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Category: Veterans’ Issues

Great Moments in Government Health Care – Flies In Operating Rooms Force VA Hospital To Postpone More Than 80 Surgeries

Veterans' Issues

Marching Orders for Trump’s New VA Secretary

Townhall Since President Trump ousted Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, the question reverberating in Washington is whether Trump’s new...
Veterans' Issues

Great Moments in Guv-Mint Health Care – Billings VA clinic faces removal while office is shut down

Independent Record A whistleblower at the Billings Veterans Affairs clinic revealed practices in the statewide dental system that caused...
Veterans' Issues

The loneliest time of the year – Vets and the Holiday Season

By Ray Starmann The holiday season seems to go on forever, only to finally extinguish itself in a brilliant...
Ray Starmann, Veterans' Issues

Veterans to Protest at College That Stopped Flying US Flags

Newsmax Veterans are planning a protest at a western Massachusetts college facing criticism from around the country for its...
Veterans' Issues

The solitary world of a vet

By Ray Starmann On Veterans’ Day, it is important for those who have never served to take a moment...
Ray Starmann, US military, Veterans' Issues

The homeless Green Beret I met today

By Ray Starmann Today, I met a member of the elite US Army Special Forces, the famous Green Berets....
Ray Starmann, Veterans' Issues

Are you a killer? The quiet discrimination shutting military veterans out of the workplace

Telegraph UK While focusing on discrimination toward UK vets, the situation described below is certainly prevalent in the US...
Veterans' Issues

Over 600,000 US Veterans May Be Uninsured in 2017

NBC Washington More than 600,000 U.S. military veterans will go without health insurance in 2017 if 19 states fail...
Veterans' Issues

Poll: Trump Leads Clinton Among Military and Veteran Voters

NBC Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 19 points — 55 percent to 36 percent — among voters who...
Trump, US military, Veterans' Issues

Vet groups uniting to oppose privatized care, defend VA

Sierra Vista Herald The nation’s leading veteran services organizations are rallying behind the Department of Veterans Affairs and its...
Veterans' Issues

The Gulf War Syndrome Plot: The US Government’s Conspiracy of Silence and Obstruction Against Gulf War Veterans

Green Med Info Our service men and women put their lives on the line every day to protect us...
Iraq, US military, Veterans' Issues

Obama opposes privatization of VA health care

Associated Press President Barack Obama is opposing suggestions the government privatize the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve health...
Obama, Veterans' Issues

VA proposes covering surgeries for transgender vets

The Hill The Department of Veterans Affairs may cover transition-related surgeries for transgender veterans in the near future under...
Veterans' Issues

VFW blasts Obama for asserting members are confused by right-wing media

Washington Times In attacking Donald Trump, President Obama has managed to anger one of the nation’s largest and oldest...
Obama, Veterans' Issues

Hillary Won’t Stop at Just Disarming Veterans

Gun Owners of America Hillary Clinton is the Most Anti-Gun, Anti-Veteran Presidential Candidate in History GOA hopes you had...
Hillary, Veterans' Issues

VA Hospitals are not Disneyland – It’s time to privatize the VA now!

By Ray Starmann Yesterday, VA Secretary, Robert MacDonald set off a firestorm in the media when he compared long...
Veterans' Issues

Veterans Affairs Secretary: Waiting For Medical Care Is Like Waiting In Line At Disneyland

The Federalist Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said Monday that the length of time veterans had to wait before...
Veterans' Issues

WHISTLEBLOWER: COCKROACHES SERVED FOR DINNER AT CHICAGO-AREA VA HOSPITAL

Conservative Review A vermin infestation has overrun the kitchen of a suburban Chicago Veterans Affairs hospital and is reportedly...
Veterans' Issues

House Panel Embarrasses VA Undersecretary In Oversight Hearing

Daily Caller Department of Veterans Affairs Under Secretary David J. Shulkin gave false information to Congress Tuesday, claiming that...
Veterans' Issues

They never learn: Watchdog finds falsified wait times at 40 VA facilities

By the American Thinker After two years of investigations, the inspector general for Veterans Affairs has found that 40 VA...
Veterans' Issues

