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We served in the post of Secretary of Veterans Affairs for a combined total of 12 years from 2001 to 2017, coinciding with the terrorist attacks on the United States and the war years that followed.

As veterans, we served in Vietnam and in the post-Vietnam era military and understand all too well the problems that have beset the Department of Veterans Affairs in the past and the challenges now facing the VA as it cares for veterans from World War ll and Korea through Vietnam, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

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VA Wants Your Input on How to Implement Free Urgent Care Benefit
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking public input on how best to provide veterans with free civilian urgent care. The VA Mission act of 2018  
Congress issues bipartisan call for more transparency from VA
Republicans and Democrats in Congress asked Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie on Monday to work with them more closely and openly as the agency implements sweeping reforms in coming months.

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Review finds more cases handled by impaired pathologist at VA clinic in Fayetteville, Ark.
A pathologist accused of working while impaired at a Fayettevile, Ark. Veterans Affairs hospital handled 96 cases as a private consultant before he was hired, according to an independent review.
These volunteers spent 21 years comforting dying veterans, now the VA is evicting them
The Veterans Affairs hospital in West Los Angeles is evicting a volunteer group that spent 21 years at the bedsides of dying patients who otherwise would have been alone in their final moments.

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The Pentagon orders more troops to the southern border, likely irking Democratic lawmakers who view the mission as little more than a political stunt.
Combat, a Special Spice to a Life

Keep Your Promise to Our Veterans
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The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs may be considering merging parts of their two health care programs in a move that could alter how about 19 million military personnel, retirees, dependents and veterans receive care.
An Election Reform Proposal
President George H.W. Bush; a Letter of Appreciation
World Bible School
Where to Start When Retiring from the Military
World Bible School will help 
you understand the Bible for Free.
The Legal Presumption: Is a Duck Always a Duck?

Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro has laid groundwork in the new Congress for an offensive to aid tens of thousands of veterans with bronchial problems and other ailments they say were caused by breathing the toxic smoke of battlefield burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Total VA Disability Ratings
14 Questions about VA Disability Benefits
The Complex VA Claims Process

Dog Tag Buddies
 7 Steps to Proving VA Tinnitus Claims
Veterans may be able to seek more private healthcare under a new proposed rule from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which Secretary Robert Wilkie says is a move to improve care quality for veterans, not VA privatization.
Secondary Service Connection VA Disability

Reasons to Keep Pursuing VA Claims and Appeals – AFTER you reach 100%!
Can a 100% Disabled Vet Earn an Income?

Things of Eternal Importance- Deceiving Yourself

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