Eric Shinseki

Eric Shinseki

• Vets disability benefits: Law schools curb backlog

  Dustin Allison was riding in an armored vehicle at the head of a convoy in Iraq one morning in 2007 when an improvised explosive device went off, ... 

• Pentagon: New record plan won't help vet backlog

  The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans ... 

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  Budget calls for 4 percent spending increase at VA

  President Barack Obama's budget proposal will include nearly a 14 percent spending increase for the section of the Department of Veterans Affairs ... 

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  Shinseki says VA on target for ending backlog

  Although the number of pending veterans' disability claims keep soaring, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Sunday said he's committed to ... 

• VA decision on burial rights departs from past

  The government has cleared the first burial of a same-sex spouse of a veteran in a national cemetery, but it's far from certain how easy it will be ... 

• VA grants burial rights for same-sex Ore. couple

  The Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to allow the same-sex spouse of a member of the military to be buried in a U.S. national cemetery. 

• VA adds 1,000 mental health professionals to staff

  The Veterans Affairs Department said Monday it has added more than 1,000 mental health professionals and 200 support staff over the past eight months ... 

• VA report: 22 veterans commit suicide each day

  The number of veterans who commit suicide each day is more than 20 percent higher than the Department of Veterans Affairs has previously estimated, ... 

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  THE RESET: Familiar faces on Obama's 2nd-term team

  President Barack Obama is much of the way through completing his second-term Cabinet and top White House staff. For many of those chosen so far, it's ... 

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  Obama deflects criticism about lack of diversity

  Deflecting criticism about a perceived lack of diversity in his second-term Cabinet, President Barack Obama on Monday urged Americans not to rush to ... 

• Feds warned against risk seen in Buffalo VA

  Federal authorities warned against the infection risks of using insulin pens on more than one patient, and officials on Monday asked why a Buffalo ... 

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  Obama Cabinet shuffle taking shape

  The composition of President Barack Obama's second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other ...