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Surge in patients outpaces fayetteville's VA health care's building boom 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1638

Decision from on high for Soledad Cross 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1526

Fraggin' 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1680

Veterans' health bill stumbling block is budget 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1798

Two top Veterans Affairs officials leaving jobs 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1600

Military Probe finds problems at Valley VA (TX) 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1447

VA challenged on handling of whistleblower charges 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1496

Anybody know why the Army ditched the green Class-A's? 10 Aristus Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 3842

Veterans Affairs Falls Short On Commitment To Women's Medical Issues 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1647

Army veteran: Key to getting benefits is persistence 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1584

New Brockton / Western Mass VA Investigations 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1593

Cost of scramble to solve VA wait crisis: $54B yearly 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1536

Report: Half of vets with PTSD got treatment 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1651

DOD sending team to Madigan for audit on military health care 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1491

VA: 80 percent of senior executives got bonuses 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1615

Flood of PTSD cases coming, scientists warn 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1590

Sen. Ron Johnson's shameful votes 2 white cloud Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1591

Little-known Treasury fund has tab for VA settlements 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1502

Interoperable Electronic Medical Records Program Progresses 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1633

VA, IG warn against rush of vets into private care 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1556

Senate passes bipartisan bill offering veterans more medical care options 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1618

Perry, Texas hospitals propose plan for VA backlog 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1567

Veterans in Fayetteville, region say they can attest to VA health care delays 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1479

Washington's Cold Shoulder for Defrauded Students and Soldiers 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1634

From War to Sleeping on the Street 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1732

Patients at Fayetteville VA Medical Center have longest wait times in the country, audit says 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1596

VA orders probe of Colorado Springs veterans clinics 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1579

VA audit of veterans' health care wait times finds Anchorage satisfactory 3 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1845

VA audit: Escondido clinic flagged 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1665

(WA) 59-day wait for new local VA patients, audit shows 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1628

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Data sought on how veterans fare as civilians 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1535

Exchange chief: Let 22 million vets shop exchanges online 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1552

Are there any Gulf War I vets' advocacy and support organizations? 14 politicat Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2937

Aurora police: Suicidal veteran diagnosed wtih PTSD killed by officer 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1678

Agency checking if VA retaliated against workers 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1522

New VA secretary plans to allow veterans to seek ‘purchased care’ at other hospitals 7 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2243

Senators Reach Accord Easing Worries Over Veterans’ Health Measure 0 white cloud Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1926

On D-Day: Remembering the Muslim Troops who Fought the Axis 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1710

Senators reach bipartisan deal on veterans health scandal as 18 deaths are confirmed 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1630

Here's The Simple Reason Congress Hasn't Fixed The VA 4 white cloud Jun 2014 Jun 2014 25 2643

Veterans Group Targets Mitch McConnell, Richard Burr In New Ad Campaign 2 white cloud Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1893

"Don't Call This Veteran a Hero" 5 silverweb Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2488

Who Really Broke Veterans Affairs? 5 white cloud May 2014 Jun 2014 2 2199

Jon Stewart rips Oliver North: Are you mad that prisoner-trading has ‘gone mainstream’? 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1893

Last of Navajo World War II ‘code talkers’ dies in New Mexico 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1613

California voters support plan to spend $600 million for homeless veterans 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1606

Study links Iraq veterans’ respiratory problems to metallic dust from ‘burn pits’ at U.S. base 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1857

Tinnitus 18 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Jun 2014 13 4723

This message was self-deleted by its author 2 nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1568

VA Scapegoat Sacrificed, So Now Can We Fix The VA? 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 4 1941

Former Air Force toilet-unplugger wraps self in flag, clutches guns, tells you to ‘Google’ history 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 6 1727

Congress puts Veterans in eight different priority groups to receive V.A. health care. 8 pwb May 2014 May 2014 1 2876

IG: Phoenix VA hospital missed care for 1,700 vets 1 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1615

Veterans Lash Out At GOP Senator’s Attempt To Politicize VA Scandal 1 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 3 1638

A MESSAGE TO VETERANS FROM THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 2 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 4 1691

VoteVets Chair Jon Soltz: Critics Demanding Shinseki Resignation Are ‘Hypocrites’ 4 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 4 1978

The Real Veterans Scandal: 258,000 Have No Healthcare Thanks to GOP Governors 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 4 2060

De Blasio, at Memorial Day Events, Pays Tribute to Veterans 0 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 0 1541

Veterans Groups Lash Out at Republican Senator 3 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 6 2003

Dozens Of Hearings Later, Lawmakers Pressed On Where They've Been On VA Dysfunction 1 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 2 1593

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Take Care Of Your Veterans 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1469

The War on America's Military Veterans, Waged with SWAT Teams, Surveillance and Neglect 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 1652

Memorial Day: For Vets, Too Many Delays and Not Enough Parades 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 2 1578

What Do You Think About Secretary Eric K. Shinseki? (Poll) 4 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 3209

Memorial Day: Despair and Resilience 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1481

My Ongoing VA Journey 19 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 11 5297

Notes From The Boonies 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1775

LAPD sued for $20M in live-on-TV shooting 4 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1974

Fraggin' 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 1667

Remember the Children 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1584

Eric Shinseki, "mad as hell" over VA scandal, is grilled by senators 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1900

Report on VA due within 3 weeks, Shinseki says 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1513

New Names Etched on Vietnam Wall 2 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 2 2245

Have any of you Vietnam era guys been back to Vietnam since the war? 5 Victor_c3 Apr 2014 May 2014 0 1941

question about the VN war and its veterans 45 steve2470 Mar 2014 May 2014 0 9054

For some vets, the war will never end 2 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1857

Pulitzer-winning series used as tool to lobby for change 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1658

Volunteer docs, dentists fill holes in vet coverage 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1600

Veterans bike through Vietnam to help heal wounds of war 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1603

U.S. special forces struggle with record suicides: admiral 1 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1689

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