VA's Caregiver Program Still Dropping Veterans With Disabilities
In the early days of the Iraq War, troops were riding around in Humvees with almost no armor on them. There was a scandal about it, and within a few years the trucks got up-armored with thick steel...
View ArticleVA Bill Set To Expand Support For Veterans' Caregivers
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Lawmakers are poised to approve billions of dollars to expand support for people who care for veterans. It's a program the VA put in place...
View ArticleSenate Passes $55 Billion Veterans Affairs Reform Bill
A major Veterans Affairs reform has passed the Senate by 92-5 and is on its way to the White House. The $55 billion bill will change how the VA pays for private care, expand a VA caregiver program and...
View ArticleMore Vets Who Are Coping With PTSD From Sexual Assaults Get Honorable Discharges
Sexual assault is still a major issue for the military. Reports rose by 10 percent last year , though there is some discussion about whether that's an increase in the number of assaults, or an...
View ArticleMarine Corps' Top General Joins Ramadan Meal
The commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, Gen. Robert Neller, stopped by a mosque outside Baltimore on Thursday evening for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal during the month of Ramadan, when practicing...
View ArticleNoncitizens Recruited For An Army Program Are At Risk For Deportation
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump made a surprising concession to North Korea. He announced that the U.S. military would suspend joint military exercises with...
View ArticleTrump Wins Pledge From Kim To Return Remains Of Americans From Korean War
One of the four key points agreed to by President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is to help repatriate the remains of Americans killed in action during the Korean War. "The United States and...
View ArticleNorth Korea To Help Identify, Return Remains Of U.S. Troops From Korean War
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A surprising number of common medications list depression or suicidal thoughts as possible side effects. Those meds include pills to treat...
View ArticleICE Drops Deportation Threat Against Chinese Student Joining U.S. Army
The Army has long had shortages of health care workers and speakers of certain languages , and in 2009 it started doing what other industries, including the medical field have done: It looked to...
View ArticleWhat To Know About Trump's VA Secretary Nominee Robert Wilkie
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: President Trump is trying again to fill the post of secretary of Veterans Affairs. The president fired his first VA secretary. His second...
View ArticleTrump's Uncontroversial VA Pick Sails Through Confirmation Hearing
Back in March, President Trump fired his first VA secretary, David Shulkin. His first nominee to fill the post, White House physician Ronny Jackson, withdrew after charges of professional misconduct....
View ArticleVA Says It's Trying To Improve Caregiver Program's Appeals Process
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's follow up on a report from last year about a Veterans Affairs program for caregivers. After all of our country's wars, family members -...
View ArticleVA's Caregiver Program Still Dropping Veterans With Disabilities
In the early days of the Iraq War, troops were riding around in Humvees with almost no armor on them. There was a scandal about it, and within a few years the trucks got up-armored with thick steel...
View ArticleVA Bill Set To Expand Support For Veterans' Caregivers
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Lawmakers are poised to approve billions of dollars to expand support for people who care for veterans. It's a program the VA put in place...
View ArticleSenate Passes $55 Billion Veterans Affairs Reform Bill
A major Veterans Affairs reform has passed the Senate by 92-5 and is on its way to the White House. The $55 billion bill will change how the VA pays for private care, expand a VA caregiver program and...
View ArticleMore Vets Who Are Coping With PTSD From Sexual Assaults Get Honorable Discharges
Sexual assault is still a major issue for the military. Reports rose by 10 percent last year , though there is some discussion about whether that is an increase in the number of assaults or an...
View ArticleMarine Corps' Top General Joins Ramadan Meal
The commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, Gen. Robert Neller, stopped by a mosque outside Baltimore on Thursday evening for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal during the month of Ramadan, when practicing...
View ArticleNoncitizens Recruited For An Army Program Are At Risk For Deportation
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: We're going to hear now about a U.S. military recruitment program. It is for noncitizens, and it's designed to take advantage of professional...
View ArticleTrump Wins Pledge From Kim To Return Remains Of Americans From Korean War
One of the four key points agreed to by President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is to help repatriate the remains of Americans killed in action during the Korean War. "The United States and...
View ArticleNorth Korea To Help Identify, Return Remains Of U.S. Troops From Korean War
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Let's zoom in now on that last commitment that President Trump and Chairman Kim made in their joint statement, to recover and repatriate the...
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