What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Durbin Amendment Would Establish Pilot Recruiting Program.
2. Sestak Proposes Increased Housing Assistance For Veterans.
3. In Unanimous Vote, Senate Passes Omnibus Veterans Bill.
4. GAO: Post-Deployment Questionnaires Missing.
5. VA Hospital Found To Have Committed Multiple Cancer Treatment Errors.
6. Dorn VAMC To Open New Clinic.
7. Loma Linda VA To Host Event For Women Veterans.
8. VA Hospital To Cut Ribbon On New Palliative Care Unit.
9. Following Contract Dispute, VA Clinic In New York To Move.
10. Planners Looking To Increase Burial Space At Chattanooga National Cemetery.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Military Construction-VA Spending Bill Includes $3.3 Billion IT Budget.
2. Durbin: VA Rural Recruiting Measure Clears Senate.
3. "Ominous" Phone Message Tells Veterans About Education Claims Backlog.
4. Obama Chooses Petzel To Serve As VA's Undersecretary For Health.
5. Subcommittee Approves Veterans Appeals Improvement And Modernization Act.
6. Concern Expressed About Cemetery's Nondenominational Policy.
7. Forbes Concerned That VA's Decision On Agent Orange Illnesses Will Increase Backlog.
8. Mobile Vet Centers To Continue Providing Counseling Services In Fort Hood Area.
9. VA Therapy Helps Iraq Vet To Compete In New York City Marathon.
10. New York Department Of Labor Holds Veterans Job Fair.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Disability Evaluation System To Be Implemented At Six New Locations.
2. Suicides In US Army Expected To Reach New High.
3. Coburn Offers Amendment To Omnibus Veterans Healthcare Bill.
4. Phoenix VA Serving More Veterans.
5. Report: Over $98 Billion Wasted By Government Agencies, Including VA.
6. VA, US Olympic Committee To Expand Paralympics Sport Programs.
7. First, Second Ladies To Celebrate Women In The Military.
8. Analysis: Despite "National Focus," Surgical Errors Continue.
9. "Bad" Cholesterol Down In US Adults, But Screening Target Not Met.
10. Facility To Undergo Multiple Renovation, Construction Projects.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Disability Evaluation System Pilot Program To Be Expanded. 
2. Shinseki Planning To Implement Report's VA-Med School Recommendations. 
3. Advocate Stresses Importance Of Shinseki's Vow On Veteran Homelessness. 
4. Columnist Urges Readers To Visit A VA Hospital. 
5. Former VA Nurse Cared For Wounded In Fort Hood Shooting. 
6. Dorn VAMC, Other VA Hospitals, Recognize National Prosthetic Day. 
7. New Fayetteville VAMC Director Planning To Observe, Find Out What Works. 
8. Spivey-Paul Retires From VA. 
9. University Of Louisville, City Propose Downtown VA Hospital.
10.  Cancer Patient At VA Hospital Receives "Unusually Large Dose Of Radiation." 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Local Impact Of VA GI Bill Tuition Funds Noted. 
2. Obama Praised For Veterans Day Visit To Arlington Cemetery. 
3. Study Indicates More Veterans Die From Lack Of Healthcare Than Combat In Afghanistan. 
4. Massachusetts Veterans Receive "Welcome Home Bonuses" At Veterans Day Ceremony. 
5. Programs Helping Returning Veterans Learn Job Skills. 
6. Miss America Visits Patients At Baltimore VAMC. 
7. New Illinois VAMC Clinic To Host Open House. 
8. Tennessee VAMC Holds Drive-Through Flu Vaccination Exercise. 
9. Schrader Hosts Oregon Veterans Forum. 
10. South Dakota Legislature Moves Toward Establishing Separate VA. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Shinseki Praised As VA Chief Most "Impatient" With Status Quo. 
2. Citizens, Community Urged To Help VA Reintegrate Traumatized Soldiers.
3. Shinseki Co-Chairs New Council Spearheading Federal Jobs For Veterans. 
4. Serious Shortage Of Mental-Health Counselor Seen In Afghanistan. 
5. Duckworth Interviewed On Combat Veterans' Mental Health Issues, Her Future Plans. 
6. Iraq, Afghan Vets' Outreach Worker Profiled. 
7. Veterans' Counselor Offers Story Of Iraq Returnee's PTSD As Invisible Scar. 
8. Veteran's Post-Separation Woes Said Due To PTSD. 
9. Erie, Pennsylvania Gets Stimulus Funds For Homeless Female Veterans. 
10.  VA Counseling Center In Marietta Opens Today.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Administration, Congress Seek To Provide More Assistance To Homeless, Jobless Vets.
2. GAO: VistA Modernization Could Go $350 Million Over Budget. 
3. Lawmakers Optimistic That Improvements Will Be Made At Marion VAMC. 
4. Veterans Day Speech Includes Portion Of Shinseki Message. 
5. Shinseki Attends Fundraising Gala For Wounded Veterans Support Organization. 
6. Duckworth Celebrates Her "Alive Day." 
7. VA Planning To Open New Clinic In Massachusetts. 
8. Tomah VAMC Honors WWII Vets. 
9. Marines Celebrate Corps' Birthday At Eisenhower VAMC. 
10. Program To Offer Free Legal Assistance To Vets Having Trouble With Claims.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. CIO Says Transition Helped Him Understand Where VA Most Needed Help.
2. As He Ponders Afghan Course, Obama Pays Homage To America's Veterans. 
3. Shinseki Joins Bidens At Lunch For Vets, Active-Duty Servicemembers. 
4. Over 2,200 US Veterans Found To Have Died In 2008 Due To Lack Of Health Insurance. 
5. First Lady Announces Community Service Organization For Vets. 
6. Shinseki Praised For Adding New Judges To Board Of Veterans' Appeals. 
7. Former Astronaut Praises Veterans. 
8. More Vet Centers Opening As Number Of Soldier Suicides Increase. 
9. Yarmuth Says Decision On VA Hospital Could Be Made By End Of Year. 
10. VA Hospital Pays Tribute To Veterans Who Died In Facility This Year. 

