WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama said he will nominate Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs director Tammy Duckworth as assistant U.S. Veterans Affairs secretary.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Veterans Administration has met the challenges of a new generation of veterans, Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James Peake was sworn in Thursday as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court in San Francisco has upheld a lower court ruling backing Vietnam veterans who got cancer from exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange. In the latest case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled against the U.S. Departmen
WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) -- The Pentagon and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have been ordered by U.S. President George Bush to coordinate treatment of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington didn't take seriously congressional requests to safeguard veterans' information, The Hill reported.
WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Monday said personal information on some 26.5 million veterans and spouses has been stolen. The Cabinet-level agency, in a release, said one of its data analysts took home information including names, Social Securit
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A leaked report from the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs indicates the government is backing away from its denial of Gulf War syndrome.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi said Tuesday his agency faces $600 billion in costs over the next 30 years.
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The Secretary of Veterans Affairs said Tuesday his department is ready to meet the needs veterans returning home from Operation Iraqi Freedom.
