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August 9, 2014. VA Secretary McDonald Delivers Keynote Speech During Disabled American Veterans Conference in Las Vegas

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2605

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August 13, 2014. VA Expands Patient-Centered Community Care (PC3) Contracts to Provide Access to Primary Care

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2607

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August 13, 2014. Remarks by Secretary Robert McDonald during AMVETS National Conference

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2608

August 14, 2014. Helping Women Veterans Find the Help They Need

http://www.va.gov/health/newsfeatures/2014/August/Helping-Women-Veterans-Find-the-Help-They-Need.asp

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August 13, 2014. Remarks by Secretary Robert McDonald during AMVETS National Conference

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2608

August 14, 2014. Helping Women Veterans Find the Help They Need

http://www.va.gov/health/newsfeatures/2014/August/Helping-Women-Veterans-Find-the-Help-They-Need.asp

Why is there a sexual clarification?

Helping Veterans Find the Help should be fucking sufficient...my apologies to anyone I could possibly insult by demanding that we actually treat veterans equally...you know, like the Fourteenth [14th] Amendment implied...

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August 13, 2014. Remarks by Secretary Robert McDonald during AMVETS National Conference

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2608

August 14, 2014. Helping Women Veterans Find the Help They Need

http://www.va.gov/health/newsfeatures/2014/August/Helping-Women-Veterans-Find-the-Help-They-Need.asp

Why is there a sexual clarification?

Helping Veterans Find the Help should be fucking sufficient...my apologies to anyone I could possibly insult by demanding that we actually treat veterans equally...you know, like the Fourteenth [14th] Amendment implied...

A...

It was sexist when I served...probably even more so then.

Nonetheless, the beat continues to go on.

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August 21, 2014. Stand Downs — Putting Lives Back Together

http://www.va.gov/health/newsfeatures/2014/August/Stand-Downs-Putting-Lives-Back-Together.asp

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August 26, 2014. HUD, VA, AND USICH ANNOUNCE 33% DROP IN VETERAN HOMELESSNESS SINCE 2010

I'm skeptical about the numbers....but if true I'm happy about it.

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2611

August 26, 2014. Secretary Robert A. McDonald's Remarks for the American Legion's 96th Annual Convention, Charlotte, NC

Says McDonald "There is no stronger advocate for Veterans than President Obama" "Once again, he has taken the lead in calling for elimination of the claims backlog"

Taken the lead? No stronger advocate? Now that's fiction at its best.

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2613

August 26, 2014. VA Outlines Actions Taken to Improve Access to Care, Implement Recommendations from the Office of Inspector General

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2612

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August 28, 2014. Seeking New Coping Tools for Veterans with TBI

http://www.va.gov/health/newsfeatures/2014/August/Seeking-New-Coping-Tools-For-Veterans-With-TBI.asp

August 28, 2014. VA Releases New Version of the GI Bill Comparison Tool

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2614

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August 29, 2014. Secretary McDonald Announces the Start of a National Recruitment Effort to Bring Needed Medical Professionals to VA

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2616

Why is this now just "starting"? VA has been around a while.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs

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Sept. 4, 2014. 25 Years of PTSD Research, Education and Technology Provides Comprehensive Mental Health Care for Veterans

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2619

VA Rallies Community Support for Veterans During Suicide Prevention Month

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2618

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Sept. 13, 2014. VA to Hold Industry Day to Support Implementation of Veterans Choice Act

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2629

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Sept. 16, 2014. VA Develops Mobile Application “Concussion Coach” To Help Support Treatment for Veterans Who Suffer From Mild to Moderate Concussions

Good. And what's being done for those with the severe concussions?

Must be plenty of those. Sobering.

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2630

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Sept. 17, 2014. VA Announces Proposed Increase in Pay Ranges for VA Physicians and Dentists to Recruit Best and Brightest to Serve Veterans

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2632

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Sept. 23, 2014. Two VA Scientists Honored with Awards for Groundbreaking Work on Spinal Cord Injuries

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2633

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Sept. 25, 2014. High Heels a Snap With New Prosthetic Foot

"a team including VA researchers is hoping to give Veterans with lower-limb amputations the same options and they are starting with high heels"

http://www.va.gov/health/newsfeatures/2014/September/High-Heels-A-Snap-With-New-Prosthetic-Foot.asp

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Oct. 2, 2014.Department of Veterans Affairs Partners With Walgreens to Expand Real-Time Sharing of

Medical Information of Vaccines Provided by Walgreens to Enrolled Veterans

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2639

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Oct. 6, 2014. Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, Veterans Health Administration Procurement & Logistics Office, Proposed for Removal.

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2640

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Oct. 6, 2014. VA Seeking Nominations for Appointment to the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2641

Oct. 7, 2014. VA Achieves Certification on Whistleblower Protection

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2643

Oct. 7, 2014. VA Sharply Reduces Drug-Resistant Staph Infections in Hospitalized Veterans

http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2642

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