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...
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...
by Shravya Pant | Nov 2, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) called attention to the veteran suicide crisis on Wednesday, urging the Department of Veteran Affairs to expand its medical research and improve its efforts at suicide prevention, especially for those living in rural communities....
by Maia Pandey | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science
A typical therapist’s waiting room may contain a few unremarkable chairs, a handful of outdated magazines and the quiet bustle of a receptionist’s desk. But in Veterans Affairs facilities, patients can sometimes be bombarded by swaths of military paraphernalia and...
by Mary Yang | Dec 8, 2021 | Living
WASHINGTON – Although the Department of Veterans Affairs backed a record 1.44 million homes loans for veterans and service members in the 12 months ending Sept. 30, members of Congress and veterans’ advocates said Wednesday that sellers remain leery of VA-backed loans...
