http://www.mail.com/subjects/12940-veterans.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12940-veterans.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861220-white-house-hagel-will-win-senate-confirmation.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday dismissed criticism of Chuck Hagel's hesitant congressional testimony and insisted that it expects the Senate to confirm him as defense secretary. One day after Hagel was roughed up in a grueling confirmation hearing, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Hagel did a "fine job" and the Obama administration would... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861220-white-house-hagel-will-win-senate-confirmation.html 2013-02-01T18:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862254-russian-wwii-vet-recalls-battle-stalingrad.html MOSCOW (AP) — The Soviet soldiers used their own bodies as shields, covering women and children escaping on ferry boats from a Nazi bombardment that killed 40,000 civilians in a single day. It was the height of the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest conflicts of World War II. "They were all hit in the back," said 90-year-old Alexei Stefanov. "But ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862254-russian-wwii-vet-recalls-battle-stalingrad.html 2013-02-01T16:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862108-va-report-22-veterans-commit-suicide-day.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of veterans who commit suicide each day is more than 20 percent higher than the Department of Veterans Affairs has previously estimated, but the problem doesn't appear to be getting worse for veterans compared to the rest of the country, according to a VA study released Friday. Indeed, the overall percentage of suicides by vet... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862108-va-report-22-veterans-commit-suicide-day.html 2013-02-01T16:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858372-republicans-hammer-defense-nominee-chuck-hagel.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators hammered former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearing Thursday on issues ranging from Israel and Iran to his support for a group that advocates the elimination of nuclear weapons. But with most Democrats in his corner, an unflustered Hagel seems headed for approval as defense secretary. Hagel, a former two-... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858372-republicans-hammer-defense-nominee-chuck-hagel.html 2013-01-31T22:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1856680-reset-familiar-faces-obamas-2nd-term-team.html 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 been a game of musical chairs. Same faces, new places. He nominated Jack Lew — his chief of staff and earlier his budget director — to be Treasury secretary. To fill the chief-of-staff opening, the presiden... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1856680-reset-familiar-faces-obamas-2nd-term-team.html 2013-01-30T15:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1852936-lawmaker-va-to-fill-mental-care-gap.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans who have trouble getting timely mental health care from Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics should also have access to thousands of health care providers who care for military personnel and their families, says the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. The proposal by Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., borrow... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1852936-lawmaker-va-to-fill-mental-care-gap.html 2013-01-29T15:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847482-health-answers-sought-burned-off-war-garbage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — J.D. Williams didn't think much about the smoke cloud that often shrouded his air base in Iraq. Not when it covered everything he owned with black soot or when his wheezing and coughing made it difficult to sleep at night. "We just went about our business because there was a war going on," said Williams, a retired chief warrant officer w... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847482-health-answers-sought-burned-off-war-garbage.html 2013-01-26T13:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844888-women-combat-face-doubts-emotions-ability.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — During her time in Iraq, Alma Felix would see her fellow female soldiers leave the Army installations where she worked at a desk job and head into combat with their male counterparts. But many returned home feeling that few knew of their contributions. "I guess we do disappear into the background," the 27-year-old former Army specialist s... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844888-women-combat-face-doubts-emotions-ability.html 2013-01-25T02:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1843536-2nd-ny-hospital-warns-insulin-pen-infection.html OLEAN, N.Y. (AP) — A second western New York hospital is notifying patients that they may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C through the improper sharing of insulin pens, hospital officials said Thursday. Olean General Hospital was mailing letters to 1,915 patients who received insulin at the hospital from November 2009 through last week... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1843536-2nd-ny-hospital-warns-insulin-pen-infection.html 2013-01-24T16:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1835808-tuskegee-airmen-honored-guests-inaugural.html WASHINGTON (AP) — They sat in wheelchairs as honored guests at President Barack Obama's second inaugural, attended to almost minute-by-minute by active duty members of the military. For these Tuskegee Airmen, members of the famed all-black unit of World War II and several years beyond, the tables surely turned. From the terrace of the Capitol, they watche... