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Supreme Court: Veterans For Common Sense v. VA
Pioneer Press columnist Ruben Rosario recently interviewed me about our position in the current Veterans For Common Sense cert. request to the Supreme Court. In…
Governor Moonbeam Stands Up For Vets
As a child of the nineties, I grew up thinking of California’s Jerry Brown as Governor Moonbeam. He was a throwback to the hippie culture…
Veterans Jobs Bill Faces Vote
The fight over the budget is wreaking havoc with a veterans jobs bill. The program was initially proposed by President Obama in his State of…
Sequestion May Still Cut Veterans’ Educational Benefits
On Thursday, many veteran organizations attended a round-table held by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Congressman Walz (MN) and others were in attendance. I was…
Both Parties Court Vets Vote Before Election
Congress is mining the veteran population for votes this election season and both Democrats and Republicans are trying to gain some ground this essential voting…
Romney Proposes To Open Tricare To Vets
Presidential candidate Governor Mitt Romney has proposed opening the military Tricare network to veterans who are unable to get timely mental health services from the VA.
TRACTS Study: Vets May Have Accelerated Aging
With extended tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, the veteran population may be aging at an accelerated rate. There appears to be a link between PTSD…
TX Attorney Pleads Guilty to VA Fraud
A Houston attorney, Joe B. Phillips, pleaded guilty to conspiring with his wife to steal $2.3 million from dozens of disabled veterans, for whom he…
Your Tax Dollars At Work – $50K “Patton” Video
It is nice to know that the VA has such an abundance of funds that they feel the need to spend “slightly over” $100 million…
Obama To Sign Exec Order To Expand VA Mental Health Services
According to reports by both the Stars and Stripes and El Paso Times, President Obama will sign an executive order today to expand mental health…
American Legion Convention: VA Commits To Women Vets Health
When speaking to the American Legion Convention, Dr. Sally Haskell of the VA recommitted to mitigating gender disparities within the existing health system for women…
VA Under Investigation For $100M In Conference Spending
It looks like the party is over for VA officials going on lavish vacations for “training” purposes.
We came across this today. NBC reported that the OIG has revealed an investigation into the VA for spending over $100,000,000 on training and conference trips. Meanwhile, the VA claims it is strapped when it comes to hiring veterans to adjudicate claims of other veterans. Over 2,000 more people could have been hired to work on the VA disability backlog with the money the VA overspent on trips and conferences.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is being investigated by the Office of the Inspector General for allegedly spending millions on two human resources conferences held in Orlando last year.