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Military Times
A total of 172 veterans won primaries this year and will appear on midterm ballots across the country. Their military service spans from the 1950s to today, and includes time spent in the active-duty ranks, reserves and the Coast Guard.
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Military Times
In July, as lawmakers were putting the final touches on a $716 billion defense authorization bill for fiscal 2019, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled their own plans to severely slash Pentagon spending.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
How can the federal government be sure that sailors stationed aboard Navy and Coast Guard ships off Vietnam's coast weren't exposed to Agent Orange? It can't, and that's why the U.S. Senate should pass a House bill that expands health benefits for veterans who served at sea.
The House passed the bill with a bipartisan 382-0 vote in June. Last month, 119 House members, sent the Senate Veteran Affairs Committee a letter urging passage in that chamber, too. The collaboration of so many House members from both parties is a sign of the bill's worthiness.
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By Terri Williams
 For the third time this year – and the eighth time in three years – the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates. The most recent hike, which occurred during the last week of September, increases the federal funds rate a quarter percentage point, to a range of 2 to 2.25 percent. The hike brings good news, bad news and financial planning opportunities.
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Military Times
With less than three months to go before the year-end deadline, only one in six service members who are eligible to make the choice to opt in to the new military retirement system have done so, falling far short of prior expectations and raising questions about why the response has been so low.
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Four month average turn around with the VA’s Pension with Aid and Attendance
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CleanTechnica
President Donald Trump has yet to fulfill his promise of bringing back coal jobs, but it sure looks like his administration is trying to make things up by promoting solar jobs. In the latest development, the Department of Energy is putting up another $53 million in funding to support solar industry growth, and a $12 million slice of that pie is dedicated to solar jobs training programs that support veterans.
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Management Today
After 20 years in the military, I know first-hand the diversity of skills you gain from a career in the Armed Forces. Military veterans of all ranks and backgrounds bring with them a highly transferable skillset, ranging from leadership and resilience to problem solving and decision making: skills that add real value to a business.
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| | THIS WEEK'S POLL QUESTION |
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Veterans Association of America wants to know ...
Do you think the country and the Trump Administration is doing enough to recognize women veterans and their issues?
- No, I think a lot more needs to be done to acknowledge their service.
- Yes, they receive the same valued recognition as everyone else.
- There are many areas that could use some improvement.
- With the current climate in this country, women are always viewed as being second to men.
- Too many complaints have been lodge at people years later that annoy me.
Click here to provide Veterans Association of America your answer.
We assess all answers with the utmost of care and consideration. Survey results revealed in next week's VAA Dispatch.
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By Cindy Belt
 Some of the most impressive museums can be military museums. Most museums of this type have large equipment like tanks or planes to view, or even to crawl inside. Note that many are located on military bases, which require a photo ID to enter. At many of them, such as the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas, the exhibits are top-notch. Here are eight of my favorites.
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Healio
Palliative care appeared to reduce the risk for suicide among a cohort of more than 20,000 U.S. veterans with advanced-stage lung cancer, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
"Suicide is a significant national public health problem, especially among [people with lung cancer] and among veterans. As a result, manifestations of this impact — like social isolation, depression and anxiety — can go undiagnosed and untreated," Donald Sullivan, MD, MA, MCR, assistant professor of medicine at Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine and core investigator at Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care at Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, said in a press release.
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Military.com
While treatment for headaches is available at all VA medical centers, seven hospitals are specifically working to help polytrauma and traumatic brain injury veterans. Headache management for veterans with TBI and multiple co-morbid conditions is challenging and is best managed by an interdisciplinary team. Chronic Headache Management Program participants are required to keep a diary, noting the time a headache starts, what they were doing, what they were eating and other aspects of their lives that can be critical to understanding what might be triggering the headaches.
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'Changes in Assistance' Results
In the previous issues of VAA Dispatch, we asked, "Do you see any changes in assistance being provided under the Trump Administration?"
Here's how our readers responded:
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