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VA and Vet Groups Announce Backlog Initiative
Military.com | May 21, 2013
The Department of Veterans Affairs and two of the country’s leading veterans’ service organizations say they have developed a plan to speed up action on disability claims and help bring down the claims backlog that is frustrating veterans, their families, and congressional lawmakers. The three organizations are hoping to do it in part by gettin... more
House Passes New Stolen Valor Act
Military.com | May 21, 2013
The House on Monday overwhelmingly voted for the latest version of the Stolen Valor Act, a law that will make it a crime to don the medals and ribbons that soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen are awarded for combat actions. The legislation passed 309 to three. A 2005 version of the law was struck down by the Supreme Court last June, when it ... more
Court: BCD No Disqualifier for Vet Preference
| May 21, 2013
A Waukesha, Wisc., man who lost out on a good job with the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin after it decided he didn't qualify for the veteran's preference because he left the Navy for "bad conduct" says he's happy the Court of Appeals has ruled against the college. "I did what the VA told me and ended up in the middle of something I didn't ex... more
Court: US Can Keep Bin Laden Photos Under Wraps
Associated Press | May 21, 2013
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia turned down an appeal from Judicia... more
Soldier to be Buried 70 Years After Death in WWII
UPI | May 21, 2013
An American soldier whose remains were recovered seven decades after he died during World War II will be buried with family in Pennsylvania, officials say. U.S. Army Pvt. William Yawney had been missing since July 1944 when he was killed during the Battle of Saipan, The Express-Times of Easton, Penn., reported Monday. Military officials told Y... more