Did Congress Designate Confederate Soldiers as United States Veterans?

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Kim LaCapria

Aug 24, 2017 Debates over monuments led to a rumor that Confederate soldiers are legally considered veterans ...

Did a VA Hospital Replace Military Flags with a Pride Flag?

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Kim LaCapria

Jun 15, 2018 An Indiana veterans facility temporarily removed military flags to fly a rainbow flag, an action ...

Did President Trump Donate His First-Quarter 2018 Salary to the Department of Veterans Affairs?

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David Emery

Jun 4, 2018 In keeping with his campaign promise to forgo a presidential salary, the White House announced i ...

Did President Trump Sign an Executive Order Giving Veterans Free Care at Any Hospital?

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Dan Evon

Mar 9, 2018 A viral Facebook post exaggerated efforts to give military veterans affordable and accessible he ...

Did Donald Trump's 2018 Budget Proposal Cut Support for Disabled Veterans?

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Dan MacGuill

Jan 23, 2018 The president's plan did call for changes that would have had a significant financial effect on ...

VA Secretary Reverses Plan to Shift $460 Million From Program to Help Homeless Veterans

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Dan MacGuill

Dec 7, 2017 Following a backlash, David Shulkin said there would be no reallocation of funding away from the ...

Has Representative Frederica Wilson Never Supported Pro-Veteran Legislation?

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Dan MacGuill

Oct 23, 2017 A conservative web site offers an incomplete, misleading and false summary of Wilson's legislati ...

Army Veteran Dies After Maggots Are Discovered in Wound

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Arturo Garcia

Dec 9, 2016 Owen Reese Peterson's son said staffers at a veteran's facility in Oklahoma refused to change hi ...

600 Veterans Possibly Infected with HIV and Hepatitis at VA Facility in Wisconsin

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David Emery

Dec 4, 2016 The VA says there is no indication infections were transmitted by a dentist using unauthorized e ...

Veterans' Corpses Found Rotting in Chicago VA’s Morgue?

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Kim LaCapria

Oct 3, 2016 A clickbait web site used a misleading picture to advance a rumor about unclaimed veterans' corp ...