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Video Highlights: VA Totally Dropped the Ball
VA used 17-year-old wind-down plan as basis for shutdown procedure. According to Shinseki, He literally said he had to dust it off. This same manual,…
Shinseki: Prolonged Shutdown will Impact 5.18 Million Veterans
The hearing uncovered what the root of the problem is: veterans and their benefits are being used as pawns. That much is clear. In light…
MAILROOM: How VA Shutdown Impacts Your Claim
With the shutdown, veterans are busy doing one of three things: 1) planning; 2) freaking out; or 3) yelling at other veterans who are planning…
Will Chinese Pressure be the Savior to Fix Gov, VA Shutdown?
“The clock is ticking.” Today, UK’s The Independent cited China’s position on concerns about how the shutdown will impact China’s $1.3tn in US investments. In…
DEVELOPING: VA Benefits out of Money by COB Today
Washington, D.C. – Just in. Oct 7, 2013: 2:00 pm. Persons close to the matter have reported that VA is out of money for benefits…
MMQB: GI Bill, VA Voc Rehab, Disability Pay, How to Handle a Benefits Cut
If you’ve been awake for the past week, at any point you would have seen a lawmaker chaos in Washington, D.C. SNL captured it well…
Veterans: Our Vote does Matter
I received a comment today in LinkedIn about the veteran vote. The reader chimed in: “But the media have blamed the Republicans yet all the…
Murray: 5 Million Vets face No Benefits on Nov 1
This Saturday I thought it’d be a good idea to forward along articles from VA. Every day, VA sends a list of newsy articles to…
Biden backs Park Ranger, Not Ashamed of Blocking Memorial
A video surfaced of a confrontation between a Congressman and a Park Ranger. In it, Rep. Randy Neugebauer chastised a park ranger for doing what…
National Park Closures defy Common Sense Economics, but Why?
With no National Park Service, someone has to pay for the federal cops and guards to keep Americans away from war monuments. And that someone…
PTSD Vets Suffer while Congress plays Political Football
Last night, House Democrats blocked a bill to fund disability benefits for veterans. What now results is a game of political football, not with ideology,…
Mailroom: Letter from VR&E Counselor on Shutdown
This morning met us all with some dismal news about those infants we call Congress. Since they cannot seem to do anything without making a…