Report Finds Sharp Increase in Veterans Denied V.A. Benefits

By NY Times Joshua Bunn was a rifleman in one of the bloodiest valleys in Afghanistan, where his infantry...
Veterans' Issues

Since December, VA Has Revoked Gun Rights From 260,000 Veterans

By Joshua Krause and DC Clothesline The Department of Veteran’s Affairs has long proven that bureaucracy and medical care...
Veterans' Issues

The Veteran’s Perspective – Valor Cannot Be Stolen

By Elmer Ellsworth and the Veteran’s Perspective We have been asked to provide the Veteran’s Perspective on the topic...
Elmer Ellsworth, Veteran's Perspective, Veterans' Issues

The Veteran’s Perspective – Attacks in Paris Part II – What to do?

By Elmer Ellsworth and the Veteran’s Perspective As promised, today’s post is the Veterans’ Perspective on some broader thoughts...
Elmer Ellsworth, France, ISIS, Veteran's Perspective, Veterans' Issues

The Veteran’s Perspective – What Does it Mean to Fight For Something?

By Elmer Ellsworth and the Veteran’s Perspective Today, I would like to share an experience that is common amongst...
Elmer Ellsworth, Political Correctness, Veteran's Perspective, Veterans' Issues

The Veteran’s Perspective – Destroying the Myth of PTSD

By Elmer Ellsworth and the Veteran’s Perspective First, we must express our sincere gratitude and respect for all those...
Elmer Ellsworth, Veteran's Perspective, Veterans' Issues

The Veteran’s Perspective – Project Greenlight II – Supporting Veteran Employment

By Elmer Ellsworth and the Veteran’s Perspective We received considerable feedback on our article last week about Walmart’s Project...
Elmer Ellsworth, Veteran's Perspective, Veterans' Issues

The solitary world of a vet

By Ray Starmann As Veterans’ Day approaches, it is important for those who have never served to take a...
Desert Storm, Ray Starmann, Veterans' Issues

Are “Support the troops” and “Thank you for your service” just empty phrases?

By Ray Starmann Since 9-11, and the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there has been an...
Desert Storm, Ray Starmann, US military, Veterans' Issues

The Veteran’s Perspective – Election Day Snub

By Elmer Ellsworth Today is Election Day – to many it is just another day. But to Veterans it...
Elmer Ellsworth, Veteran's Perspective, Veterans' Issues

The Veterans’ Perspective – Does Trump’s Plan to Fix the VA Trump the Existing VA Plan?

By Elmer Ellsworth Amongst the feedback from our article last week on Walmart’s Project Greenlight, we were asked if...
Elmer Ellsworth, Veteran's Perspective, Veterans' Issues

The Veterans’ Perspective – Why Walmart’s Project Greenlight is a Red Light

By Elmer Ellsworth Last night watching the World Series I saw that Walmart spent millions of dollars on advertising...
Elmer Ellsworth, Veteran's Perspective, Veterans' Issues

The Veteran’s Perspective – A Day at the VA

By Elmer Ellsworth Yesterday I spent my day at the VA Hospital in Philadelphia. Simply put it was a...
Elmer Ellsworth, Veterans' Issues

The Veteran’s Perspective – The Next President #1

By Elmer Ellsworth The first request for the “Veteran’s Perspective” to address an issue ….no surprise given the hype...
2016 Presidential Race, Elmer Ellsworth, Veterans' Issues

A Veteran’s Perspective

By Elmer Ellsworth In the first of an ongoing series, Elmer Ellsworth discusses the Veteran’s Perspective and post-military life...
Elmer Ellsworth, Veteran's Perspective, Veterans' Issues

The FUBAR Express

KUSA reports on calamities, cost overruns, mismanagement, morons and the VA way of doing business. KUSA – Several members...
Veterans' Issues

When the Walls Come Tumbling Down

Colorado VA Hospital fiasco caused by ignoring contractors. A Veterans Affairs official told members of Congress overseeing construction of...
Veterans' Issues
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