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Veterans Affairs officials said they’re on pace to fill all 45,000 spots in the new Veterans Retraining Assistance Program in the coming weeks. Read more »

In a reversal, the Veterans Health Administration will now apply federal acquisition rules when buying “biologics” -- medicines made from human tissue and bone that it had classified as “prosthetics” and exempted from such rules, officials said Wednesday. Read more »

House appropriators think they’ve found a way to balance the federal checkbook, honor the government’s commitment to 22 million military veterans and family members, and still boost spending on them in 2013. Read more »

The House this week will approve legislation requiring the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to comply with a federal law that prohibits discrimination against employees who have military service obligations. Read more »

U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) released the following video statement in commemoration of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend to honor our brave service members who have lost their lives fighting to protect our country. Read more »

Decoration Day, as Memorial Day was originally known, was conceived in May 1868 and was first observed at Arlington National Cemetery to bring together the families of the fallen to help heal the wounds of a war that had threatened to tear our young nation apart. Read more »

Private sector colleges and universities take great pride in knowing that we provide critical services, flexible schedules, and focused delivery of academic programs to America’s veterans. We believe it is our moral imperative to ensure that our service members and veterans receive the education they deserve and the benefits they earned at every institution of higher education, including career-oriented institutions. Recently, I testified about this very subject before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Read more »

The House Committee on Veterans Affairs launched the Veterans Honor Wall on Facebook. The Veterans Honor Wall was posted to encourage friends, and all Americans, to share a message, video, or photo of gratitude for our Armed Forces, Veterans, and their families – or to tell your own story of service. Read more »

On Memorial Day, we will commemorate U.S. soldiers who have died in military service. We will pause in remembrance of those who sacrificed their lives in defense of our free Republic. This Memorial Day we give thanks to the men and women who devoted their lives to defending our freedom. It is the duty of our nation to honor and support our service members who have given up their lives for a greater cause than themselves. Read more »

President Obama’s executive order on veterans education is drawing broad support from both for-profit colleges and veteran groups. But questions remain about how it will be enforced and whether its provisions for more oversight and transparency really will deter dishonest schools from defrauding or exploiting veterans. Read more »