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East Carolina will hit the road for the first time this season Friday, November 8 when the Pirates travel to Annapolis, Md. to face the United States Naval Academy at the 2019 Veterans Classic.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 @ 1:31 am
By: ECU Sports
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In the United States, veterans own nearly 2.5 million small businesses.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 2:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I applaud the United States Senate for confirming Robert Wilkie as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2018 @ 8:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Gary Peters (D-MI) led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies.
Published: Thursday, May 4th, 2017 @ 5:00 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Last Thursday on the 100th anniversary of United States entry in to World War I, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) announced his introduction of H. Con. Res. 41, legislation that commemorates United States involvement in World War I and honors the brave veterans
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 @ 10:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted for H.R. 4676, the Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act, which would make it illegal for pension poachers to take advantage of a legal loophole that allows them to avoid criminal charges.
Published: Saturday, April 16th, 2016 @ 4:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week the Vietnam Veterans of America thanked Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) for cosponsoring H.R. 1769 - the Toxic Exposure Research Act.
Published: Saturday, February 20th, 2016 @ 11:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement in honor of Veterans Day...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:22 am
By: Chris Downey
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U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), members of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, today introduced the Wounded Warrior Employment Improvement Act of 2015 to help veterans with service-connect disabilities find and retain employment.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 @ 1:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Under Tillis' amendment, the C-130Hs cannot be removed from Fort Bragg unless the following leadership approvals indicate our national security and readiness of the global response unit will not be jeopardized.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 4:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) spoke at a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on the impact of exposure to toxic chemicals on veterans.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 5:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held a legislative meeting to consider several bills introduced to help improve our bureaucratically flawed VA system
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 1:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held a hearing regarding the persistent homeless veterans population that continues to plague 40,000-45,000 of the men and women who served our nation in honor.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2015 @ 10:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) met with Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Robert McDonald, where they discussed working together to create a long-term strategic vision for the VA and help shepherd legislation that will make it easier to reform the VA.
Published: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 @ 5:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced legislation to ensure that veterans, students serving in the armed forces, and their qualifying dependents, can take full advantage of the federal education benefits they have earned for themselves and their families.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 @ 12:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) called on Veterans Administration (VA) Secretary Robert McDonald to come to Capitol Hill and explain how the VA will address the excessive wait times at VA clinics in Eastern North Carolina that were reported last week by the Associated Press (AP).
Published: Tuesday, April 14th, 2015 @ 7:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Tillis (R-NC) visited the Durham and Salisbury Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMC) to meet with facility leaders and staff and receive updates on wait times and delivery of health care for veterans at the facilities.
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 4:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) today announced he is an original co-sponsor of the Prioritizing Veterans’ Access to Mental Health Care Act. The bill was introduced by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Tillis joins Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and John Cornyn (R-TX) as original co-sponsors.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 10:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act (SAV), co-sponsored by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), unanimously passed the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and now heads to the Senate floor.
Published: Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 @ 9:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the 113th Congress, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) cosponsored a career record of 86 bills to help veterans by providing better access to more transparent healthcare, access to educational opportunities, affordable housing, and job opportunities.
Published: Tuesday, December 30th, 2014 @ 11:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory's military affairs advisor, General Cornell A. Wilson Jr., a retired Major General of the United States Marine Corps, was recently appointed to the U.S. Veterans Administration's Advisory Committee for Minority Veterans. The Committee consists of veterans who represent...
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: Chris Downey
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 @ 1:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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McClatchy Rob is just beside himself. According to his headline today, college students are going to have to work harder. (To vote, that is.) *Apparently, working harder is a bad thing, these days.*
Published: Sunday, August 18th, 2013 @ 5:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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