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Experts tackle sleep problems afflicting veterans
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Veterans get mixed decision about mental health care from SF judge
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Judge rules against VA court order
| June 26, 2008
From Los Angeles Times
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VA doctor advises staff to refrain from PTSD diagnosis
May 16, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesThe physician in charge of the post-traumatic stress disorder program at a medical facility for veterans in Texas told staff members to refrain... more
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Class-action suit against VA opens
| April 22, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs may paint a rosy picture of improving healthcare for veterans, but the agency has systematically denied... more
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VA was overbilled by firm, audit says
| March 29, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesThe California company headed by former Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony J. Principi overcharged the agency some $6 million under a long... more
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Florida man was one of last Great War vets
February 7, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesHarry Richard Landis, who enlisted in the Army in 1918 and was one of only two known surviving U.S. veterans of World War I, has died in Florida... more
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Bill to protect VA site is approved
| December 20, 2007 From Los Angeles TimesFederal lawmakers approved legislation Wednesday that would bar commercial development on the sprawling West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs... more
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VA nominee Peake vows to heal ailing department
| December 6, 2007 From Los Angeles TimesDr. James B. Peake, President Bush's nominee to head the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs, assured senators during his confirmation... more
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Doctor picked to head VA
| October 31, 2007 From Los Angeles TimesPresident Bush on Tuesday named a retired Army lieutenant general and executive of a firm that earns most of its revenue from federal veterans... more
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Bush unveils plan for wounded troops
| October 17, 2007 From Los Angeles TimesCalling the nation's system of caring for wounded troops an antiquated, bureaucratic nightmare, President Bush on Tuesday announced an overhaul... more
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VA asks Army Reserve to return Westside parcel
| October 3, 2007 From Los Angeles TimesThe head of the Department of Veterans Affairs' sprawling complex in West Los Angeles has asked the Army to return a prime parcel of land... more
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Battle lines drawn over VA site
| September 6, 2007 From Los Angeles TimesVeterans, elected officials and Brentwood and Westwood residents are bracing for a potentially contentious meeting today that could help decide... more
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Greener VA pastures
September 2, 2007 From Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles is chronically short of park space, a civic failure that generations of leaders have only glancingly addressed. In 1930, the brilliant... more
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Cap on vets' loans ending
August 31, 2007 From Los Angeles TimesThe government is making more low-cost financing available for military veterans buying homes in more expensive areas of the country... more
