APNewsBreak: US to pay millions for Agent Orange claims
By HOPE YEN Ending years of wait, the government agreed Thursday to provide disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservists and active-duty forces exposed to Agent Orange…
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SHUTDOWN IMPACT: DEFENSE WORKERS RETURN TO WORK
Protestors hold signs during a during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, as the budget battle…
OBAMA TO ADDRESS CONVENTION OF DISABLED VETERANS
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, as they travel to…
VETERANS FIGHT CHANGES TO DISABILITY PAYMENTS
By KEVIN FREKING In this March 24, 2013 photo, former Marine Corps Cpl. Marshall Archer, left, a veterans’ liaison for the city of Portland, Maine, speaks to a man on…
AP: COSTS OF US WARS LINGER FOR OVER 100 YEARS
By MIKE BAKER OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service…