US Veterans Affairs secretary resigns amid scandal
US Veterans Affairs secretary resigns amid scandal (via AFP) President Barack Obama’s...
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Leaving some veterans behind
THE “LEAVE SOME VETS BEHIND†LAW: A NATIONAL DISGRACE In 1995, Congress codified as Public Law 95-126 the VA policy denying benefits to veterans who receive less than honorable discharges, including those who served in...
Read MoreMaddow – IAVA advocates for mental health care for veterans
Rachel talks with IAVA director Paul Rieckhoff about the need to push for adequate veterans’ benefits. Recent reports have highlighted the alarmingly high suicide statistics amongst active duty military personnel and I have reported in the past that one in four homeless once served their country.
Obama appoints General Eric Shinseki (Ret) to head VA
After the humiliating rebuke by Paul Wolfowitz (who never served in the military), for daring stand up to Donald Rumsfeld and insist that we needed more troops on the ground in Iraq, Shinseki has been appointed to head Veterans Affairs by Obama.
