Warsaw VFW Makes Donation To Veterans Food Bank
The Warsaw Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1126 and Auxiliary recently donated about 300 pounds of food to the Veterans Affairs Hospital Food Bank in Fort Wayne.
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Warsaw VFW Auxiliary Donates To VA Hospital
VFW Auxiliary Post 1126 of Warsaw recently donated gas cards and food to the veterans hospital in Fort Wayne.
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New Life Insurance Program For Disabled Vets Launches
Disabled veterans will be guaranteed access to life insurance policies under a new Veterans Affairs program that launched Jan. 1.
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Banks, Lee Introduce Bill To Help Student Veterans
WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.-03) and Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03), both members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan Student Veteran Protection Act on Friday, Oct. 11. The bill would change how GI Bill overpayments are reimbursed by making schools, not student veterans, responsible … Read More
Young To Be In Warsaw
WARSAW — U.S. Rep. Todd Young, Indiana 9th District, Republican candidate for U.S. Senator, will be in Warsaw, from 11:15 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 19.
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Protecting And Defending Our Hoosier Defense Industry
By REP. JACKIE WALORSKI U.S. House of Representatives, Indiana District 2 The United States faces the “most diverse array of challenges and threats” in almost 50 years. Those were the words that James Clapper, the President’s director of National Intelligence, used at a recent Congressional hearing to describe … Read More
Servicemember’s Care Bill Passes Senate and House
WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly hopes to get his “Servicemembers and Veterans Mental Health Care Package” (“Care Package”) signed into law, which is just one portion of the national defense bill.
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Walorski Reacts To Military Sexual Assault Report
By LINDSAY JANCEK Communications Director, Office of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, member of the House Armed Services Committee, expressed her concern with the high rate of military sexual assaults after a report released by the Department of Defense reported 19,000 incidents of unwanted sexual contact in … Read More
Hotline To Help Homeless Veterans Falls Short
By LINDSAY JANCEK Communications Director for Congresswoman Jackie Walorski A Department of Veterans Affairs hotline established to help homeless veterans missed thousands of opportunities to help at-risk vets last year, the agency’s inspector general said. The VA’s National Call Center for Homeless Veterans, launched in mid-2012, didn’t consistently … Read More
VA Official Acknowledges Link Delays in Care and Deaths
For those who may have missed the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) hearing yesterday, Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) officials testified before HVAC and admitted they failed to review records of 5,600 veterans who were on waiting lists for appointments, which might have resulted in additional patients deaths. … Read More
GC Named ‘Military Friendly’ School
For the third consecutive year, G.I. Jobs magazine has recognized Grace College and Theological Seminary in Winona Lake as a “Military Friendly” school for 2013. The list of named schools is a product of years of research across government agencies and private entities, as well as a survey … Read More