Throughout my 12 years in Congress and my time on the House Veterans Affairs Committee, I have always been committed to putting our veterans first. Recently, in partnership with the U.S. Army Parachute Team, also known as the Golden Knights, and the Soldier For Life program, I jumped out of an airplane as a demonstration
Read moreThe IAMAW and NFFE, members of the AFL-CIO, supports our military Veteran brothers and sisters! So these stickers have gained an immense response with our Vets from across all Unions. They’ve been ordering these up and posting them on hardhats, laptops, cubicles, you name it. If you click order a hardhat sticker you can enter
Read moreOn November 5, 2015, the President signed the Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114-75) (Act). The Act adds section 6329 to title 5, United States Code. This new section provides a separate new leave category, to be known as “disabled veteran leave,” to any new Federal employee who is a veteran
Read moreWASHINGTON — Army veteran Dennis Magnasco spent two days trying to get a doctor’s appointment at his VA clinic in Bedford, Massachusetts, but he couldn’t get through to anyone on the phone. Click here to read entire article.
Read moreVA clinical psychologist Dr. Diane Castillo was a speaker at the World Health Organization Expert Group Meeting on Mental Well-being, Disability and Humanitarian Action in Manila, Philippines, in January. Castillo is the treatment core center director at VA’s VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans based in Waco, Texas. Click here
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