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VA Scapegoat Sacrificed, So Now Can We Fix The VA? 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 4 2219

Former Air Force toilet-unplugger wraps self in flag, clutches guns, tells you to ‘Google’ history 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 6 1945

Congress puts Veterans in eight different priority groups to receive V.A. health care. 8 pwb May 2014 May 2014 1 3384

IG: Phoenix VA hospital missed care for 1,700 vets 1 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1844

Veterans Lash Out At GOP Senator’s Attempt To Politicize VA Scandal 1 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 3 1911

A MESSAGE TO VETERANS FROM THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 2 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 4 1979

VoteVets Chair Jon Soltz: Critics Demanding Shinseki Resignation Are ‘Hypocrites’ 4 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 4 2314

The Real Veterans Scandal: 258,000 Have No Healthcare Thanks to GOP Governors 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 4 2359

De Blasio, at Memorial Day Events, Pays Tribute to Veterans 0 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 0 1742

Veterans Groups Lash Out at Republican Senator 3 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 6 2317

Dozens Of Hearings Later, Lawmakers Pressed On Where They've Been On VA Dysfunction 1 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 2 1842

Take Care Of Your Veterans 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1626

The War on America's Military Veterans, Waged with SWAT Teams, Surveillance and Neglect 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 1858

Memorial Day: For Vets, Too Many Delays and Not Enough Parades 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 2 1819

What Do You Think About Secretary Eric K. Shinseki? (Poll) 4 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 3764

Memorial Day: Despair and Resilience 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1703

My Ongoing VA Journey 19 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 11 6281

Notes From The Boonies 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 2018

LAPD sued for $20M in live-on-TV shooting 4 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 2324

Fraggin' 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 1937

Remember the Children 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1791

Eric Shinseki, "mad as hell" over VA scandal, is grilled by senators 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 2194

Report on VA due within 3 weeks, Shinseki says 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1732

New Names Etched on Vietnam Wall 2 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 2 2511

Have any of you Vietnam era guys been back to Vietnam since the war? 5 Victor_c3 Apr 2014 May 2014 0 2375

question about the VN war and its veterans 45 steve2470 Mar 2014 May 2014 0 11894

For some vets, the war will never end 2 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 2161

Pulitzer-winning series used as tool to lobby for change 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1938

Volunteer docs, dentists fill holes in vet coverage 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1844

Veterans bike through Vietnam to help heal wounds of war 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1834

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U.S. special forces struggle with record suicides: admiral 1 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1962

SC man hit with $525 federal fine for failing to pay for 89-cent drink refill at VA hospital 6 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 2677

An Int’l Trail of Death and Heartbreak: How the Bush Wars came home with the Vets 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1838

Veterans and White Supremacy 2 douglas9 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 2123

Military sexual assault victims face agonizing choice 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1808

Military caregivers getting assistance as awareness of their struggle grows 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1735

The Gazette and reporter Dave Philipps win Pulitzer Prize 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1836

Soldiers stuck in backlogged disability system can't go forward, can't go back 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1971

LaRue: Afghan vet loses a leg, finds his purpose 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1752

Battle over Tomball veteran's home could be headed to a jury trial 2 douglas9 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2112

Large numbers of vets with PTSD live near military bases 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1736

Retiring the A-10 Early Puts Troops' Lives at Risk 6 douglas9 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 2375

Veterans Affairs grilled by House over avoidable deaths 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1699

Gary Sinise is coming to my community to support a local disabled vet 10 pinboy3niner Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 3531

MI men arrested for viciously beating Army veteran they considered a ‘n*gger lover’ 9 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 8 3180

Veterans push to smoke pot to ease PTSD, other ailments 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 5 1686

Vietnam POW Jeremiah Denton Jr. dies in Va. Beach 4 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Apr 2014 9 11217

CIR: VA paid out $200 million in wrongful death settlements since 2001 6 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2603

Gov. Scott Walker's actions are a disservice to veterans 0 white cloud Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1840

Mental health experts dispute linking PTSD to violence after Fort Hood shooting 2 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1966

Poll: Most recent vets battle physical, mental issues 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 8 1743

'Out of Options': Veterans With PTSD Hit Pot Underground 5 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 8 10072

After the Wars: A Legacy of Pain and Pride 1 n2doc Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 2453

Flags on National Mall represent veteran suicides 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 9 2287

Remembered: the heroes of "The Great Escape" 1 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 2031

Colleges struggle with turning veterans into graduates 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2082

Mandatory mail order begins for Tricare seniors 3 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2275

New York City inmate, a retired Marine, 'baked to death' in cell 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1922

Veterans charity charged with deceiving the public 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 1826

What’s in Veterans Affairs’ $164 Billion Budget? 0 white cloud Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1917

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Mentally ill homeless vet ‘essentially baked to death’ in New York City jail cell 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 2132

Medals of Honor Go to 24 Army Veterans Who Had Been Denied 0 white cloud Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1708

Obama's day: Medal of Honor 1 white cloud Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1914

Veterans call for end to asbestos lawsuit bill 0 white cloud Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1840

Multiple employees at Milwaukee's VA Center under investigation 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2138

Federal Investigative Agency Allegedly Snubbed Audio Tape of Scheme to Destroy VA's Healthcare Recor 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 7 2324

‘We have to learn how to come home,’ says veteran at conference 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1819

From War In The Desert To 'Murder Ball On Ice' 0 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1837

My recent VA experience 20 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 34 5215

(WA) Lakewood nonprofit a one-stop shop for those leaving military (xpost from NSD) 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1921

Vietnam veterans sue U.S. military for discharge upgrades over PTSD 2 douglas9 Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 2185

#Helpvets a good video about Veteran Bill block 0 white cloud Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2518

Dozens of veterans’ priorities rolled into one bill 5 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 5 2353

Olympia man suing Veterans Administration after he contracted MRSA 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1882

Air Force Aircraft Returned from Vietnam Identified as Postwar Source of Agent Orange Contamination 0 douglas9 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1992

President Obama to Award Medal of Honor (24 medals) 0 Tx4obama Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1786

Veterans often find jobs serving the community 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2524

Congress OKs full pension boost for working-age vets 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1832

VA urged to form registry of roadside bomb victims 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1746

VA inspection reveals patient develops ulcer, loses wheelchair during Augusta stay 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1708

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