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White House officials to attend funeral of Afghan vet turned advocate
After Army Sgt. Michael Verardo was injured in Afghanistan in 2010, his family spent years pushing for better care for veterans and caregivers.
On consumer credit and unintended consequences
Consumers — members of our armed services most of all — must be protected from bad actors, but not with blanket rules that fail to account for their very real needs and that risk bringing real harm to their economic security, says the author of this commentary.
By Bill Himpler
Video: How Armistice Day became Veterans Day
How Armistice Day became Veterans Day
By Armchair Historian
Even bigger budgets for VA? Secretary offers his thoughts on department progress, challenges
After 16 months on the job, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie insists the department is performing better than ever before.
Being a cop is not the only job for you when you leave the military
For anyone, switching careers is daunting, and for the quarter million military members who leave the military each year, the notion that there are few post-military careers in the civilian world that don’t require carrying a gun and wearing body armor, makes the task even more challenging.
By Mark Mckerrick
Veterans can now access their VA medical records through their iPhones
The VA has partnered with Apple to let veterans access their medical information on their iPhones.
By Patricia Kime
Interview: Jan C. Scruggs, president of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
Led by Jan Scruggs, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund continues as The Wall’s caretaker.
By Vietnam magazine
Gene Roddenberry’s near-death experiences in the Pacific War
The future creator of “Star Trek” served in the South Pacific as a B-17 pilot, surviving tropical storms, flak and a fatal crash.
By Steve Birdsall
Departing vets committee chairman hopes partisan divisions won’t overwhelm VA policy work
Georgia Republican Johnny Isakson is set to retire from the Senate at the end of the year.
Army veteran Duckworth introduces Senate bill to protect troops’ families from deportation
Sen. Tammy Duckworth's bill would require the Homeland Security Department to get approval from the Pentagon or VA before denying parole in place to service members or veterans.
Veterans more likely to be targeted by sophisticated financial scams
Veterans are twice as likely to unknowingly participate in a scam as the general population, Carroll Harris, a U.S. Postal Inspection Service senior law enforcement official.
By Niko Boskovic, Medill News Service