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Veterans news update for Jan. 8
Iraq war veteran, now a West Point professor, seeks to rein in disability pay (The New York Times) Nearly...
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Veterans news update for Dec. 30
Troubled Marine vet featured in songwriting story found dead (Associated Press) A New York man featured in an Associated...
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Veterans news update for Dec. 2
Obama expected to nominate Ashton Carter to lead Pentagon (Reuters) President Obama is expected to nominate former Pentagon official...
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Veterans news update for Nov. 3
Marine veteran home safe after release from Mexico (USA Today) A U.S. Marine veteran who spent the past eight...
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Veterans news update for Oct. 28
VA disability claims soar (Wall Street Journal) Requests for disability pay by veterans have ballooned during the past five...
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Veterans news update for Oct. 22
Read the threatening emails sent by VA to a whistleblower (TheBlaze.com) The Department of Veterans Affairs last month tried...
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Veterans news update for Oct. 17
As disability awards grow, so does concern over veracity of veterans’ PTSD claims (Washington Post) The 49-year-old veteran explained...
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Veterans news update for Sept. 25
Suicide by veterans remains a daunting problem as VA struggles to improve care (Hartford Courant) As with many suicides,...
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Veterans news update for Sept. 22
Group says it gave hundreds of veterans free pot (Associated Press) Hundreds of military veterans received free marijuana during...
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CBO takes aim at veterans disability payments
Veterans disability payments have skyrocketed since 2000, up 170 percent to $54 billion in 2013. Not surprisingly, Capitol Hill...