HAPPY VETERANS DAY AND THANK YOU VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Obama, Shinseki To Mark Veterans Day At Arlington. 
2. Two VA Employees Killed, A Third Wounded In Fort Hood Shootings. 
3. Congress, Obama Focused On Employment Opportunities For Veterans. 
4. Iraq Vet Confident Problems With New GI Bill Benefits Will Be Resolved. 
5. Sestak Looking To Make Sure Incarcerated Vets Receive Proper Medical Treatment. 
6. Lawmakers To Get Explanation About Problems At Marion VAMC. 
7. Government, Family Of Deceased Iraq Vet Settle Lawsuit. 
8. Another Lawsuit Filed Over Burn Pits In Iraq.
9. Hundreds Displaced By Hurricane Katrina To Mark Last Veterans Day In DC. 
10. Tentative Agreement Averts Cloture On Veterans Caregiver Bill. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. White House Launches Veterans Employment Initiative. 
2. Despite Good Treatment From VA, Vet Still Worried About Agent Orange. 
3. VA's Ability To Improve Hospital In Marion, Illinois, Questioned. 
4. Perception Of Substandard Care Said To Be A Concern For Fayetteville VAMC. 
5. Shinseki Recognizes Veterans Day Events In Virginia Beach. 
6. In Wake Of Ft. Hood Shooting, Therapist Unit's Mission Being Reviewed. 
7. Coburn, Senate Democrats Clash Over Veteran Caregiver Bill. 
8. Strawberry Field "Helping Revitalize" VA Campus. 
9. VA Psychiatrist Stresses Importance Of Taking Suicidal Thoughts Seriously. 
10. Names Added To Black Granite Wall of Honor In California.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. VA, Advocacy Group Focused On Homeless Vets. 
2. Shinseki To Attend US Chamber Of Commerce Event. 
3. US Military Said To Be Facing "Intractable" Mental Health Problem. 
4. Congress Passes "Procession" Of Veterans Assistance Bills. 
5. Video Game Company, Administration To Help Vets Find Employment. 
6. VA Offering Women Vets "Head-To-Toe Care." 
7. Event To Discuss VA Clinic Services. 
8. Congress Considers Expanding Troops To Teachers Program. 
9. Invitation To Veterans And Families. 
10. Britain Honors War Dead, Including Those Killed In Afghanistan, Iraq. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Shinseki Praises Craigslist Founder For Serving On VA Benefits Panel.
2. American Legion Backing Shinseki's "Ambitious" Homeless Vet Program.
3. Palo Alto VAMC Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center Profiled.
4. Minnesota Blue Star Mothers Organize Candy Drive In.
5. USAA Opens Financial Services To All Honorably Discharged Veterans.
6. Veterans Day Events Planned.
7. Soldiers Project Helps Veterans Cope With Mental Health Challenges.
8. New York National Cemetery Set To Grow By 33,000 Plots.
9. More Diseases Associated With Agent Orange.
10. Florida Woman Accuses VA Of Withholding Husband's Death Certificate.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Shinseki Calling For Comprehensive Review Of Procedures At Troubled VAMC. 
2. GI Bill Backlog Impacting Students At University Of Tennessee. 
3. Hunting, Other Outdoor Activities Help Veterans Cope With Injuries. 
4. Former Homeless Vet Starts Group To Help Others In Maryland. 