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1835808-tuskegee-airmen-honored-guests-inaugural.html 2013-01-21T18:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1831586-2nd-term-eve-obama-cites-commitment-to-service.html WASHINGTON (AP) — On the brink of a second term, President Barack Obama invoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s commitment to service Saturday as inauguration-goers flocked to the capital city for a distinctly American celebration including an oath-taking as old as the republic, a splashy parade and partying enough to last four years. "I think we're on the cusp ... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1831586-2nd-term-eve-obama-cites-commitment-to-service.html 2013-01-20T02:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1830612-agency-nc-camp-lejeune-water-contaminated-1953.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tens of thousands more Marines and their relatives could be eligible for government health care for their illnesses now that a federal agency determined that the water at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune was contaminated four years earlier than previously thought. In a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Agency for Toxic Su... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1830612-agency-nc-camp-lejeune-water-contaminated-1953.html 2013-01-18T21:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1829252-hagel-pick-test-senate-presidential-choices.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In the middle of a bitter fight over a Republican president's nominee for defense secretary, a former White House occupant pleaded with senators to give the president his choice for the Pentagon job. "Unless there is conclusive evidence against the nominee, the Senate should respect the right of a new president to choose the men and wome... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1829252-hagel-pick-test-senate-presidential-choices.html 2013-01-18T15:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1826742-colorado-movie-theater-reopens-somber-ceremony.html AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado theater where 12 people were killed and dozens injured in a shooting rampage last year reopened Thursday with a somber remembrance ceremony and a screening of the latest "Hobbit" film for survivors — but the pain was too much, the idea too horrific, for many Aurora victims to attend. "We as a community have not been defea... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1826742-colorado-movie-theater-reopens-somber-ceremony.html 2013-01-18T01:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827922-maine-sen-king-strong-reason-to-oppose-hagel.html BOSTON (AP) — Maine Sen. Angus King said Thursday that he sees no strong reason to oppose President Barack Obama's pick for secretary of defense. The newly elected senator, an independent, said in an interview with The Associated Press that he won't make a final decision on former Sen. Chuck Hagel's nomination until confirmation hearings are finished. Kin... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827922-maine-sen-king-strong-reason-to-oppose-hagel.html 2013-01-17T22:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1821878-wal-mart-to-hire-vets-buy-american-products.html NEW YORK (AP) — Why wait on Washington when there's Wal-Mart? Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer and the biggest private employer in the U.S. with 1.4 million workers here, said Tuesday that it is rolling out a three-part plan to help jumpstart the sluggish U.S. economy. The plan includes hiring more than 100,000 vetera... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1821878-wal-mart-to-hire-vets-buy-american-products.html 2013-01-15T23:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1822386-usda-offers-loans-to-farmers-who-grow-locals.html MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — With interest in locally grown food soaring, the federal government said Tuesday it has created a small loan program to help community farmers who might not be able to borrow money from banks. Call it seed money. The low-interest "microloans" of up to $35,000 are designed to aid startup costs, bolster existing family-run farms and he... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1822386-usda-offers-loans-to-farmers-who-grow-locals.html 2013-01-15T21:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1821334-spin-meter-obama-social-security-warning.html WASHINGTON (AP) — No one doubts dire things will happen, and fast, if the government runs out of borrowing authority in coming weeks. But late Social Security checks need not be among them. President Barack Obama's blanket statement Monday that "Social Security checks and veterans benefits will be delayed" if Congress doesn't raise the debt limit masked t... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1821334-spin-meter-obama-social-security-warning.html 2013-01-15T16:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1819798-obama-debt-limit-fight-imperils-elderlys-checks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring "we are not a deadbeat nation," President Obama warned on Monday that Social Security checks and veterans' benefits will be delayed if congressional Republicans fail to increase the government's borrowing authority in a looming showdown over the nation's debt and spending. Obama said he was willing to negotiate deficit reductio... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1819798-obama-debt-limit-fight-imperils-elderlys-checks.html 2013-01-14T21:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1820172-feds-warned-risk-buffalo-va.