forces initiative event to announce "The Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness" program. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

First lady promotes effort to end vet homelessness

Nancy Benac · June 4, 2014 6:50 pm

A letter, signed by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other top GOP leaders, calls on Obama to support House-passed legislation that would give the VA Secretary the power to fire or transfer incompetent senior-level executives. (AP Photo)

House GOP leaders call on Obama to allow more veterans to get private care

Susan Ferrechio · June 4, 2014 3:51 pm

Deputy Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson leaves the White House in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2014, after being named by President Barack Obama to run the Veterans Affairs Department on an interim basis while Obama searches for a replacement for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki who resigned Friday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

VA says it has contacted vets left off wait list

Matthew Daly · June 4, 2014 3:38 pm

The Pentagon has launched an investigation into the events surrounding the capture by the Taliban of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the 28-year-old Idahoan who spent nearly five years in the hands of Islamist militants. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Bowe Bergdahl disaster caps four days in May when Obama tripped on America’s last icon

Mark Tapscott · June 4, 2014 1:10 pm

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Delays, spiraling costs weigh down openings of new Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics

Kelly Cohen · June 3, 2014 9:31 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Sale of Civil War soldier’s skull abandoned after outcry

Sean Higgins · June 3, 2014 8:10 pm

Trust Us, We’re From the Union

Geoffrey Norman · June 3, 2014 7:09 pm

Remember the VA

Geoffrey Norman · June 3, 2014 6:44 pm

President Obama arrives to deliver the commencement address to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point's Class of 2014, May 28, in West Point, N.Y. In a broad defense of his foreign policy, the president declared that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensable nation, even after a "long season of war," but argued for restraint before embarking on more military adventures. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Poll: Obama takes a hit on foreign affairs

Brian Hughes · June 3, 2014 3:28 pm

Reid vows quick Senate vote on VA health bill

Matthew Daly · June 2, 2014 11:12 pm

Surrounded by veterans and GOP House members, Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., left, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, finishes a statement calling for reforms in the wake of gross mismanagement and misconduct at VA hospitals, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May, 29, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Jeff Miller wants Veterans Affairs’ ‘official time’ employees doing union work back on their regular jobs

Mark Flatten · June 2, 2014 10:39 pm