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    Zion National Park near Springdale, Utah, is one of more than 2,000 federal recreation sites that will be free to visitors on Veterans Day.
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    Veterans And Gold Star Families Granted Lifetime Passes To National Parks

    Nov 09, 2020
    Former service members and families of those killed on active duty will have "free access to the iconic and treasured lands they fought to protect."
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    The Department of Veterans Affairs blocked the University of Phoenix, Perdoceo Education Corporation, Bellevue University and Temple University, from enrolling GI Bill students after the Federal Trade Commission laid enormous penalties on them for decept
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    Trump Administration Clears For-Profit Colleges To Register Veterans Again

    Jul 16, 2020
    The Department of Veterans Affairs is no longer blocking several for-profit schools the Federal Trade Commission penalized for deceptive advertising from enrolling GI Bill students.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    Female Marine Corps recruits train at the United States Marine Corps recruit depot June 21, 2004, in Parris Island, South Carolina. Some House Democrats and many veterans want the service of women and of all vets to be recognized in an updated motto for
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    As The Country Reexamines Statues And Symbols, The VA Resists A Gender-Neutral Motto

    Jun 28, 2020
    The Department of Veterans Affairs has a male-focused motto that some veterans and lawmakers say needs updating.
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    VA Opens Gambling Addiction Center In Las Vegas

    Jan 09, 2020

    With military bases throughout Nevada and some 42,770 veterans living in the state, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has opened its second in-patient gambling addiction recovery center.

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    Not Just For Soldiers: Civilians With PTSD Struggle To Find Effective Therapy

    May 20, 2019
    Outside of military contexts, many therapists aren't familiar with two key treatment options for trauma recommended by the American Psychiatric Association and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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    Trump OKs Renaming VA Site After Mayor Killed In Afghanistan

    Mar 22, 2019

    NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill passed by Congress to rename a Department of Veterans Affairs facility in Utah after a mayor who was killed while serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan.

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    Reducing Nevada Veterans Suicides A Focus Of National, Local Efforts

    May 18, 2018

    Suicide claimed the lives of 127 veterans in Nevada in 2014, the last year that complete records are available.

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    Titus Says UNLV Should Consider Retiring Longtime Rebel Mascot

    Aug 17, 2017

    Congresswoman and 30-year UNLV Professor Dina Titus D-NV., said today’s unsettled racial climate should prompt discussion at the university on whether to keep its Rebel mascot.

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    Veterans Village Homeless Effort Draws Interest Of White House

    May 22, 2017

    Veterans Village, the private Las Vegas-based transitional housing program, caught the eye of the White House — again.

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    Medicaid expansion has helped low-income veterans gain health insurance, a report finds.
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    Many Veterans Gained Health Care Through The Affordable Care Act

    Apr 19, 2017
    Almost half a million veterans gained health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, cutting the number of uninsured vets by 40 percent.
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    President Donald Trump signs the Veterans Choice Program Extension and Improvement Act at the White House on Wednesday.
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    Trump Extends Troubled VA Program That Pays Private Doctors

    Apr 19, 2017
    The Veterans Choice program was supposed to make it quicker and easier for vets to see a doctor by paying for private-sector care. But it's ended up being slower and more complicated.
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    Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate Dr. David Shulkin, then the undersecretary for health at the VA, testifies on Capitol Hill Feb. 1. Shulkin was confirmed on Monday.
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    Senate Confirms First Nonveteran To Lead VA

    Feb 13, 2017
    Senators unanimously voted to confirm VA Health Undersecretary Dr. David Shulkin as full secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He's a rare Trump holdover from the Obama administration.
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    The VA Will Now Pay For Fertility Treatment For Wounded Vets

    Sep 30, 2016
    Congress has reversed a law passed in 1992 that prohibited the Department of Veterans Affairs from paying for IVF for veterans and their families, after mounting political pressure.
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    Back At Base
    Irvin Bishop Small at his home in York, Pa.
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    For The VA's Broken Health System, The Fix Needs A Fix

    Mar 23, 2016
    After scandals around veterans waiting too long for care in 2014, Congress pushed through a $10 billion fix to get those vets care, fast. Now it's almost unanimous: The fix is broken.
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    Steve Peck, president of U.S. Vets, and a drawing of an M-4 rifle with a grenade launcher taped to the door of a room at the Hollywood Veterans Center.
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    The U.S. Declared War On Veteran Homelessness — And It Actually Could Win

    Aug 04, 2015
    In 2009, then-Veterans Affairs head Eric Shinseki declared that all homeless veterans would have housing by 2015. New Orleans has made big strides, but in Los Angeles, the problem persists.
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    The Two-Way
    Attorney General Loretta Lynch, seen at a May news conference at the Justice Department, announced the change in federal marriage benefits on Thursday.
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    Government Extending Federal Benefits To All Married Same-Sex Couples

    Jul 09, 2015
    The announcement follows last month's Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples may legally wed in all 50 states.
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    Lack Of Doctors Leading To Lengthy Waits For Nevada Veterans

    Apr 09, 2015

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Recently released numbers show medical care for veterans in Nevada remains slow months after lawmakers and federal officials vowed to do something about long treatment delays at Veterans Affairs hospitals.

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    A Fairchild C-123K Provider at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
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    Air Force Reservists Say Agent Orange Residue Damaged Their Health

    Feb 19, 2015
    The planes used to spray Agent Orange in Vietnam weren't retired from service — they were used by reservists in the U.S. for more than a decade after the war, exposing the crews to harmful chemicals.
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