President Obama holds a discussion on the economy and answers a question about veterans’ benefits with local families in the front yard of Andy and Etta Cavalier in Albuquerque, NM. September 28, 2010.
NEW YORK — At a conference traditionally dominated by international concerns, First Lady Michelle Obama chose instead to focus on an issue much closer to home in her speech Thursday that closed the sixth annual Clinton Global Initiative. Drawing on one of the event’s themes of “Harnessing Human Potential,” Mrs. Obama encouraged the audience of [...]
Two years ago, the Rand Corporation released a study saying that 20 percent of all military service members who returned from Iraq and Afghanistan — 300,000 in all — reported symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression. Many of those did not seek help because of the military culture or fear for their [...]
Veterans will not be punished for using medical marijuana in the 14 states where it is legal, according to new rules announced by the Department of Veteran Affairs. Under the revised policy, veterans who are prescribed and are using medical marijuana will no longer risk being prosecuted or lose government benefits, Reuters reported. Under the [...]
More than 1,800 veterans may have been exposed to life-threatening diseases such as hepatitis and HIV because of improperly cleaned dental equipment at a Missouri Veterans Administration hospital. John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis has mailed letters to 1,812 veterans telling them they could contract hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus [...]
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