Secretary Shinseki Announces $41.9 Million to Help the Homeless
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has announced that 40 states will share more than $41.9 million in grants to community groups to provide 2,568 beds for homeless Veterans this year. “These grants wouldn’t have happened without the extraordinary partnerships [...]
Boise Veterans Helping Police in Search for Flag Burners
BOISE — In the last week, vandals have spray-painted graffiti and left burned flags outside several Meridian School District schools located in west Boise. Overnight Wednesday, one of the schools, Pioneer Elementary, was vandalized again. Now, local American Legion posts [...]
VA Earns ‘A’ in Annual Small Business Scorecard
WASHINGTON (September 17, 2010) — VA has been recognized by the Small Business Administration with a rating of “A” on its Small Business Scorecard for its success in contracting with small businesses. VA’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization [...]
Presidential Proclamation–National POW/MIA Recognition Day
“Until every story ends” is a solemn promise to those who wear the uniform of the United States that they will never be left behind or forgotten. On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we pay tribute to the American men and [...]
VA: Science can’t prove Lejeune case
WASHINGTON — In the decades that poisonous chemicals tainted the drinking water at Camp Lejeune, hundreds of thousands of Marines filed through the base. But just 200 veterans have asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to link their illnesses to [...]
Bill would help troops sickened at Qarmat Ali
A key Republican lawmaker wants Iraq war veterans who served in the Qarmat Ali region to receive extended veterans health care benefits because of the possibility they were exposed to toxic chemicals while guarding a water treatment plant early in [...]
Man sentenced for unlawfully wearing medals
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A 36-year-old man was sentenced in federal court in Birmingham for unlawfully wearing military medals and for being a felon in possession of a gun. View Original Article
Arlington Opens Graves, Finds 2 Misplaced Bodies
WASHINGTON — Two people were buried in the wrong graves at Arlington National Cemetery, the Army said Wednesday, as it followed up an investigation into bookkeeping problems and burial mix-ups at one of the nation’s most hallowed sites. After a [...]
The American Veteran – September 2010
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