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Federal authorities warned against the infection risks of using insulin pens on more than one patient, and officials on Monday asked why a Buffalo veterans hospital may have used the pens on many patients, causing an HIV scare. More than 700 patients admitted to the Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System over a two-year ... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1820172-feds-warned-risk-buffalo-va.html 2013-01-14T21:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1819856-2012-military-suicides-hit-record-high-349.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year, far exceeding American combat deaths in Afghanistan, and some private experts are predicting the dark trend will grow worse this year. The Pentagon has struggled to deal with the suicides, which Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and others have called an epidemic. The problem r... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1819856-2012-military-suicides-hit-record-high-349.html 2013-01-14T20:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1819500-uk-wont-british-veterans-accept-russian-medal.html LONDON (AP) — Reay Clarke, who risked his life on World War II Arctic convoys, doesn't understand why the British government wants him and other elderly veterans to turn down a medal for bravery offered by the Russian government. "I honestly feel sore about it," said Clarke, 89. "I think it's disgraceful that we can't just say yes to the Russians and tell... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1819500-uk-wont-british-veterans-accept-russian-medal.html 2013-01-14T15:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1813778-sen-jay-rockefeller-to-retire-5-terms.html CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — After nearly three decades in the U.S. Senate, Democrat Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia said Friday he was ready to retire, calling his unrelenting fight to protect the nation's coal miners one of his proudest achievements. But in the waning days of his political career, the industry has grown hostile, with coal companies and the... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1813778-sen-jay-rockefeller-to-retire-5-terms.html 2013-01-11T21:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809686-obama-cabinet-shuffle-taking-shape.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The composition of President Barack Obama's second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president's team deciding to stay on amid concerns about diversity in Obama's inner circle. Solis, a former California congresswoman and one of the highest-ranking Hispanics i... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809686-obama-cabinet-shuffle-taking-shape.html 2013-01-10T02:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1805788-gop-senator-threatens-delay-cia-nomination.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice of John Brennan to be the next CIA director hit a snag Tuesday as a Republican senator threatened to delay the nomination until the Obama administration provides answers on the deadly assault in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. Sen. Lindsey Graham, whose opposition helped sc... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1805788-gop-senator-threatens-delay-cia-nomination.html 2013-01-08T21:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1805784-hagels-words-fodder-critics.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Chuck Hagel was blunt-spoken in the Senate, even when bucking fellow Republicans. Now opponents in his own party and elsewhere are using Hagel's words against him. The Vietnam veteran and former two-term senator from Nebraska will need to explain some of his comments and views as President Barack Obama's choice for the next secretary of ... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1805784-hagels-words-fodder-critics.html 2013-01-08T12:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1805528-deal-restores-severance-pay-military-gays.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Dozens of gay and lesbian former military service members who were discharged due to their homosexuality will receive the rest of their severance pay under a settlement approved Monday by a federal court. The American Civil Liberties Union said the $2.4 million settlement covers more than 180 veterans who received only half of the... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1805528-deal-restores-severance-pay-military-gays.html 2013-01-08T01:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1804800-obama-sends-military-dod-chief.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said he was sending the U.S. military "one of its own" Monday as he selected decorated Vietnam combat veteran Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon as it scales back spending and winds down a decade of war. A former Republican senator from Nebraska, Hagel would be the first enlisted military member to become secretary o... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1804800-obama-sends-military-dod-chief.html 2013-01-07T21:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1803374-obama-taps-hagel-pentagon-brennan-cia.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Republican misgivings, President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, calling him "the leader our troops deserve." He also chose White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. Controversy surrounds both choices, but th... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1803374-obama-taps-hagel-pentagon-brennan-cia.html 2013-01-07T18:58:00Z