Veterans News Bureau

CBC.caShinseki Promises to Streamline Benefits Claims at Veterans ...The Public Record, California - Dec 8, 2008"I am excited. I don't know him personally but this is a huge move," said Paul Rieckhoff, ...

Injured vets still await disability appeal process The Associated Press - 6 hours ago ... dragging its feet," said Vanessa Williamson, the policy director at New York-based Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, a veterans' advocacy group. ... Go to Source

Appointment of Shinseki a signal from Barack Shinseki to be named VA secretary 'Family push' will be deciding factor for Caroline Lupica: It's Kennedy time again Veterans praised President-elect Barack Obama 's decision to put retired Army Gen. Eric ... Go to Source

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Speak Out on Obama’s Shinseki Pick The Moderate Voice - 1 hour ago One of the most substantial endorsements I have come across thusfar comes from none other than IAVA, “Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America,” the ... Go ...

President-elect Barack Obama formally announced Sunday that retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki is his pick to be secretary of Veterans Affairs. Go to Source

The Associated PressDivorce rate increases in Marine Corps, ArmyThe Associated Press - 24 minutes ago... of predictable ripple effect of this pace of operations," Paul Rieckhoff of the Iraq and Afghanistan ...

VA Preparing to Launch Media Campaign Advertising Veterans’ Health ...U.S. Medicine, DC - 2 hours agoCarolyn Schapper, who served in Iraq with the Georgia National Guard and now volunteers her time with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) ... Go to ...

Veterans groups waste no time lobbying President-elect ObamaProvidence Journal, RI - 7 hours agoPaul Rieckhoff, an Iraq War veteran and executive director and founder of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, recently published an open letter to ... Go to Source

Sometimes one needs to restate the obvious to point out what's right in front of us. That's what New York Times columnist Bob Herbert did recently when he wrote these words : With so much attention understandably focused on the economy and the ... Go to Source

BAGHDAD, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Advocates for veterans want the U.S. military to release information about the health risks faced by service members stationed at the largest U.S. base in Iraq. Go to Source