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December 1, 2015

Clay Hunt Veteran Suicide Bill Blocked in Senate by Coburn

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, senator has successfully blocked a vote on a veterans’ suicide bill.,Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, has successfully blocked a vote on a veterans' suicide bill, leaving it to backers to re-introduce the legislation next year.

December 1, 2015

Arlington Suicide Victim Was 92-Year-old AF Vet

The man who killed himself last week at Arlington National Cemetery was a 92-year-old Air Force veteran.

December 1, 2015

Lawmaker not satisfied with VA apology for error in report on patient deaths

The Department of Veterans Affairs is apologizing for what it called an "inadvertent" mistake that underreported the number of deaths linked to delays in cancer treatment at VA medical facilities.

December 1, 2015

USS Constellation headed for Texas scrapyard

A third U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is headed to Brownsville, Texas for dismantling.

December 1, 2015

World War II vet, 90, closer to getting Marines to fix AWOL error in war record

A 90-year-old decorated World War II veteran who survived some of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific is now making one last stand to see his erroneous war records corrected.

December 1, 2015

Settlement reached in 'misleading' NY veterans charity case

A direct-mail fundraising company that sent solicitations on behalf of a disabled veterans' charity but took in most of the money raised will pay $9.7 million in damages and the charity will re-organize its board and reform its practices as part of a $24.6 million settlement, the state attorney general's office said.

December 1, 2015

Marine jailed in Mexico says first court hearing did not go as expected

A Mexican federal judge sent Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi back to prison Wednesday after he made his first official courtroom appearance. 

December 1, 2015

'Heart of a lion': Quadruple amputee Afghanistan vet prepares for arm transplant

Marine Sgt. John Peck is one of very few quadruple amputees to survive the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he is preparing for his next mission: an experimental double-arm transplant that will give him, in part, his freedom back.

December 1, 2015

Ex-Phoenix VA Hospital Boss Firing Upheld for Accepting Illegal Gifts

An appeals board has backed the firing of Sharon Helman as director of the VA medical center in Phoenix, Arizona.,An appeals board has backed the firing of Sharon Helman as director of the VA medical center in Phoenix, Arizona, but not because it connected her to long patient wait-times and manipulated data at the hospital.

December 1, 2015

Man known as kissing sailor in WWII-era picture dies

A man who became known for claiming he was the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square in a famous World War II-era photo taken by a Life magazine photographer has died. Glenn McDuffie was 86.