LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–tv-extrememakeover-michelleobama,0,5657238.story LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Obama found an unusual ally — reality TV — in her effort to bring attention to the needs of military families. The first lady, appearing Sunday on the two-part season premiere of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (7-9 p.m. EDT) says the program was the…
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The American Legion – September 23, 2011 The Department of Veterans Affairs has finally posted an expanded list of U.S. Navy ships exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. The so-called Brown Water ship list comes a year after U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, chided the agency for failing to obtain key military records showing…
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By JAMES DAO and MARY WILLIAMS WALSH updated 9/19/2011 5:29:28 AM ET http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/Art/nyt_logo_140x252.gif Deficit agreement under which Pentagon must find billions in reductions may force cuts once considered unthinkable As Washington looks to squeeze savings from once-sacrosanct entitlements like Social Security and Medicare, another big social welfare system is growing as rapidly, but with…
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September 16, 2011 TSGLI Payments Will Be Made for Qualifying Injuries WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is extending retroactive traumatic injury benefits to Servicemembers who suffered qualifying injuries during the period Oct. 7, 2001 to Nov. 30, 2005, regardless of the geographic location where the injuries occurred. “Now all of our nation’s…
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By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Raleigh, N.C.— He killed her, Joshua Stepp admitted. He slammed the face of his 10-month-old stepdaughter into a carpeted floor, roughed her up as he changed her diaper, stuffed wet toilet paper down her throat, and soon she was dead. But Stepp, a 28-year-old former Army infantryman…
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http://www.serve.gov/vets.asp The President and First Lady, and the Vice President and Dr. Biden are among many who believe that supporting our servicemembers and strengthening our military families is both critical to the Nation’s national security and a national moral obligation. Through the President’s call to service, the Corporation is focusing efforts to positively impact veterans…
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Written by Tony Leys | Gannett http://www.app.com/article/20110904/NJNEWS/309040047/New-system-aims-to-reduce-VA-disability-backlog DES MOINES, IOWA— The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is installing a computer system that should help reduce a huge backlog of disability claims from wounded service members, but it’s impossible to say when the problem will be cleared up, the agency’s chief said. Eric Shinseki said during…
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Thursday, September 1st, 2011 | Posted by Veterans Today Over $2.2 Billion in Retroactive Agent Orange Benefits Paid to 89,000 Vietnam Veterans and Survivors for Presumptive Conditions WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today that more than $2.2 billion in retroactive benefits has already been paid to approximately 89,000 Vietnam…
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