What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Shinseki Praises Craigslist Founder For Serving On VA Benefits Panel.
2. American Legion Backing Shinseki's "Ambitious" Homeless Vet Program.
3. Palo Alto VAMC Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center Profiled.
4. Minnesota Blue Star Mothers Organize Candy Drive In.
5. USAA Opens Financial Services To All Honorably Discharged Veterans.
6. Veterans Day Events Planned.
7. Soldiers Project Helps Veterans Cope With Mental Health Challenges.
8. New York National Cemetery Set To Grow By 33,000 Plots.
9. More Diseases Associated With Agent Orange.
10. Florida Woman Accuses VA Of Withholding Husband's Death Certificate.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Shinseki Calling For Comprehensive Review Of Procedures At Troubled VAMC. 
2. GI Bill Backlog Impacting Students At University Of Tennessee. 
3. Hunting, Other Outdoor Activities Help Veterans Cope With Injuries. 
4. Former Homeless Vet Starts Group To Help Others In Maryland. 
5. Mullen Addresses Stigma Of PTSD At Norfolk Conference. 
6. VA Seen As "Pioneer" Of EHRs. 
7. Muhammad's Lawyers Cite Gulf War Syndrome In Arguing For Clemency. 
8. New Hampshire VAMC To Host National PTSD Center. 
9. Stimulus Hastens Expansion, Upgrades Scheduled For Colorado VAMC. 
10. VA Clashes With Alaska Veterans Homes Over Blister Packs. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Shinseki Announces $3.2 Billion Plan To End Veteran Homelessness. 
2. Illinois Delegation To Meet With Shinseki Over Troubled VAMC. 
3. Shinseki Mentioned In Essay On Military Leadership. 
4. IG Report Faults VA's Stimulus Funding Data Reporting. 
5. Bigger IEDs In Afghanistan Increase Soldiers' Spinal Injuries. 
6. Sniper's Attorneys Cite Gulf War Syndrome In Bid For SCOTUS To Prevent Execution. 
7. Bureaucracy Preventing Alaska Vets From Receiving VA Meds. 
8. Low Turnout For Texas VA Hospital Vote. 
9. New Mexico Legislature's Veterans Committee Set To Meet Next Week. 
10. Michigan VAMC Restricting Underage Visitors Because Of H1N1. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Florida Retired Military Group Honored For Helping Wounded Veterans. 
2. White House Video Features First Lady, Jill Biden Honoring Vets At World Series. 
3. Mississippi High School To Honor Veterans At Annual Breakfast. 
4. Blue Star Mothers Organize Candy Drive For Troops At Oklahoma Dentist Office. 
5. North Carolina Military Mothers To Discuss Forming Blue Star Chapter. 
6. Florida Elks Honor Veterans. 
7. October's Jump In Active-Duty Suicides Seen As Worrying Military Experts. 
8. Kirk Calls For H1N1 Vaccine For Veterans Before Guantánamo Detainees. 
9. VA Extends Agent Orange Benefits. 
10. Veterans Day Observances Planned. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Shinseki, Congress Concerned About Burn Pit Smoke. 
2. Cell Phone Option Improves Ability To Find Deceased Veterans' Graves. 
3. Women Vets Of Iraq, Afghan Suffer From PTSD, May React By Withdrawing. 
4. Anthrax Vaccine Couldn't Have Caused Gulf War Syndrome, Article Asserts. 
5. Guardsman's Murder Trial Asserting PTSD Defense Is Detailed. 
6. New GI Bill Attracts Veterans To Colleges. 
7. Delayed GI Bill Benefits Leave Some Veterans Waiting. 
8. Following Injury, Iraq Vet Says VA Is His "Dream Job." 
9. Sister, VA Differ On Blame For Iraq Vet's Death. 
10. First Responders Conference To Include PTSD Seminar. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. White House Blog Hails Shinseki-Gates Mental Health Summit. 
