Veterans! Here’s your Top 10 News stories of the day compiled from the latest sources
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1. Coalition Seeks to Raise Awareness and Help Returning Vets. Fox News (blog)
Gillibrand from leaving Washington to reveal the details of her plan at a roundtable discussion, but veterans’ advocacy organizations, the US Department of Veterans Affairs, New York City leaders and corporate interests joined together to talk about …
2. Troops in Mideast Have More Respiratory Ills, Data Show. Wall Street Journal…The US Department of Veterans Affairs has asked the Institute of Medicine, an agency that advises the government on policy, to assess the health risks of burn pits. The report is expected later this year. The 2010 National Defense Authorization Act …
3. Innovative Boston Program to Help Paralyzed Veterans Secure Good Jobs. PR Newswire (press release) … based at VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury Division. It is being established through an innovative public-private partnership between Paralyzed Veterans of America, the US Department of Veterans Affairs, and Activision’s Call of Duty Endowment.
4. RecruitMilitary to Present Civilian Jobs/Opportunities Expo for Veterans. PRLog.Org… the National Veterans Employment Program (NVEP) of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Prudential Insurance Company, St. Augustine University, Sanford Brown, Southern Career College, Strayer University, Team Industrial Services Inc., …
5. Let veteran service officers pick board. Madison.com The Board of Veterans Affairs should be appointed by a group composed of all county veterans service officers and state-recognized veterans organizations, such as the VFW, American Legion, Disabled Veterans and others. These people are the ones who are …
6. Brecksville Veterans Administration campus ends 50 years of care. Plain Dealer (blog)…”Brecksville has been a wonderful institution that has provided terrific care to thousands of veterans, but the physical plant is old and doesn’t allow us to provide state-of-the-art care to our veteran population,” said Susan Fuehrer, director of the …
7. Honor a Connecticut Veteran for Memorial Day. Patch.com The current head of the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Linda S. Schwartz, is the president of the Connecticut State Veterans Memorial group. Dr. Schwartz, herself a Vietnam War veteran, is the first woman to head the state vets’ group …
8. Family of disabled veteran relocates to be near treatment. Glens Falls Post-Star…Looking to halve the distance to Albany and give their son greater access to Veterans Affairs occupational and physical therapists, the Ryans have begun constructing a home in Lake George. Eddie Ryan and his family spent much of their summers in Lake …
9. NH Veterans Home to get $4.3 million for upgrades. Boston Globe US Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki says the money will ensure New Hampshire veterans receive the top-notch care they have earned through their military service. Last year the Tilton home cared for 242 veterans of World War II and the Korean …
10. Future of Knoxville VA buildings being decided in Washington, DC. Radio Iowa The future of the former Knoxville veterans hospital should be decided sometime in the next couple of months after three groups recently made presentations to the US Department of Veterans Affairs. …
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