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Lawmakers push for benefits deserved by war veterans

April 9, 2013 14:35
The House of Representatives-approved bill mandating the payment of the Total Administrative Disability (TAD) pension to senior veterans of war and military campaigns still awaits the Senate’s green light. HB 4359 had long been passed by the House in 2011 and authored by Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Maximo Rodriguez Jr., and Herminia Roman, chairman of the Committee on Veterans Affairs & Welfare. Rep. Rodriguez, author of the original substituted measure (HB 601), noted that Congress enacted R.A.

Creation of vets affairs office in US to lobby for WW II PH vets claims pushed

April 4, 2013 14:33
Their numbers may be dwindling because of age and sickness but Filipino veterans of World War II can always count on the government for its support and help particularly in their claims for benefits from the United States government. The government, through House Bill 724, is seeking the creation of an Office of Veterans Affairs in the Philippine Embassy in the United States of America. Under the bill, the Office of Veterans Affairs is mandated with the task to represent, negotiate and lobby for the rights, privileges and benefits of the Filipino veterans with the appropriate U

veterans affairs-policy plan

March 31, 2013 22:15
By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will hold a variety of events at home and abroad to mark the 60th anniversary of signing the Korean War Armistice Agreement as a way to honor those who made sacrifices during the three-year conflict, government officials said Monday.

Korean War veteran-reunion

March 27, 2013 22:01
By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, March 28 (Yonhap) -- A Korean War veteran who helped a Korean girl with burn injuries receive treatment at a U.S. hospital 60 years ago will visit Seoul next week to be reunited with her after a decades-long search, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said Thursday.

Esquire report on Navy SEAL comes in for criticism

February 13, 2013 13:01
The US government has not denied health insurance to the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden despite a magazine article that implied otherwise, officials said Wednesday. In a lengthy profile this week in Esquire magazine, the commando -- whose identity was kept secret -- is portrayed as a neglected hero who must buy private health insurance and struggle to earn income after retiring from a 16-year career in uniform.

U.S. military veteran suicides rise, one dies every 65 minutes

February 1, 2013 20:15
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The most extensive study yet by the U.S. government on suicide among military veterans shows more veterans are killing themselves than previously thought, with 22 deaths a day - or one every 65 minutes, on average. The study released on Friday by the Department of Veterans Affairs covered suicides from 1999 to 2010 and compared with a previous, less precise VA estimate that there were roughly 18 veteran deaths a day in the United States.

US Supreme Court won't take combat veterans' mental health appeal

January 7, 2013 21:47
* Veterans say VA slow in processing mental health claims * They say delays contributed to veterans' suicides * Lower court had ruled against veterans By Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a challenge by veterans who said delays by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in processing combat-related mental health claims contributed to suicides by veterans.
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