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Mystery Republican Holds Up COLA Vote For Disabled Veterans
In another shifty move by Senate Republicans, one Senator anonymously blocked the annual vote for the Cost of Living Increase for disabled veterans. This serves…
Romney Mistakes Defense Spending For Veterans Health Care
Toady, Mitt Romney was cited conflating defense spending with veteran health care. He is already following through with campaign promises on that 47% of Americans….
Obama Losing Veterans Vote To Romney
In reporting from Politico today, President Barack Obama is lagging behind Governor Mitt Romney by double-digits in veteran support. This appears to be especially true…
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…