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shottchanging America's veterans
Published: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Steed
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North Carolinians vaccinated by the Veterans Administration (VA) and through the Tribal Health Program are now eligible for the $4 Million Summer Cash and College Tuition drawings
Published: Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 @ 2:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The House on Thursday passed by voice vote an annually required measure to increase cost-of-living adjustments tied to veterans benefits in parity with the COLA approved by the Social Security Administration.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 12:18 am
By: George H. Schryer
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During National Veterans Small Business Week, our Nation recognizes the dedicated men and women who have selflessly served our country in uniform and who now apply their knowledge and skills as small business owners.
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 12:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and several of his Republican and Democratic colleagues on the Senate floor to speak in support of the Veterans First Act, bipartisan legislation that would give the VA the tools it needs t
Published: Friday, June 24th, 2016 @ 11:01 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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On Monday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted for H.R. 2499, the Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015, which waves guarantee fees for loans given to veterans by the Small Business Administration (SBA)
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2015 @ 4:57 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Vidant Health and the Veterans Administration (VA) are working together to share health information on veterans treated at Vidant Health facilities. The VA's Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Health Exchange program gives VA and non-VA health care providers secure access to certain parts of
Published: Tuesday, June 30th, 2015 @ 3:06 pm
By: Chris Downey
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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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Governor Pat McCrory is welcoming back veterans with a new joint initiative between the administration's Division of Veterans Affairs and Duke University. The two-year partnership will focus on increasing mental health services for veterans, military families, and transitioning personnel within...
Published: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 7:21 pm
By: Chris Downey
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A new report released by the North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs (NCDVA) shows that reforms completed within the first two years of the McCrory Administration have increased the number of completed veterans benefit claims in 2014 by 113 percent over the previous year, providing services to a
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 3:08 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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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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Irrespective of Mr. Obama's circling of the wagons under his latest crisis of leadership - the atrocious mismanagement of the V.A. - claiming that there must be an exhaustive investigation, there is a systemic problem.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 11:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As a prior Army officer and Desert Storm Veteran, I have followed the VA hospital scandal with great interest, as I have earned the right to be cared for in the Veterans Administration system.
Published: Monday, June 23rd, 2014 @ 10:36 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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There is nothing moral about the way military veterans are treated by the VA – unless you are a government union boss. J. David Cox Sr., president of the American Federation of Government Employees
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 12:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Department of Veterans Affairs — formerly the Veterans Administration — started out with a noble mission: Taking care of those who sacrificed for our country.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 12:15 am
By: Brant Clifton
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One of the attorneys hoping to dissolve Obamacare through a lawsuit challenging the health reform act's Independent Payment Advisory Board said the deaths and mismanagement recently reported at Veterans Administration hospitals are "a great preview" of what lies in store if the health care law is...
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 3:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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