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By William Soulê
 Princeton's Jake Mayer may only be a sophomore, but he is already stepping into a leadership role. His 11th-place finish at the Georgetown Intercollegiate proved to be crucial in helping Princeton to its first tournament win in three years. However, his biggest impact is coming off the golf course. Mayer was at a tournament in high school when he first heard of the Folds of Honor Military Tribute Program. The program gives high school or collegiate golf teams the opportunity to honor a fallen or wounded American soldier by having a team member carry a golf bag displaying the name, rank, and branch of service of the soldier being honored.
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Military Times
Lawmakers will face yet another threat of a partial government shutdown when they return to Capitol Hill next week, but this one carries much less significance for military families and veterans than many of the last showdowns.
Both Republicans and Democrats have downplayed the possibility of a shutdown in recent days, saying they believe the two sides can agree on final details of seven still unresolved full-year spending deals for federal agencies. Before the mid-term elections, Congress extended their budgets until Dec. 7.
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Defense News
Sen. Jim Inhofe, the staunch Republican Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, and Rep. Adam Smith, the Washington Democrat and likely next chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, are on a collision course for 2019.
Inhofe released an outline of priorities for the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, signaling plans to aggressively negotiate over the first defense policy bill from a divided Congress since 2014.
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Military Times
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's bid to retake the role of speaker of the House could hinge on Democrats’ newly strengthened veterans membership.
Recently, nine incumbent Democratic House members who served in the military released a letter backing Pelosi's bid to lead the chamber at the start of the next Congress, pointing to her past advocacy work on issues like expansion of GI Bill benefits, veterans transition assistance programs and anti-terrorism legislation.
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Four month average turn around with the VA’s Pension with Aid and Attendance
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Military Times
Dr. Ann McKee studies the effects of traumatic brain injuries as chief of neuropathology at the the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in Boston.
Tony Wyss-Coray uses mice to test his theories on aging and memory loss as a VA research scientist in northern California. The two doctors — one of medicine, the other of philosophy — have been named to TIME magazine's 2018 Health Care 50 list, topping the charts along with 48 other major influential industry leaders.
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WKBT
Military veterans are getting the opportunity to experience the outdoors with help from community volunteers. Through the Hunts for Heroes Project in Cochrane, veterans are able to get the full hunting experience as a thank you for their service.
As the saying goes, "The hunter that travels out into the woods is lost to the world, yet finds himself or herself."
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Defense One
It seems ill-advised to make working for the U.S. Defense Department less attractive during a war for talent, so it's time to fix a particular legal double standard. Most DoD applicants are informed of the possibility of hazardous working conditions, especially overseas. Few are aware that if they become ill or injured while deployed, their subsequent quest to receive care, compensation, and benefits will require them to provide proof that the law says is impossible to obtain.
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The Associated Press via Military.com
Going from the battlefield to the world of small business, many veterans have followed their entrepreneurial dreams.
The U.S. Small Business Administration classifies two different types of veteran owned businesses; standard veteran owned and service disabled veteran owned. West Virginia Small Business Administration Deputy District Director George Murray said distinctions are important for several reasons.
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WCAX
Students at Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Workforce Readiness Institute are preparing to graduate from an 11-week course. Not only are they getting paid to train, but they are guaranteed jobs when it's over.
"A lot of people think low unemployment is a good thing and a sign of good economic growth, but when we are in an employee-constrained environment, we can't grow and health care is doing nothing but growing," said Jenny Macaulay, a workforce development consultant at Dartmouth-Hitchcock.
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By Michelle R. Matisons
 It’s no secret that the current presidential administration favors dirtier forms of energy, like coal production. About one year ago, at the U.N. Global Climate Summit in Bonn, Germany, many countries expressed a commitment to end coal-generated carbon emissions by 2030. This did not include the U.S., whose top leaders remain committed to the coal industry. Now, President Trump has announced a new plan to use decommissioned U.S. military facilities for controversial coal shipments. Is this even possible?
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Veterans Association of America wants to know ...
Does the Trump Administration have a plan fix the current housing crisis for Veterans?
- We're still awaiting updates on this issue.
- No, I'm not certain what plans are being made.
- Yes, it was assessed earlier in the budget that he signed.
- It's in the pipeline of his economic forecast that he pledged.
- I don't think he or anyone else is going to fix this crisis.
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We assess all answers with the utmost of care and consideration. Survey results revealed in next week's VAA Dispatch.
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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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