Topic: Veterans' Affairs
AP Features | 2010-03-12 20:10:46
The unemployment rate last year for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans hit 21.1 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, reflecting a tough obstacle combat veterans face as they make the transition home from war. The number was well above the 16.6 percent jobless rate for non-veterans of the same ages, 18 to 24. As of last year, 1 ...
AP News | 2010-02-26 16:43:04
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on the fiscal 2011 budget for veterans' programs. At left is VA Undersecretary for Health Robert Petzel. (AP ...
AP News | 2010-02-26 16:42:58
VA to review files of ill Gulf War vets denied benefits nearly 2 decades after war ended
The Veterans Affairs Department says it will look again at the rejected claims of veterans who say their Gulf War service caused a mysterious illness, the first step toward potentially compensating them nearly two decades after the war ended. VA Secretary Eric Shinseki ...
AP News | 2010-02-26 04:15:24
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki speaks Monday, Aug. 3, 2009, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said that the Veterans Affairs Department will re-examine the disability claims of what could be thousands of Gulf War ...