5. Mullen Addresses Stigma Of PTSD At Norfolk Conference. 
6. VA Seen As "Pioneer" Of EHRs. 
7. Muhammad's Lawyers Cite Gulf War Syndrome In Arguing For Clemency. 
8. New Hampshire VAMC To Host National PTSD Center. 
9. Stimulus Hastens Expansion, Upgrades Scheduled For Colorado VAMC. 
10. VA Clashes With Alaska Veterans Homes Over Blister Packs. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Shinseki Announces $3.2 Billion Plan To End Veteran Homelessness. 
2. Illinois Delegation To Meet With Shinseki Over Troubled VAMC. 
3. Shinseki Mentioned In Essay On Military Leadership. 
4. IG Report Faults VA's Stimulus Funding Data Reporting. 
5. Bigger IEDs In Afghanistan Increase Soldiers' Spinal Injuries. 
6. Sniper's Attorneys Cite Gulf War Syndrome In Bid For SCOTUS To Prevent Execution. 
7. Bureaucracy Preventing Alaska Vets From Receiving VA Meds. 
8. Low Turnout For Texas VA Hospital Vote. 
9. New Mexico Legislature's Veterans Committee Set To Meet Next Week. 
10. Michigan VAMC Restricting Underage Visitors Because Of H1N1. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Florida Retired Military Group Honored For Helping Wounded Veterans. 
2. White House Video Features First Lady, Jill Biden Honoring Vets At World Series. 
3. Mississippi High School To Honor Veterans At Annual Breakfast. 
4. Blue Star Mothers Organize Candy Drive For Troops At Oklahoma Dentist Office. 
5. North Carolina Military Mothers To Discuss Forming Blue Star Chapter. 
6. Florida Elks Honor Veterans. 
7. October's Jump In Active-Duty Suicides Seen As Worrying Military Experts. 
8. Kirk Calls For H1N1 Vaccine For Veterans Before Guantánamo Detainees. 
9. VA Extends Agent Orange Benefits. 
10. Veterans Day Observances Planned. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Shinseki, Congress Concerned About Burn Pit Smoke. 
2. Cell Phone Option Improves Ability To Find Deceased Veterans' Graves. 
3. Women Vets Of Iraq, Afghan Suffer From PTSD, May React By Withdrawing. 
4. Anthrax Vaccine Couldn't Have Caused Gulf War Syndrome, Article Asserts. 
5. Guardsman's Murder Trial Asserting PTSD Defense Is Detailed. 
6. New GI Bill Attracts Veterans To Colleges. 
7. Delayed GI Bill Benefits Leave Some Veterans Waiting. 
8. Following Injury, Iraq Vet Says VA Is His "Dream Job." 
9. Sister, VA Differ On Blame For Iraq Vet's Death. 
10. First Responders Conference To Include PTSD Seminar. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. White House Blog Hails Shinseki-Gates Mental Health Summit. 
2. Technology Writer Hails Shinseki, Others At VA For Tough Line On IT Contracts. 
3. Brain-Injured Vet Fighting VA For Full Disability. 
4. Iraq, Afghan Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury Has More Severe Vision Problems. 
5. Using Iraq-Afghan Vets' Records, VA Doctor Probes Gender Differences In Pain Perception. 
6. Non-Profit Groups Gets Segways For Wounded Vets. 
7. IAVA Executive Director Rieckhoff Profiled. 
8. Honor Flight Participant Calls It "Tremendous Program." 
9. Fort Myers Vet Center Will Hold Open House November 3. 
10. Article Debunks Swine Flu "Myths," Including Anthrax Vaccine Tie To Gulf War Syndrome. 

