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Keep Congress, and all politics, out of VA facilities

If lawmakers are allowed to set up offices in VA hospitals and clinics, it politicizes a federal space, which violates the Hatch Act.

By Michael Embrich

4 months ago

VA lays groundwork for first major survey of moral injury in veterans

The VA is undertaking the first-ever large-scale population study of moral injury to be conducted among veterans of the post-9/11 wars.

By Hope Hodge Seck

5 months ago

VA rushes fix for payment problem before the rent is due

Roughly 280,000 student veterans and dependents could have faced a delay in benefits.

By Leo Shane III

8 months ago

High turnover on House Veterans’ Affairs Committee again this session

The panel will have 13 new faces this year, more than half of its total membership.

By Leo Shane III

10 months ago

When VA calls, veterans listen

More than 70% of veterans approached through the department's Solid Start program talked to staffers about available programs and services.

By Leo Shane III

11 months ago

Marine vet admits to defrauding VA, threatening investigator

Kamil Wakulik, 38, claimed to have gotten PTSD from recovering dead bodies after natural disasters in the Philippines and Thailand as a Marine.

By Irene Loewenson

11 months ago

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