2. Technology Writer Hails Shinseki, Others At VA For Tough Line On IT Contracts. 
3. Brain-Injured Vet Fighting VA For Full Disability. 
4. Iraq, Afghan Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury Has More Severe Vision Problems. 
5. Using Iraq-Afghan Vets' Records, VA Doctor Probes Gender Differences In Pain Perception. 
6. Non-Profit Groups Gets Segways For Wounded Vets. 
7. IAVA Executive Director Rieckhoff Profiled. 
8. Honor Flight Participant Calls It "Tremendous Program." 
9. Fort Myers Vet Center Will Hold Open House November 3. 
10. Article Debunks Swine Flu "Myths," Including Anthrax Vaccine Tie To Gulf War Syndrome. 

(Washington, DC) - A letter of October 26st from twenty-eight Congressmen to the Secretary of the Navy expressed frustration and disappointment over the Navy’s failure to provide assistance to Camp Lejeune veterans and dependents affected by the contamination of the base water wells.

The Congressional representatives questioned the Navy’s failure to develop a strategy to address the health effects of exposure to contaminated drinking water. 

Camp Lejeune’s drinking water was contaminated with organic solvents and other chemicals between the years 1958 and 1987.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Veterans Want Iraqi Flag Removed From Parkersburg Vet Center. 
2. Georgia Veteran Tries To Inform VA That He Is Still Alive. 
3. Stand Down Against Homelessness Events Held. 
4. Fort Worth VA Clinic Lease To Cost $125.2 Million. 
5. VA Scrutinized Over Awarding Of Contract To ACS Federal. 
6. Unclaimed Cremains Of Three New Jersey Veterans Laid To Rest. 
7. "Battle Of The Lost Battalion" Gala. 
8. Lockey Named Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery Director. 
9. Soldier On Plans Home For Veterans In Pittsfield, Massachusetts. 
10. New Hampshire Resident Seeks Answer On Veterans License Plate Cost Increase. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. VA Seeking Contractor Assistance In Processing New GI Bill Claims. 
2. VA "Only Recourse Left" For Vietnam Vets Exposed To Agent Orange. 
3. Boswell Focused On Breast Cancer's Threat To Armed Forces. 
4. Shinseki Urged To Reconsider VA Stance On Nevada Clinic. 
5. Ensign Asks Shinseki For Extension On VA Clinic Bid. 
6. Shinseki Asked To Convert Old Hospital Into VA Facility. 
7. First Lady, Jill Biden Greeted Warmly At VA Hospital. 
8. Coburn Criticized For Placing Hold On Pending Veterans Legislation. 
9. Bayh Introduces Chemical Exposure Bill. 
10. Doctor Pushing For Widespread Use Of House Calls. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. VA To Use Automated Tool When Processing New GI Bill Claims. 
2. Michelle Obama, Jill Biden To Honor Vets Prior To Game One Of World Series. 
3. Lawmaker Pushing For Joint DOD, VA Breast Cancer Study. 
4. Bay Pines VAMC Offering Family Education Series. 
5. Former CEO of the American Battle Monuments Commission To Be Awarded Silver Star.  
6. Organizers Hope Outreach Campaign Will Reverse Stand Down Attendance Slide. 
7. Iowa City VAMC Restricting Visitors To Control Spread Of H1N1. 
8. Former VA Nurse Sentenced For Stealing Narcotics. 
9. York VAMC Plays Part In Kidnapping Case. 
10. Following Review, Some VA Technology Projects Stopped, Others Restarted. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. During Appearance With Shinseki, Gates Says Injured US Troops Face Too Much Bureaucracy. 
2. World Series Game To Be Dedicated To Veterans Support Initiative. 
3. VistA Seen As Potential Model For Providers Striving To Meet IT Requirements. 
4. Controversy Surrounds Payment To Deceased Vietnam Vet. 
5. OMB Advisor: IT Projects To Benefit From Second Wave Of Stimulus Spending. 
6. Planned Swap Would Secure Land For Veterans Cemetery In Tennessee. 
7. Vet Says No Dermatologist At El Paso VA. 
8. Stork Gets Lost, Stops At VA Center. 
9. Program Provided Support, Info To New Veterans. 
10. Dinah Cohen: Helping Wounded Veterans Re-Enter The Workforce. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Shinseki Expands Agent Orange Illnesses List. 
