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Douglas Bragg, the director of the Department of Veterans Affairs’s Oakland Regional Office, will appear next month before members of the California Congressional delegation to answer questions about the performance of his office, which handles all disability claims filed by veterans from Bakersfield to the Oregon border. Read more »

Three Florida lawmakers are urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to move forward with a major construction project at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center that a VA cost analysis said would more than pay for itself over the next 30 years. Read more »

As many as 8,000 veterans will return to Connecticut as the military draws down its forces overseas and cuts personnel, and the state is getting ready for them Read more »

U.S. veterans need protection from schools that exploit them, siphoning off educational benefits and luring them into debt, President Barack Obama says. Read more »

While the Orlando VA Medical Center languishes well behind its promised delivery date, those most inconvenienced might take some comfort in knowing they're not alone. The 1.2-million-square-foot hospital under construction at Lake Nona Medical City isn't the only VA project having problems. Read more »

It scores higher than Hershey, the chocolate maker, and even Cadillac. On the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which rates private companies and government agencies on a scale of zero to 100, the little-known National Cemetery Administration not only beats the State Department and the Pentagon but also Google and Amazon. Read more »

Yesterday the part of the White House Administration known as the Office of Management and Budget released a letter responding to a request for the OMB’s official view on whether or not VA healthcare programs would be exempt from the impact of the looming sequestration. Read more »

The Veterans Administration is exempt from the automatic cuts that could hit the discretionary budget in January 2013, the Office of Management and Budget said Monday. Read more »

Jacob Manning waited until his wife and teenage son had left the house, then walked into his garage to kill himself. Read more »

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ budget is exempt from the threat of automatic cuts to federal spending scheduled to be made next year, the White House said Monday afternoon. Read more »