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Pres. Biden's Veterans Affairs Pick Confirmed
The Senate confirmed Denis McDonough to lead the Department of Veteran Affairs.
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Hugo Gonzalez is an ex-soldier who survived a traumatic head injury in 2004 while fighting in Iraq. He is legally blind. Now, the Department of Veterans Affairs is helping Gonzalez back into civilian life using some high-tech tools.
HEADLINE: First Person: New vision for wounded soldier
CAPTION: Hugo Gonzalez is an ex-soldier who survived a traumatic head injury in 2004 while fighting in Iraq. He is legally blind. Now, the Department of Veterans Affairs is helping...
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Senator John McCain joined fellow Republican Senators Tom Coburn, Richard Burr and Jeff Flake to discuss new Veterans Affairs legislation. (June 3)
Senator John McCain of Arizona discussed the ongoing crisis at the Department of Veterans Affairs and proposed new legislation.
McCain was joined by fellow Republican Senators Tom Coburn, Richard Burr and Jeff Flake at the Capitol....
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald says his agency "has before it perhaps its greatest opportunity to enhance care for veterans in its history." (Nov. 10)
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald says his agency "has before it perhaps its greatest opportunity to enhance care for veterans in its history."
The VA has been under intense scrutiny since a whistleblower reported that dozens of...
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald visited a VA hospital Friday for the first time since taking over the embattled agency last month, meeting with veterans and health care providers and vowing to restore trust in the organization. (Aug. 9)
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald visited a VA hospital Friday for the first time since taking over the embattled agency last month, meeting with veterans and health care providers and vowing to restore trust in the...
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Trump Secretary of VA And Head of SBA Sworn In
David Shulkin has been sworn in as President Donald Trump's Veterans Affairs secretary.Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath to Shulkin after all 100 senators voted late Monday to confirm the 57-year-old physician to lead the...
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Trump orders accountability at Veteran Affairs
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington - 27 April 20171. David Shulkin approaches podium2. SOUNDBITE (English) David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs: "We're moving quickly to remove bad...
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VA to Expand Remote Care Technology
The government wants to make it easier for veterans to get medical care and is promoting new ways to use technology to help.
The steps include using video technology and diagnostic tools to conduct exams, and veterans soon...
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Family members of veterans wounded in recent wars, like Iraq, are asking Congress to pass a law the would offer more training to caregivers. Those who are certified to do the care would be eligible for a stipend, health care and improved traveling benefits.
HEADLINE: Wounded troops' families ask Congress for help
CAPTION: Family members of veterans wounded in recent wars, like Iraq, are asking Congress to pass a law the would offer more training to caregivers. (July 21)
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A look at changes in US military gravestones
Barre, Vermont - 8 August 2005
1. Pan of worker to headstones
2. Worker scrapes paint from headstone, passes it along line
3. Tilt down headstone
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
4. Various headstones
5. Zoom out headstone from...
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US to improve care access for veterans
The US government wants to make it easier for veterans to get medical care and is promoting new ways to use technology to help.
The steps include using video technology and diagnostic tools to conduct exams, and veterans...
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After fighting for their country, some wounded Iraq veterans are facing another battling financial hardships at home
HEADLINE: Wounded soldiers: The price of war
CAPTION: After fighting for their country, some wounded Iraq veterans are facing another battling financial hardships at home. (Sept. 29)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
He was one of...
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Obama on resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary amid widespread troubles in veterans' health care
US Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned on Friday in a personal meeting with President Barack Obama, shortly after publicly apologising for deep problems plaguing the agency's health care system that Obama called "totally...
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White House stands by Ronny Jackson's Veterans Affairs nomination
The White House on Wednesday offered an aggressive defense of Ronny Jackson, its embattled nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House, White House legislative affairs...
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Trump Signs Veterans Medical Care Bill
President Donald Trump has signed an emergency spending bill that will pump more than $2 billion into a program that allows veterans to receive private medical care at government expense.
Trump, who made improving veterans...
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Trump Signs Veterans Medical Care Bill
President Donald Trump has signed an emergency spending bill that will pump more than $2 billion into a program that allows veterans to receive private medical care at government expense.
Trump, who made improving veterans...
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Wisconsin doctor calls attention to long-term effects of combat trauma after being nearly killed himself
HEADLINE: Wisconsin doctor uses injuries from Iraq to help other veterans
CAPTION: Wisconsin doctor calls attention to long-term
effects of combat trauma after being nearly killed
himself (Dec 22)
[Location: MILWAUKEE. - Dec. 14,...
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said actions will be taken based on the findings of an independent investigation into allegations that up to 40 veterans may have died while awaiting treatment at the Phoenix VA center. (May 15)
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said he hopes to have preliminary results within three weeks on a nationwide audit of treatment delays and possible falsified patient scheduling reports at VA hospitals and other medical...
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President Bush is calling on former Senator Bob Dole and former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala to head an investigation of problems at the nation's military and veterans' hospitals.
HEADLINE: Dole, Shalala to lead health care probe
CAPTION: President Bush is calling on former Senator Bob Dole and former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala to head an investigation of problems at the nation's military...
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Trump Orders Accountability Office at VA
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington - 27 April 20171. David Shulkin approaches podium2. SOUNDBITE (English) David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs: "We're moving quickly to remove bad...
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WH Declines to Show Support for VA's Shulkin
The White House is declining to offer an endorsement of embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, who is under fire for ethics violations.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says President Donald...
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White House Stands By Ronny Jackson's Nomination
The White House on Wednesday offered an aggressive defense of Ronny Jackson, its embattled nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House, White House legislative affairs...