VA groups offer short-term fixes instead of long-term budget cuts
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House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller said he hopes that won't be an issue, and that VA funding will emerge unscathed from the sequester ... Audit questions Veterans Affairs bonuses
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By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY The Department of Veterans Affairs may have wrongly ... wrote in a letter last month to the House Veterans Affairs Committee. Congress Comes Together to Get Veterans Back to Work
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According to figures released this week by the Department of Labor, there are currently 3.4 million job openings in the United States. That high number begs the question – why are the 14 million unemployed Americans not able to fill these positions? House Veterans Legislation Passes Senate
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Today, one day before Veterans Day, the Senate passed the first two of 22 House-passed bills to spur job growth, including the VOW to Hire Heroes Act. Using the framework of the House-passed VOW Act, the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 is a bipartisan, bicameral bill to get America’s nearly 1 million unemployed veterans back to work. The bill is expected to be taken up by… William Jarvis, Army & Air Force Veteran
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William Jarvis served in both the Army and Air Force. He joined the military in 1940 at the age of 18... Sergeant Shaun Rieley, National Guard
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Sergeant Shaun Rieley currently serves in the National Guard. Captain Johnny R Shoemaker, U.S. Marine Corps
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Captain Shoemaker pictured with Iraqi children in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Petty Officer Timothy Smith, U.S. Navy
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I'm a Religious Program Specialist 2nd Class in the U.S. Navy. I first signed up to join the Navy in January, 2006, while I was still in school at University High.... Chairmen Miller and Murray Applaud Compromise to Put Americas Veterans Back to Work
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Today, U.S. Representative Jeff Miller (R-FL), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, commended an agreement reached to boost employment opportunities for veterans. After serving our country honorably, all veterans deserve the chance to earn a paycheck and support… COLA for Veterans Sent to the President
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by the 2012 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for veterans receiving compensation for service-connected disabilities. The COLA also affects the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation of veterans who died as a result of service. Although Congress has passed a COLA every year for veterans since 1976, there has not been an increase… Browse Documents by Date or Issue |