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Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program ...
Obama: Budget not 'ideal' but has 'tough reforms'
President Barack Obama says his soon-to-be released budget, already criticized by friends and foes, is not his "ideal plan" but offers "tough reforms" ...
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 ...
Obama plan hits seniors, low-income taxpayers
President Barack Obama's proposal to change the way the government measures inflation could lead to fewer people qualifying for college grants and ...
DA, wife mourned; search for killers continues
A slain North Texas district attorney and his wife were mourned Thursday by a shaken community that recalled the couple's love, warmth and public ...
Vietnamese hopeful of Scientology 'detox'
North Vietnamese army veteran Nguyen Anh Quoc grimaces as he forces down the last of the 35 vitamins he takes each morning. After decades of suffering ...
Expanding hallowed ground at West Point cemetery
The West Point Cemetery has taken in graduates of the Long Gray Line from the age of the cavalry charge to the dawn of drone strikes.
Veterans fight changes to disability payments
Veterans groups are rallying to fight any proposal to change disability payments as the federal government attempts to address its long-term debt ...
After 40 years, Vietnam memories are still strong
The last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago Friday, and the date holds great meaning for many who fought the war, protested it or otherwise ...
40 years on, Vietnam troop withdrawal remembered
Forty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their flights home because of fears they would be ...
Ex-CIA chief aided WWII hero's Arlington burial
When Dr. Rene Joyeuse's request for burial at Arlington National Cemetery was rejected, the family of the decorated Swiss-born World War II spy ...
Petraeus: Sorry for affair that led to resignation
In his first public speech since resigning as head of the CIA, David Petraeus apologized for the extramarital affair that "caused such pain for my ...
Google picks 8,000 winners of 'Glass' contest
Google has picked out 8,000 people who will be given a chance to don a pair of Internet-connected glasses and make a fashion statement likely to be ...
Report: Pentagon must do more to stop sex assaults
A new report required by Congress recommends that the Defense Department assess how well commanding officers handle sexual assault and harassment ...
Military's same-sex couples seek overturn of DOMA
The death certificate read "single," even though the fallen soldier was married. When it came time to inform the next of kin, casualty officers did ...
Amputee veteran helps train troops for war
The sailor had been back from war for just over a year when friends invited him to watch an unusually emotional training exercise for troops preparing ...
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 ...
Fla. Marine vet fights cancer, government
Marine veteran Tom Gervasi has spent the last 10 years fighting cancer and the U.S. government. The 76-year-old Sarasota man has a rare form of breast ...
Congress spares military's tuition aid program
Congress has spared a program that provides tuition aid to active duty military from the budget knife. The House cleared a massive spending bill on ...
US pockets of protest persist after years of war
The protesters gather at noon every Friday in front of the Montpelier post office, sharing signs made up years ago to tell their little part of the ...
AP: Costs of US wars linger for over 100 years
If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their ...
Fla. gambling arrests may close veterans shelter
A former Army cook who fell on hard times, Debbie Bowman has been living at the Allied Veterans Center, a shelter for homeless veterans, since August.
UK study: Violence more likely among vets, troops
Young men who have served in the British military are about three times more likely than civilians to have committed a violent offense, researchers ...
Pentagon spends nearly $1B a year on unemployment
Even as it faces budget cuts and forced employee furloughs, the Pentagon is spending nearly a $1 billion a year on a program that sends unemployment ...
Michelle Obama urges CEOs to hire more veterans
Michelle Obama challenged America's top CEOs on Wednesday to "think outside the box" and hire more veterans. The first lady said that, while declines ...