Obama Stands by VA Secretary Shinseki Obama did not say if Shinseki offered to resign, but instead praised the former Army general for his dedication to veterans.
VA Creating Separate Eye Trauma Registry from DoD The VA has decided to develop its own eye-trauma registry and not join one already developed by the Defense Department.
American Legion Renews Call for VA's Hickey to Step Down The American Legion has renewed its call for Under Secretary of Veterans Benefits Allison Hickey to resign or be fired.
VA Secretary Warns More Vets May Get Stuck Appealing Claims VA Secretary Robert McDonald submitted a plea: Urge Congress to enact a plan to modernize the "archaic" appeals process .
Backlog Due in Part to US Urging Vets' Claims "Here is another thought on why VA is struggling with a disability claims backlog."
IAVA: Post 9/11 Vet Best Suited to Head VA A powerful veterans group said the next VA Secretary should be from the post-9/11 generation.
VA Undecided on Legal Action Against POGO The VA has not decided whether to go after a whistleblower group for not giving up information on alleged fraud and abuse.
McDonald Pans Proposed VA Governance Board, Says That’s Congress' Job Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald told lawmakers on Wednesday that VA does not need a governance board because that is...
VA Disability Claims Backlog Grows Despite Paperless Fix The VA's new electronic system for processing disability claims has faced initial problems in reducing backlogs.
Senators: Use Private Sector Tech Firms to Fix VA Nine senators say IT problems and long patient wait times can be fixed for free with the help of the private sector.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-Forty-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...