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VA grilled on veteran-owned small businesses

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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.

No mandatory email for VA claims, lawmaker says

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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.

New GI Bill tuition protection approved

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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.

VOW to Hire Our Heroes

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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.

Vowing to act for veterans

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60,000 veterans were added to the unemployment rolls in June. That brought the total number of America’s out-of-work veterans to over 1 million – a staggering figure.

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