2. Shinseki Asked To Eliminate PTSD Benefits Requirement. 
3. Older Veterans File Most Claims. 
4. Technological Advances Allowing Amputees To Continue Pre-Injury Pursuits. 
5. US Military "Focusing On Epilepsy." 
6. Vet Struggling With PTSD At Risk On Another Front. 
7. Despite VA Successes, Electronic Health Records Can Have Drawbacks. 
8. VA Officials, Like Counterparts, Wrestle With Rules For Scarce Resources In Pandemic. 
9. Embassy: Over 11,000 FVEC Claims Processed. 
10. VA To Hold Open House For Relocated VA Clinic In Wyoming.     

Veterans of EPA Superfund sites are at risk for bladder cancer from organic solvent exposure.  A simple and non-evasive test is available to detect bladder cancer.  

(Somerdale, NJ) - Those that served and were exposed to toxic chemicals have a critical need to know what chemicals they were exposed to and access to medical screening to stay healthy. No reasonable person would disagree with this.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Obama Signs Advance VA Funding Bill. 
2. VA, Other Agencies Thanked For Improving Service Delivery To Certain Wounded Vets. 
3. Three Illnesses On Revised List Of Possible Agent Orange Service-Connected Diseases. 
4. Grant To Pay For $32 Million Expansion Of Calverton National Cemetery. 
5. Odierno Praises Shinseki. 
6. VA Doctors, Nurses Meet With Staff From Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. 
7. Subcommittee Approves Bill That Would Allow Parents To Be Buried With Deceased Vets. 
8. Vietnam Vet Concerned About Lack Of H1N1 Vaccine At Marion VA. 
9. New VA Clinic Opens In Illinois. 
10. Companies In California Pursue VA Facility. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Webb Calls For Investigation Of VA Hospital. 
2. Ex-Postal Clerk Sentenced To Probation For Stealing Meds From Disabled Vets.
3. VA Expanding Agent Orange Coverage. 
4. Act Would Provide Post-Deployment Mental Health Screenings. 
5. Construction Begins On Two VA Projects In Florida. 
6. VA Unveils New Mobile Vet Center. 
7. DOD To Pay Retroactive Stop-Loss Compensation. 
8. Marine Sentenced To Prison For Falsely Claiming To Be Injured War Hero. 
9. Organization Hoping VA Will Take Over Hospital Space In Tennessee. 
10. Navy Petty Officer Punished For Hazing.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. First Lady Praises VA Employees.
2. VA Engineer, Some Local Residents Differ On Need For Security Upgrades At VA Hospital.  
3. VA To Call Students, Ask About Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits. 
4. VA Announces Grave-Locator Service For Mobile Devices. 
5. US Military's Handling Of Camp Liberty Shooting Criticized. 
6. Obama Asked To Review Personality Disorder Discharge System. 
7. VA Hospital Involved With Disability Employment Awareness Forum. 
8. Former Pro Football Player In Charge Of Constructing VA Hospital. 
9. Hall Discusses VA's PTSD Proposal With "Generally Supportive" Vets. 
10. Homeless Veterans Assistance Vouchers Awarded In Colorado.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. First Lady To Visit VA. 
2. Obama To Honor Vietnam Vets. 
3. Marine Accused Of Faking Injuries To Plead Guilty. 
4. Florida Soldier's Home Contaminated With Chinese Drywall.
5. Attack In Afghanistan Seen As Symbol Of Challenge Faced By Administration.
6. Winneshiek Medical Center Offers Space For VA. 
7. VA Medical Network Cares About All Veterans. 
8. VAIHCS To Sponsor Concert For Veterans Day. 
9. Calverton National Cemetery To Expand. 
10. Speeding Eligibility Claims.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. VA Weighs Streamlined Claims For PTSD; Shinseki Vows Improvements. 