(Washington, DC) - A letter of October 26st from twenty-eight Congressmen to the Secretary of the Navy expressed frustration and disappointment over the Navy’s failure to provide assistance to Camp Lejeune veterans and dependents affected by the contamination of the base water wells.

The Congressional representatives questioned the Navy’s failure to develop a strategy to address the health effects of exposure to contaminated drinking water. 

Camp Lejeune’s drinking water was contaminated with organic solvents and other chemicals between the years 1958 and 1987.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Veterans Want Iraqi Flag Removed From Parkersburg Vet Center. 
2. Georgia Veteran Tries To Inform VA That He Is Still Alive. 
3. Stand Down Against Homelessness Events Held. 
4. Fort Worth VA Clinic Lease To Cost $125.2 Million. 
5. VA Scrutinized Over Awarding Of Contract To ACS Federal. 
6. Unclaimed Cremains Of Three New Jersey Veterans Laid To Rest. 
7. "Battle Of The Lost Battalion" Gala. 
8. Lockey Named Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery Director. 
9. Soldier On Plans Home For Veterans In Pittsfield, Massachusetts. 
10. New Hampshire Resident Seeks Answer On Veterans License Plate Cost Increase. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. VA Seeking Contractor Assistance In Processing New GI Bill Claims. 
2. VA "Only Recourse Left" For Vietnam Vets Exposed To Agent Orange. 
3. Boswell Focused On Breast Cancer's Threat To Armed Forces. 
4. Shinseki Urged To Reconsider VA Stance On Nevada Clinic. 
5. Ensign Asks Shinseki For Extension On VA Clinic Bid. 
6. Shinseki Asked To Convert Old Hospital Into VA Facility. 
7. First Lady, Jill Biden Greeted Warmly At VA Hospital. 
8. Coburn Criticized For Placing Hold On Pending Veterans Legislation. 
9. Bayh Introduces Chemical Exposure Bill. 
10. Doctor Pushing For Widespread Use Of House Calls. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. VA To Use Automated Tool When Processing New GI Bill Claims. 
2. Michelle Obama, Jill Biden To Honor Vets Prior To Game One Of World Series. 
3. Lawmaker Pushing For Joint DOD, VA Breast Cancer Study. 
4. Bay Pines VAMC Offering Family Education Series. 
5. Former CEO of the American Battle Monuments Commission To Be Awarded Silver Star.  
6. Organizers Hope Outreach Campaign Will Reverse Stand Down Attendance Slide. 
7. Iowa City VAMC Restricting Visitors To Control Spread Of H1N1. 
8. Former VA Nurse Sentenced For Stealing Narcotics. 
9. York VAMC Plays Part In Kidnapping Case. 
10. Following Review, Some VA Technology Projects Stopped, Others Restarted. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. During Appearance With Shinseki, Gates Says Injured US Troops Face Too Much Bureaucracy. 
2. World Series Game To Be Dedicated To Veterans Support Initiative. 
3. VistA Seen As Potential Model For Providers Striving To Meet IT Requirements. 
4. Controversy Surrounds Payment To Deceased Vietnam Vet. 
5. OMB Advisor: IT Projects To Benefit From Second Wave Of Stimulus Spending. 
6. Planned Swap Would Secure Land For Veterans Cemetery In Tennessee. 
7. Vet Says No Dermatologist At El Paso VA. 
8. Stork Gets Lost, Stops At VA Center. 
9. Program Provided Support, Info To New Veterans. 
10. Dinah Cohen: Helping Wounded Veterans Re-Enter The Workforce. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 

1. Shinseki Expands Agent Orange Illnesses List. 
2. Shinseki Asked To Eliminate PTSD Benefits Requirement. 
3. Older Veterans File Most Claims. 
4. Technological Advances Allowing Amputees To Continue Pre-Injury Pursuits. 
5. US Military "Focusing On Epilepsy." 
6. Vet Struggling With PTSD At Risk On Another Front. 
7. Despite VA Successes, Electronic Health Records Can Have Drawbacks. 
8. VA Officials, Like Counterparts, Wrestle With Rules For Scarce Resources In Pandemic. 
9. Embassy: Over 11,000 FVEC Claims Processed. 
10. VA To Hold Open House For Relocated VA Clinic In Wyoming.     

Veterans of EPA Superfund sites are at risk for bladder cancer from organic solvent exposure.  A simple and non-evasive test is available to detect bladder cancer.  

