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Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL), chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, released a statement supporting the Boehner plan and arguing against tying up veterans' benefits due to the debt ceiling debate.

The Veterans Affairs Department was in the hot seat Thursday after an audit found it had awarded at least 1,400 contracts intended for veteran-owned companies to ineligible businesses.

The House is moving forward on a bill that would require the Veterans Affairs Department to allow service dogs on all VA properties.

The chief sponsor of a House bill that would allow email to replace regular mail for notifying veterans about progress in processing their disability and benefits claims said Monday that he wants to speed the claims process, but has no intention of forcing veterans who are uncomfortable with computers to sign on.

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that will afford Columbia student veterans the tuition benefits they were promised when they enrolled.

NEW YORK -- Earlier today, tens of thousands of student veterans attending private colleges on the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill cleared the final hurdle in an ongoing battle to secure promised tuition dollars.

Congress has passed emergency legislation to prevent thousands of Post-9/11 GI Bill students from a drop in tuition payments next week when new policies will simplify the popular education program.

On behalf of the more than 101 million members of the National Association of REALTORS®, we thank you for extending the loan limits in H.R. 2433, the "Veterans Opportunity to Work Act of 2011."

Lost in the headlines about the mind-numbing debt ceiling debate and Japan’s  Women’s World Cup victory, the unemployment rate for new veterans jumped to 13.3 percent in June, 4 percentage points higher than the national average. Last time we polled IAVA’s membership, they reported close to 20 percent unemployment.

SILVER SPRING, Md.—Each time Joey Jones comes home to Dawnville, Ga., cameras crowd for attention and an interview is always pending.