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Former VA inspector general sues for his job back

Former VA inspector general sues for his job back

by Jerry Wu | Feb 25, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — For months, Reta Mays’ treachery slipped through the cracks at the VA hospital center in West Virginia where she worked as a nursing assistant. By injecting insulin in elderly patients who didn’t need it, she murdered seven people from 2017 to 2018. She...
House Republicans urge federal cuts to VA’s education service benefits

House Republicans urge federal cuts to VA’s education service benefits

by Jerry Wu | Feb 11, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — House Republicans reprimanded leaders of Veterans’ Affairs education programs at a Tuesday subcommittee hearing for “wasting billions and millions” of federal funds on recent projects, including the process to digitize the GI Bill.  “We’re not going...
GOP bill attempts to gradually privatize VA care

GOP bill attempts to gradually privatize VA care

by Jerry Wu | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — As their first move in the new presidential administration, Republican top brass on the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees introduced a bill last week loosening the threshold for veterans to access private care. On paper, the Veterans’ ACCESS...
Women veterans’ healthcare under spotlight: Senate Committee reviews VA programs

Women veterans’ healthcare under spotlight: Senate Committee reviews VA programs

by Sophia Didinova | Apr 12, 2024 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Representatives on the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on Wednesday reviewed the effectiveness of Department of Veterans Affairs programs to ensure equity for women veterans. According to Erica Scavella, Assistant Under Secretary for Health...
Service members, advocates call for overhaul of way to help military personnel move into civilian jobs

Service members, advocates call for overhaul of way to help military personnel move into civilian jobs

by Pavan Acharya | Dec 13, 2023 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — A few months after returning to the U.S. following his deployment to Iraq, army veteran Mike Greenwood began required courses in 2006 for those leaving the military through the Transition Assistance Program, or TAP.  Greenwood wanted to be a banker...
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