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VCS Provides Written Testimony for Congressional Hearing on Gulf War Veterans’ Claims Denials
Veterans for Common Sense provided the following invited written testimony for a March 15, 2016 Congressional hearing on Gulf War veterans’ benefits and disability claims denials. TESTIMONY: https://archives-veterans.house.gov/submission-record/aanthony-hardie-gulf-war-veteran-and-director-veterans-common-sense HEARING ARCHIVE: https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=104497 Testimony archived text: SUBMISSION FOR THE RECORD OF ANTHONY HARDIE, GULF WAR … Continue reading
House Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Lambastes VA’s Latest Accountability Failures
WASHINGTON — Today House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller (R-FL-1) released the below statement following VA’s announcement that no employees will be seriously disciplined for the biggest construction failure in VA history as well as a separate $400,000 relocation … Continue reading
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VA gets ‘F’ for Persian Gulf War claims approvals
ARCHIVED TEXT SOURCE: https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/2016/03/15/va-gets-f-for-persian-gulf-war-claims-approvals/?utm_source=clavis ARCHIVED TEXT: Veterans VA gets ‘F’ for Persian Gulf War claims approvals By: Patricia Kime March 15, 2016 The percent of disability claims approved by the Veterans Affairs Department for Persian Gulf War-related illnesses has … Continue reading
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Congressional Hearing to Examine Gulf War Veterans’ Claims Denials by VA
HVAC to Examine VA’S Gulf War Illness Disability Claims Process SOURCE: House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Press Release, March 14, 2016 WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. in room 334 of the Cannon House Office Building, the … Continue reading
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Senators Demand Help for Military Borrowers Who Were Overcharged on Student Loans
Murray, Warren, Blumenthal, Durbin Demand Help for Military Borrowers Who Were Overcharged on Student Loans The senators’ letter follows an Inspector General report showing the Department of Education released statistically flawed information, papering over mistreatment of military borrowers Years after … Continue reading
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WASHINGTON FREE BEACON: Special Counsel Says VA Sought to Attack, Discredit Whistleblowers
SOURCE: Washington Beacon, Alana Goodman reporting, Feb. 29, 2016 http://freebeacon.com/issues/special-counsel-says-va-sought-to-attack-discredit-whistleblowers/ ARCHIVED ARTICLE: NOTE: The VA inspector general’s office did not respond to request for comment. Special Counsel Says VA Sought to Attack, Discredit Whistleblowers By Alana Goodman The Washington … Continue reading
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