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Many presidential elections have been called the most important of our lives—this year that sentiment may not be hyperbole. As Bernie Sanders would say, this election is “YUGE!” If you’re like many working Americans, you want an economy that lifts up all of us, public schools that give every child the opportunity to succeed, enough
Read more“This seems like a hell of a fuss over something that happened 50 years ago,” Army Veteran Charles Kettles told the president before today’s White House event. That “fuss” he’s referring to is being awarded of the Medal of Honor. Kettles originally received a Distinguished Service Medal for his courageous actions on May 15, 1967,
Read moreThe Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Choice Program (VCP) has reached a key milestone in improving access to health care for Veterans. More than two million appointments have been scheduled through the program. The Choice Act, which included the VCP, was passed in August 2014 to help Veterans access timely health care both within
Read moreThe Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has undertaken the most comprehensive analysis of Veteran suicide rates in the U.S., examining over 55 million Veteran records from 1979 to 2014 from every state in the nation. The effort extends VA’s knowledge from the previous report issued in 2010, which examined three million Veteran records from 20
Read moreVA has led the nation in both health care and health care research for more than 40 years. The department has remained on the cutting edge of medicine – from winning a Nobel Prize for diabetes research to developing life changing innovations such as the pacemaker and the nicotine patch, there is little doubt that
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