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Military.com
Roughly $110 million in payments to thousands of housebound veterans was withheld from them by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a new report from VA inspector general's office. The IG report found approximately 186,000 veterans as of March 2015 were designated as housebound because of illness or injury with errors in payments to about 33,400 of them. Others did receive payments, but they were delayed anywhere from five days to six years.
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Military Times
Congress averted a government shutdown with a rushed budget deal that also settles the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction budget for all of fiscal 2017. The measure gives VA officials $74.4 billion in discretionary spending next year, a nearly 4 percent increase but about $700 million below what the White House requested in its budget plan. Still, department leaders have signaled support for that level of funding, especially considering more significant cuts proposed by House lawmakers.
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AmeriForce
Leo Rokoske writes: "As military families, we are no stranger to struggles of military life, but the only thing scarier than the deployments and hardships of military life if the unknown of life after the military. We've all heard stories of families struggling after the military — I've even had some friends ETS only to return to military service after a failed try at civilian life. That's why the launch of NCServes caught our attention at Fort Bragg. NCServes joins a growing number of communities across the country that have implemented the AmericaServes Program with some success — New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C. "
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The Washington Times
An Iranian-designed bomb on a route south of Baghdad shattered Patrick Hanley's arm, skull and life on March 29, 2008, sending the Army soldier to shifting addresses on a grueling tour of military hospitals and mental health centers that strive to make service members whole again. Miraculously, four years later, he walked into a new job as a civilian — with an unfilled left jacket sleeve affixed to a wool suit, his brain seeping fluid via a shunt to his spinal column and stomach. Hanley had been repaired as best the military could do.
Officially a wounded warrior, he took a seat as a safety official at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C.
He soon found out it was not the place for a hero's welcome.
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The Wall Street Journal
The most dramatic manifestation of post-traumatic stress disorder among veterans now is a suicide rate approximately twice that of the general population. Anyone watching the recent presidential-campaign "commander in chief" forum heard the candidates cite repeatedly the estimate that each day, 22 military veterans take their own lives — and that far more of our servicemen and women will die at their own hand than at the hand of an enemy.
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The Washington Post
Military personnel and veterans challenged President Barack Obama, often aggressively, on his refusal to use the phrase "Islamic terrorism," his decision to open combat jobs up to women and the performance of the Department of Veterans Affairs at a town hall meeting in Fort Lee, Virginia. Obama was at this Army base near Richmond to take part in a military-focused special that aired on CNN. The cable network selected questioners who were respectful but who reflected a military population that is more conservative than the population as a whole and generally skeptical of the president's performance as commander in chief over the past eight years.
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Commercial Carrier Journal
Trucking industry stakeholders and highway safety advocates are on different pages when it comes to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's proposed pilot program that would allow some under 21 truckers with military driving experience to operate across state lines. Trucking organizations are mostly on-board with the proposal, while safety advocates say younger drivers will mean more accidents. Military-trained drivers are not representative of other 18-20-year-old truckers, safety groups argue, which would nullify the results of the agency's study, they claim.
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U.S. Department of Defense
President Barack Obama thanked service members at Fort Lee, Virginia, recently and said the nation will honor its debts to those who serve.
The president also held a town-hall meeting with the troops hosted by Jake Tapper that will be broadcast on CNN. "We had an important discussion about how our nation has to uphold its obligations to you and your families," Obama said. "You serve us with such distinction every day, [and] I want to make sure we're doing right by you."
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Military Times
Whether they're training wounded warriors for high-paying jobs in cybersecurity or giving recycled, sanitized medical equipment to veterans and family members, this year's Newman's Own award winners are focused on meeting specific needs in the military and veteran communities.
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