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Military Times
Precision medicine has the potential to cure cancers, wipe out rare diseases and improve overall health, and the Veterans Affairs Department will play a major role in its future research, President Barack Obama said at a recent White House summit on genetic medicine. With the Million Veteran Program, VA will provide an invaluable tool for scientists to use to advance research, Obama said.
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WHSV-TV
Many agencies are working to get more military veterans connected to the agricultural industry. The goal is to increase employment opportunities in the sector for veterans and their spouses. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has teamed up with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to open doors for more veterans hoping to find employment in farming. This includes providing loans for the purchase of farmland and equipment.
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Military Times
Veterans Affairs officials announced changes to the reimbursement requirements for the Veterans Choice program, modifications they say will help speed payments to physicians, but they also urged Congress to support legislation that would let VA have greater flexibility to fix the troubled health program.
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Air Force Times
The military services' top enlisted leaders pointed out retirement confusion, housing deterioration and slow growth in overall compensation among top quality-of-life concerns for troops and families at a congressional hearing, where a California Democrat on the panel of lawmakers described his own expected $60,000 federal retirement as "not a lot" and said it's "unfair for people to say" military compensation is "just not enough."
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Military.com
Picture this: Gathered together at a central location are two distinct groups of people. On one side of the curtain are dozens of job seekers. On the other side are representatives of organizations with hundreds of jobs to fill. The job seekers are there because a large group of hungry employers are in attendance and the recruiters are there because they have openings and expect to find an impressive talent pool. What you witness when the curtain comes up is a Job Fair. There are many things to keep in mind in order to maximize your odds of success at a job fair. Here are the 12 most important ones.
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Press of Atlantic City
Women make up a growing segment of the U.S. military but face unique challenges when they return to civilian life, experts say.
They have a higher national unemployment rate than their male peers when they try to join the workforce (8.3 percent compared with 6.9 percent). This is the opposite of the civilian workforce, where fewer women are jobless compared to men.
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Military.com
During the Vietnam War, hundreds of U.S. Navy ships crossed into Vietnam's rivers or sent crew members ashore, possibly exposing their sailors to the toxic herbicide Agent Orange. But more than 40 years after the war's end, the U.S. government doesn't have a full accounting of which ships traveled where, adding hurdles and delays for sick Navy veterans seeking compensation.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
The Patriots Initiative, which relies on both qualitative and quantitative research to judge the effectiveness of charities that serve veterans and members of the armed forces, said there is no excuse for the certain spending by Wounded Warrior officials, recently reported in the media.
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Military.com
Three tours in two theaters of war left U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jesse James, now 29, with raw mental scabs. His body — arms, legs, fingers — is whole. But, his wife, Nicole, says his full capacity for emotional connection and his ability to relax and find enjoyment is not. "Everything over here that we're trying to change in him, over there it's what made him a great Marine," she said. "I love connecting with spouses and talking with other spouses who noticed what their husbands were doing."
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U.S. Department of Defense
The first lady and Dr. Jill Biden attended an annual Women's History Month reception, honoring women veterans and hosted by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi at the Capitol's National Statuary Hall. Obama challenged her audience and "folks around the country" to take action on behalf of women veterans: legislate for them, aid in their transition to civilian life, commit to giving them jobs.
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