Tag: Veterans

Fix to veterans’ pension cut in limbo

Sean Lengell · February 12, 2014 12:00 am

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., said he introduced the measure Tuesday to bring accountability that is lacking in the agency, which more often rewards failure with bonuses than punishes it with terminations. (AP Photo)

Proposal by Rep. Jeff Miller would make firing failing Veterans Affairs bosses easier

Mark Flatten · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. Carney answered questions on topics including recent developments in Congress. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP weighs undoing vets pension cuts as debt price

Andrew Taylor · February 11, 2014 12:48 am

First lady praises construction industry hiring

Darlene Superville · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki defends bonuses despite patient deaths and disability claims backlogs

Mark Flatten · February 8, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama arrives with PG&E apprentice electrician Erick Varela, a U.S. Army combat infantryman in Iraq, left, and Vice President Joe Biden, right, to the East Room of the White House, Friday, in Washington, to speak about helping the long-term unemployed. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama works with CEOs to help long-term unemployed

Brian Hughes, Susan Crabtree · January 31, 2014 5:00 am

Feds establish complaint system for student vets

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 5:52 pm

Each year, hundreds of billions of dollars are identified as going toward wasteful, sometimes even ridiculous programs. Why are we asking veterans to sacrifice again while the rest of the government's wasteful spending is on autopilot? (Photo: Thinkstock)

Restore cuts to benefits for veterans

James Ferguson · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

America’s Biggest Threat: The Consequences of Debt

Daniel Halper · January 21, 2014 1:05 pm

Retired Adm. Mike Mullen on Tuesday went well beyond his traditional area of expertise, military affairs, and held forth on issues ranging from the national debt to K-12 education. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Former top military officer sees national debt as biggest threat to country

Tim Mak · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire is asking for a detailed plan to restore, operate and maintain a cemetery in the Philippines where more than 8,300 American veterans are buried, a year after President Barack Obama signed into a law a bill to restore it. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

New Hampshire’s Kelly Ayotte asks for plan to restore vet cemetery

Associated Press · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Man charged with stealing from Cape Cod veterans

Washington Examiner · January 15, 2014 5:00 am