Tag: Veterans

Jill Tahmooressi stands outside the Mexican Consulate in Miami on May 5 protesting the arrest of her son in Mexico. (AP/J Pat Carter)

Beltway Confidential

Petition to demand release of former Marine held in Mexico hits threshold for White House response

Kevin Daley · June 2, 2014 5:08 pm

Washington Examiner reporter Mark Flatten to discuss Veterans Affairs scandal in a Reddit ‘Ask Me Anything’

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2014 12:53 pm

Senate bills on Veterans Affairs will reignite fight over spending

Susan Ferrechio · June 2, 2014 9:00 am

President Barack Obama makes remarks before officially starting the beginning of the Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki at the White House April 17, 2013 in Washington. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Examiner Editorial: Obama and Eric Shinseki knew but failed to act on Veterans Affairs crisis

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2014 9:00 pm

A sign marks the entrance to the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital on May 30, 2014 in Hines, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

The Senate’s failed, irrelevant plan to throw $20 billion at Veterans Affairs problems

Byron York · June 1, 2014 3:35 pm

Kirk cites new allegations from VA hospital staff

DON BABWINJASON KEYSER · May 30, 2014 10:52 pm

Eric Shinseki, secretary of Veterans Affairs, pauses while delivering remarks at a National Coalition for Homeless Veterans meeting in Washington Friday morning. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Decade of reports show Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki was in denial, not in the dark

Mark Flatten · May 30, 2014 9:54 pm

House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller warned Friday that Congress will intensify its scrutiny of the VA despite the resignation of Secretary Eric Shinseki. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Veterans Affairs chairman warns ‘no honeymoon’ for Eric Shinseki’s replacement

David M. Drucker, Susan Ferrechio · May 30, 2014 5:20 pm

Eric Shinseki resigns as Veterans Affairs Secretary

Susan Crabtree · May 30, 2014 5:13 pm

Travis Fugate, a member of the Kentucky National Guard who was blinded by an IED attack in Iraq, wipes his eyes as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, My 29, 2014, before the House Veterans Affairs subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations as the panel examines inadequacies in the Veterans Administration's treatment of visually-impaired veterans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Analysis: Seeking political gain over VA issues

David Espo · May 30, 2014 4:38 pm

Crooked contractors, bribery and embezzlement are all subplots in a botched $153 million deal to build a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital near Pittsburgh, according to a report released Tuesday by the agency's inspector general.ÃÂ (Photo: Washington Examiner file)

Why Veterans Affairs service won’t improve

Mona Charen · May 30, 2014 4:04 pm

Obama to deliver statement on Veterans Affairs scandal

Susan Crabtree · May 30, 2014 3:09 pm