2. More Students Showing Up At College With GI Bill Money. 
3. Lawmakers Applaud Shinseki For Helping Fix VA Benefits. 
4. Secretary Shinseki Designates 41 Regional Veterans Day Sites. 
5. More Vets Seek Help For PTSD From VA Northern Indiana Health Care System. 
6. US Army Urging Soldiers To Search For "Post-Traumatic Growth." 
7. Study: Vets With PTSD Have Increased Post-Surgery Death Risk.
8. Intrepid Heroes Fund Touts Treatment Facility Group Is Building. 
9. Shinseki's Iraq War Advice Recalled. 
10. Report From Iraq, Afghan Veterans Says Women In Military Have Added Challenges.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Wilson: New GI Bill Delays May Last Into Next Year. 
2. VA To Make It Easier For Some Agent Orange-Exposed Vets To Qualify For Benefits. 
3. "Controversial" Homeless Assistance Project Restricted To Vets. 
4. No Bids For VA Clinic In Nevada. 
5. Tentative Approval Given To Funding New Vets Home In North Carolina. 
6. VA Proposes New Combat-Related Stress Policy. 
7. Military Somewhat Eases Rules On Afghan War Photographs. 
8. Obama Urging Stimulus Payment For Seniors, Vets, Others. 
9. Court Sides With VA In Parasitic Disease Case. 
10. Obama "Committed" To Building VA Hospital In New Orleans. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Shinseki: VA Is Committed To Improving. 
2. Vietnam Vets In Florida Pleased By VA's Recent Agent Orange Announcement. 
3. Thousand Of Students Waiting For New GI Bill Benefits. 
4. Older Vets Reaching Out To Help Next Generation. 
5. Program Hopes Return To Iraq Will Benefit Wounded US Soldiers. 
6. WW II Battleship To Undergo "Major Refurbishment." 
7. Code Talker Dies At VA Facility in Arizona. 
8. Companies Discuss Modeling National Health Record Network On Updated VA System. 
9. VA To Open New Clinic In Arizona. 
10. City In Idaho Notified Of VA's Decision On Clinic Location. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. VA Planning To Give Presumptive Status To More Vets Exposed To Agent Orange. 
2. US Military, VA Reaching Out To Soldiers Potentially Exposed To Chemical In Iraq. 
3. Petzel Seen As VA's New Undersecretary For Health. 
4. "Hispanic Business" Lists Two VA Officials Among "Top 100" D.C. Power Brokers. 
5. More Vets Returning To School In Oregon, Rest Of Country. 
6. Dorn VAMC Halts Child Visits Amid Flu. 
7. Former VA Nurse's Aide Sentenced For Stealing From Vets. 
8. VA Awards Purchased Healthcare Claims Processing Contract To DSS. 
9. White House Official Criticizes Fox News, Takes Issue With Duckworth Fact Check.  
10. Veterans Burial Bill Now Law In California.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. VA To Presume More Illnesses Were Caused By Agent Orange. 
2. VA Named One Of "'Best Employers For Workers Over 50." 
3. Government Criticized For Inaction On Chemical Exposure Situation. 
4. VA Backlog Said To Be Hurting WWII Vets. 
5. Website Offers Assistance To Veterans. 
6. New VA Clinic Dedicated In California. 
7. VA Hospital, College Team Up On Orthotics And Prosthetics Program. 
8. Over $100 Million Distributed To Filipino WWII Vets. 
9. Following Call From TV Station, WWII Vet's Benefit Approved. 
10. Walk Organized To Call Attention To Plight Of Homeless Vets. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. After Review, VA Restarts Some IT Projects. 
2. Editorial Compares Shinseki With McChrystal, MacArthur. 
3. Shinseki's Example Commended To Obama As He Weighs Afghan Troop Levels. 
4. Marine's Claiming Cancer Tie To Chemical Weapons Focuses Puerto Rico Dispute. 
5. Women WWII Veterans Fly To Washington. 
6. Returning Veterans Have Growing Numbers Of Brain Injuries. 
7. Fort Hood Brain Clinic Scores Success In Treating Traumatic Injuries. 
8. Air Force's Wounded Warrior Program Profiled.
9. Veterans Face Issues Fitting Into College Life. 
10. VA Program Taking "Whole New Approach" To Treating Returning Vets. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. GI Bill Delays Frustrating Students In Colorado, Missouri.