(Somerdale, NJ) - Those that served and were exposed to toxic chemicals have a critical need to know what chemicals they were exposed to and access to medical screening to stay healthy. No reasonable person would disagree with this.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Obama Signs Advance VA Funding Bill. 
2. VA, Other Agencies Thanked For Improving Service Delivery To Certain Wounded Vets. 
3. Three Illnesses On Revised List Of Possible Agent Orange Service-Connected Diseases. 
4. Grant To Pay For $32 Million Expansion Of Calverton National Cemetery. 
5. Odierno Praises Shinseki. 
6. VA Doctors, Nurses Meet With Staff From Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. 
7. Subcommittee Approves Bill That Would Allow Parents To Be Buried With Deceased Vets. 
8. Vietnam Vet Concerned About Lack Of H1N1 Vaccine At Marion VA. 
9. New VA Clinic Opens In Illinois. 
10. Companies In California Pursue VA Facility. 

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Webb Calls For Investigation Of VA Hospital. 
2. Ex-Postal Clerk Sentenced To Probation For Stealing Meds From Disabled Vets.
3. VA Expanding Agent Orange Coverage. 
4. Act Would Provide Post-Deployment Mental Health Screenings. 
5. Construction Begins On Two VA Projects In Florida. 
6. VA Unveils New Mobile Vet Center. 
7. DOD To Pay Retroactive Stop-Loss Compensation. 
8. Marine Sentenced To Prison For Falsely Claiming To Be Injured War Hero. 
9. Organization Hoping VA Will Take Over Hospital Space In Tennessee. 
10. Navy Petty Officer Punished For Hazing.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. First Lady Praises VA Employees.
2. VA Engineer, Some Local Residents Differ On Need For Security Upgrades At VA Hospital.  
3. VA To Call Students, Ask About Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits. 
4. VA Announces Grave-Locator Service For Mobile Devices. 
5. US Military's Handling Of Camp Liberty Shooting Criticized. 
6. Obama Asked To Review Personality Disorder Discharge System. 
7. VA Hospital Involved With Disability Employment Awareness Forum. 
8. Former Pro Football Player In Charge Of Constructing VA Hospital. 
9. Hall Discusses VA's PTSD Proposal With "Generally Supportive" Vets. 
10. Homeless Veterans Assistance Vouchers Awarded In Colorado.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. First Lady To Visit VA. 
2. Obama To Honor Vietnam Vets. 
3. Marine Accused Of Faking Injuries To Plead Guilty. 
4. Florida Soldier's Home Contaminated With Chinese Drywall.
5. Attack In Afghanistan Seen As Symbol Of Challenge Faced By Administration.
6. Winneshiek Medical Center Offers Space For VA. 
7. VA Medical Network Cares About All Veterans. 
8. VAIHCS To Sponsor Concert For Veterans Day. 
9. Calverton National Cemetery To Expand. 
10. Speeding Eligibility Claims.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. VA Weighs Streamlined Claims For PTSD; Shinseki Vows Improvements. 
2. More Students Showing Up At College With GI Bill Money. 
3. Lawmakers Applaud Shinseki For Helping Fix VA Benefits. 
4. Secretary Shinseki Designates 41 Regional Veterans Day Sites. 
5. More Vets Seek Help For PTSD From VA Northern Indiana Health Care System. 
6. US Army Urging Soldiers To Search For "Post-Traumatic Growth." 
7. Study: Vets With PTSD Have Increased Post-Surgery Death Risk.
8. Intrepid Heroes Fund Touts Treatment Facility Group Is Building. 
9. Shinseki's Iraq War Advice Recalled. 
10. Report From Iraq, Afghan Veterans Says Women In Military Have Added Challenges.

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans

1. Wilson: New GI Bill Delays May Last Into Next Year. 
2. VA To Make It Easier For Some Agent Orange-Exposed Vets To Qualify For Benefits. 
3. "Controversial" Homeless Assistance Project Restricted To Vets. 
4. No Bids For VA Clinic In Nevada. 
5. Tentative Approval Given To Funding New Vets Home In North Carolina. 
6. VA Proposes New Combat-Related Stress Policy. 
7. Military Somewhat Eases Rules On Afghan War Photographs. 
8. Obama Urging Stimulus Payment For Seniors, Vets, Others. 
9. Court Sides With VA In Parasitic Disease Case. 
10. Obama "Committed" To Building VA Hospital In New Orleans.