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Indian tribe recognition process overhauled

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is making it easier for some Indian tribes to obtain federal recognition, addressing a longstanding grievance of many Native Americans. ...

DATE: Jun 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP seeks more logging

Lawmakers say cuts would help heal forests

DATE: Jun 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. Capitol lockdown lifted after suspected suicide

WASHINGTON – A precautionary lockdown of the U.S. Capitol has been lifted after shots were fired in an apparent suicide attempt. Capitol Police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider says...

DATE: Apr 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

VA challenged on handling of whistleblower charges

WASHINGTON – Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson says he is deeply disappointed that whistleblower complaints about patient care are not being taken seriously. He is ag...

DATE: Jun 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Gaming’ VA patient waits nothing new

Problem started at least 11 years ago

DATE: May 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gunman’s doctor before rampage: ‘No problem there’

WASHINGTON – The gunman who killed 12 people in last year’s rampage at Washington’s Navy Yard convinced Veterans Affairs doctors before the shootings that he had no mental health issues desp...

DATE: Jan 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Wars wind down, veterans flock to college

TOLEDO, Ohio – Adam Fisher isn’t your typical college freshman. At 25, he’s older than most of his classmates. He’s married, too. And while most of his fellow students spent the p...

DATE: Oct 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

VA shows progress on backlog

WASHINGTON – The Veterans Affairs Department is chipping away at a massive inventory of disability claims for veterans, reducing the number of claims considered backlogged by about 13 percen...

DATE: Jun 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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