Eric Shinseki safe on Capitol Hill — for now
Updated 3:47 p.m. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki vowed Thursday to remain in office until President Obama tells him to go, but lawmakers made clear that their patience is wearing thin and...
View ArticleEric Shinseki 'Mad as Hell': 4 Tough Questions for VA Secretary
Cliff Owen/AP Photo WASHINGTON–The man at the top of the country’s scandal-plagued Department of Veterans Affairs indicated today that he may replace his upper management team in the wake of...
View ArticleSenate Veterans Committee Pulls No Punches As VA Chief Eric Shinseki Grilled...
Senate Veterans Committee Pulls No Punches As VA Chief Eric Shinseki Grilled Over Alleged Care-Delay Cover-Ups Reported by ajc.com 2 hours ago.
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K9s For Warriors Breaks Ground at New Nocatee Facility.
PONTE VEDRA, Fla., May 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The nationally known K9s For Warriors program formally broke ground on a new training facility in Nocatee May 15, marking a major leap forward in...
View ArticleOn Hill, VA Chief Shinseki Faces Hospital Death Allegations
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki testified before a Senate committee Thursday, responding to allegations that dozens of veterans died during a long wait for medical treatment in the U.S....
View ArticleEric Shinseki, Battered By Allegations Of VA Abuses, Vows To Stay On
WASHINGTON -- Congressional critics are blasting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki for new allegations of abuse in the VA system, but many of these same abuses are detailed in an 6-year-old...
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Shinseki 'mad as hell' over VA delays -- and no, he's not resigning
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said Thursday he's 'mad as hell' over allegations of wrongdoing at VA facilities, but his measured approach to fixing the problems did not appear to satisfy...
View ArticleVA Docs Defied Opiate Rules in Treating Vets, Audit Finds
VA medical centers defied some agency policies on supplying opiates to veterans in 2012, including simultaneously prescribing thousands of ex-troops with narcotic painkillers and psychoactive drugs -–...
View ArticleVA Releases Interim Rule On Qualified Mortgages
Almost all VA home loans will be considered Qualified Mortgages that provide lenders a legal safe harbor, according to an interim final rule released last week by the Department of Veterans Affairs....
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Tapper Grills WH Chief of Staff Over VA Scandal: ‘How Many Dead Veterans Do...
In an appearance on CNN’s The Lead with *Jake Tapper*, White House Chief of Staff *Dennis McDonough* asserted that both Shinseki and President *Barack Obama* are outraged over the latest scandal...
View ArticleWant to Fix VA Health Care? Get Rid of It
The following article is opinion and the views expressed are solely those of the author.On Thursday VA Secretary Eric Shinseki was grilled by members of Congress about significant and perhaps deadly...
View ArticleFidelco Guide Dog Foundation Salutes Armed Forces Week 2014 with "Field of...
For more than five decades, Fidelco’s elite German Shepherd Guide Dogs have helped blinded military heroes rejoin the fight of everyday life in a world that presumes the ability of everyone to see, and...
View ArticleWeek In Politics: Karl Rove, Eric Shinseki And A Slew Of Primaries
Regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and David Brooks of The New York Times, discuss the kerfuffle over Karl Rove's remarks on Hillary Clinton's health, the upcoming...
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When Veterans Affairs investigators visited the Veterans Benefits Administration's St. Petersburg regional office in March, they found a mess at an office with more than 21,000 pending claims...
View ArticleAtiba Hutchinson, Julian de Guzman headline Canadian squad in 2 friendlies
Atiba Hutchinson and Julian de Guzman will lead a Canadian team mixed with veterans and young players in two international friendlies this month. Reported by CBC.ca 1 hour ago.
View ArticleTop Veterans Affairs doctor resigns as scandal claims first victim
Dr Robert Petzel was due to retire this summer VA secretary Eric Shinseki under pressure Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 1 hour ago.
View ArticleLegion on Petzel resignation: 'business as usual'
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki announced May 16 that he has accepted the resignation of his under secretary for heal......
View ArticleAmid probe, already retiring VA official announces 'resignation'
Embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki announced the resignation of a senior deputy on Friday, one day after both men testified before a Senate committee about new disclosures of...
View ArticleMan Indicted in Ohio Hospital Break Room Shooting
Man indicted in Ohio Veterans Affairs hospital break room shooting that wounded employee Reported by ABCNews.com 46 minutes ago.
View ArticleTop VA Health Official Resigns Amid Scandal
The budding scandal at Veterans Affairs over the medical care that vets receive seems to have resulted in its first resignation. Robert Petzel, who was the department's top official in charge of health...
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