2. Groups Receives Homeless Vets Assistance Funds Form VA.
3. Huntsville, Alabama, To Host 2010 Medal Of Honor Gala. 
4. Grant To Help Jack C. Montgomery VAMC Launch Rural Healthcare Initiatives. 
5. Grand Junction VAMC To Open "Tele-Health" Clinic In Moab. 
6. House Approves Advance Funding Legislation For Veterans Medical Programs. 
7. Joint Navy, VA Hospital Passes "Key Hurdle" In Congress. 
8. Elderly Vet's Struggle Illustrates Transportation Woes. 
9. At Austin Job Fair, Veterans Fight Odds To Find Full-Time Jobs. 
10. Loudoun Family Mourns For 'The Life Of The Party.' 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Organizations In Several States To Receive Homeless Vets Assistance Funds.
2. High Court Hears Arguments In Mojave Cross Case.
3. Budget Delays Said To Be Hurting VA Hospitals In State Of Washington.
4. Government Contractor Touts Benefits Of A Veteran-Owned Business.
5. VA Urged To Re-Fund Gulf War Illness Research At UT-Southwestern.
6. Jindal Awards Honor Medals To Over 200 Veterans.
7. Volunteer Bequests Large Sum To VA.
8. Flu Shots Available To Vets In DC, Louisiana.
9. Afghanistan Vets Take Part In Long Bike Ride.
10. Vet Recycled Cans To Make Ends Meet As He Waited For GI Bill Payment.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Vets Have Trouble Cashing Emergency GI Bill Payments.
2. Editorials Compares McChrystal To Shinseki.
3. Business Schools Hoping Yellow Ribbon Program Will Attract More Vets.
4. Veteran Frustrated By Lack Of Retirement Pay.
5. Different VA Facilities To Provide Services To Vets In Meadville, Mississippi.
6. Warning Issued By VA About Credit Card Scam.
7. Vaccine For Cocaine Users Said To Show "Promise And Problems."
8. VA Doctor Co-Authors Study On Importance Of Exercising.
9. Arguments To Be Heard In Veterans Memorial Case.
10. Agencies Surpass Recovery Act Small Business Contracting Goals.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Anti-Fraud Rules Delay Cashing Of GI Bill Checks. 
2. Efforts By VA, Pentagon To Improve TBI Treatments Seen As Benefitting Civilians. 
3. Study: Vaccine May Help Cocaine Addicts. 
4. Schow Elected NASDVA President. 
5. Project In Florida Aims To Help Low-Income, Homeless Vets. 
6. Schoenhard Tapped As Health Ops Deputy. 
7. Government Health Care Is Efficient. 
8. Vietnam Vet Elected Vice Chairman Of Alabama Board Of Veterans Affairs. 
9. Veterans Housing Facility Named After Deceased Iraq Vet. 
10. Nearly 100 People Celebrate New VA Clinic In Minnesota. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. VA Distributing Checks To Students. 
2. Experts: Brain-Injured US Civilians Could Benefit From Research On War Wounded. 
3. Universities Developing Classes On How To Treat Combat Vets. 
4. VA Doctor Studying Impact Of Shorter Residency Workweeks.
5. Stopgap Measure Averts Government Shutdown. 
6. House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee To Mark Up Pending Legislation. 
7. VA System To Augment CDC's Monitoring Of Swine Flu Vaccine Side Effects. 
8. VA Helps Restore Historic Civil War Monument. 
9. Realtors: VA Mortgages "Proving Ineffective In Today's Housing Market." 
10. VA Hospital Observes National Former Prisoner Of War Recognition Day.  

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. VA Issues $50 Million Emergency Checks To Veterans. 
2. Washington State Veterans Home Superintendent Hiring Called Into Question. 
3. VA Clinic Needs Guarantee In Writing To Stay At St. Joseph. 
4. NYTimes Calls For End To "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Law. 
5. Islamists In Somalia May Be Recruiting Young Somali-Americans. 
6. Today in History: