Tag: Veterans

"I have no reason to believe otherwise," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters during the White House press briefing when asked if the president remains confident in EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sarah Sanders: ‘No reason to believe’ Trump no longer has confidence in Pruitt, Shulkin after travel controversy

Melissa Quinn · February 20, 2018 9:12 pm

"This week there have been some unfortunate distractions from our core mission of serving Veterans," David Shulkin wrote. "For that I take responsibility and recognize that this could have been handled better; I owe you an apology for that." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

VA secretary apologizes to employees for Europe trip scandal

Pete Kasperowicz · February 20, 2018 7:10 pm

Energy Secretary Rick Perry wants to use the agency's world-class data-crunching capabilities to solve problems among American veterans, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide, and eventually leverage that information to benefit everyone. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Energy and Environment

Rick Perry’s concern for veterans sparks effort to reshape nation’s healthcare

John Siciliano · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General released a report Wednesday that said VA staff purposefully bent the rules to allow David Shulkin's wife to travel with him on the taxpayers' dime. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lawmakers scold VA secretary for fraud that led to taxpayer-funded Europe trip

Pete Kasperowicz · February 15, 2018 1:56 pm

The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General reported Wednesday that last year, VA chief of staff Vivieca Wright Simpson tried to arrange for the VA secretary's wife to travel with him to Europe on the VA's dime. (screenshot)

VA official who lied about Shulkin’s Europe trip hid healthcare scandal from Congress in 2014

Pete Kasperowicz · February 15, 2018 5:01 am

The internal watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs released a report Wednesday that said David Shulkin acted improperly when he accepted tickets to Wimbledon and misrepresented how he obtained the tickets to the agency's ethics officials. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP lawmaker: VA Secretary David Shulkin should resign after watchdog says he misled officials about Europe trip

Melissa Quinn · February 14, 2018 6:37 pm

President Trump (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Nov. 9, 2017. Trump couldn't seem to stop talking about the red carpets, military parades, and fancy dinners that were lavished upon him during "state visits" on his recent tour of Asia. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Coming defense buildup might give Trump his military parade moment

Travis J. Tritten · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

Let's support our troops by fixing this educational imbalance by giving their families access to school choice anywhere in the country through Education Savings Accounts. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Support the troops with school choice, not a parade

Tyler Koteskey · February 9, 2018 8:00 pm

President Trump said veterans need to have healthcare choices outside of Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Now, Congress must act decisively to send to the president's desk a bill that empowers veterans with more control over their healthcare. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Trump jump-starts stalled veteran healthcare negotiations

Dan Caldwell · February 8, 2018 9:07 pm

Last July 14, President Trump visited Paris and witnessed the city's Bastille Day military parade. Since then, reports say the president has been keen on having a military parade of his own. (Etienne Laurent, Pool via AP)

Military parades? Leave the ostentatious flexing to the French

Washington Examiner · February 8, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., is up for re-election this year in a state that President Trump narrowly won in 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Tammy Baldwin under fire from conservative veterans group’s $1.5 million ad campaign

David M. Drucker · February 6, 2018 10:00 am

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., a veteran, calls President Trump by the nickname "Cadet Bone Spurs." Trump avoided serving during the Vietnam War, receiving five draft deferments: four for college and one for heel spurs. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Tammy Duckworth responds to Trump calling Dems treasonous for not clapping: I don’t ‘cater to the whims of Cadet Bone Spurs’

Diana Stancy Correll · February 6, 2018 1:03 am