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Reporter explains ‘complete dysfunctionality’ of Veterans Affairs disability backlog
During an appearance on MSNBC, Aaron Glantz of the Center for Investigative Reporting explained why the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was failing to process so many disability benefits claims. “The central problem facing the VA is that they’re not able to deal with this flood of Iraq and Afghanistan…
Jon Stewart outraged U.S. has flying kill bots but can’t fix Veterans Affairs backlog
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart blasted President Barack Obama for failing to fix the growing backlog at the Department of Veterans Affairs while arguing the government could be a force for good. Though Democrats have argued many of the country’s woes are due to…
Veterans Affairs spending on erectile dysfunction meds almost triples
The Department of Veterans Affairs is spending almost three times as much it did in 2006 on erectile dysfunction drugs, reported Bloomberg News. That’s apparently due to soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health issues, according to a senior program manager at the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of…
‘Very small risk’ of HIV exposure at NY hospital
Insulin pens that may have been reused at a VA hospital in New York have led Department of Veterans Affairs to warn local members of Congress that there is a “very small risk” that patients were exposed to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C, reported the Buffalo News. A routine…
Supreme Court shuts down veterans’ case for neglect against the VA
Veterans groups claim that delays by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in processing combat-related mental health claims has contributed to the 6,500 veteran suicides each year, and filed a federal court case in July 2007 asking the courts to invervene. Friday — after five years of legal battle spearheaded…
New programs help drive veteran homelessness down 12 percent
In midst of the various challenges U.S. veterans face returning home from war, they received a welcome bit of news on Tuesday morning. Homelessness declined by 12 percent for veterans between January 2010 and January 2011, according to figures from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of…
NC Congressman: military vets ‘religiously disenfranchised’ in chapel
Here we go with the “Christian nation” and religious persecution complex again. (OneNewsNow): North Carolina Congressman Robin Hayes says some officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs are engaging in anti-Christian discrimination. Last year officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs ordered the VA Hospital in Fayetteville to remove all…
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