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Author Explains How Government Avoids Accountability for Killing Citizens

by David Codrea

Hardy accepted my invitation for an exclusive Q&A that will give readers further insights into how and why such travesties occur.

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Social Security Administration paid at least $37M to dead vets

by Brian Seay

The SSA works with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to determine when vets have died, but an agency audit found that some cases are falling through the cracks.

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Investigation uncovers phony law enforcement agency at Navy yard that spent $21M on weapons, vehicles

by Brian Seay

About half the money was spent on labor over more than a decade, and at least $4 million worth of vehicles are still missing.

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Marines want information on buying up to 194,000 suppressors

by Chris Eger

The Marine Corps has posted a Request for Information on commercially available suppressors that can work across all of their 5.56mm platforms.

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Trump signs bill aimed at better health care for veterans

by Jennifer Cruz

The program will offer alternatives to veterans who currently wait 30 days or more for care or travel 40 or miles to a VA facility.

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Bomb scare sparks evacuation at Dallas VA hospital

by Jennifer Cruz

The suspicious device turned out to be an oxygen tank with wires going to a box, but police say it was placed in a way as if to cause alarm.

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Vietnam vet takes first steps after more than 30 years (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

Maj. (Ret.) Terry Labar is one of six veterans currently enrolled in the study which uses a specially fitted robotic device to aid in mobility.

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House passes bill to restore gun rights to Veterans

by Chris Eger

Just a month after its introduction, a House bill to reverse the Department of Veterans Affairs’ practice of reporting some veterans to the FBI’s NICS system has been sent to the Senate.

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House Republicans push to restore gun rights to Veterans

by Chris Eger

Lawmakers have proposed a bill that would reverse the Department of Veterans Affairs' practice of reporting veterans to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check system.

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VA hospitals under fire for missing drugs

by Jennifer Cruz

Drug loss and theft in federal hospitals have skyrocketed nearly tenfold, from less than 300 in 2009 to just under 3,000 in 2015.

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Missing from the Social Security NICS conversation: 4.7 million records

by Chris Eger

With legislation approved by Congress on Wednesday to block a pending rule stripping gun rights from some SSA beneficiaries, a fact often ignored is that it will not have an impact on the millions of records already on file.

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4 resign from VA after vet dies with maggot-infested wound

by Jennifer Cruz

Executive Director Myles Deering said the 73-year-old Vietnam veteran died in October from sepsis, a result of an infection, not the parasites.

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