Tag: veterans
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Delayed surgeries. A mass staff exodus. A culture of fear. New IG reports outline issues at Colorado VA hospital
Two VA Office of Inspector General reports released last week outlined numerous issues at the Rocky Mountain Region VA Medical Center
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Delayed surgeries. A mass staff exodus. A culture of fear. New IG reports outline issues at Aurora VA hospital
The Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora has stopped all cardiac surgeries for 11 months amid an exodus of clinical staff and leadership problems that created a culture of fear. That is according to two VA Office of Inspector General reports released last week. The documents outlined the problems that led to numerous clinical…
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5th Congressional District candidates talk veteran health care, Space Command and more at recent forum
Veteran health care, Space Command and foreign affairs were some of the hot topics Thursday night for six candidates hoping to next represent the El Paso County-based 5th Congressional District. About 100 people crowded the Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center, where there was standing room only to hear the candidates speak on issues important to…
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House passes $460 billion package of spending bills. Senate expected to act before shutdown deadline
The House has passed a $460 billion package of spending bills that would keep money flowing to key federal agencies through the remainder of the budget year
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V-J Day ‘Kiss’ photo stays on display as VA head reverses department memo that would’ve banned it
The Veterans Affairs secretary is reversing a department memo that aimed to ban VA displays of the iconic “V-J Day in Times Square” photograph showing a Navy sailor kissing a woman he did not know on the streets of New York at the end of World War II
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Democrats make play for veteran and military support as Trump homes in on GOP nomination
Recent statements by Donald Trump have fueled Democrats’ sense that there’s an opening among voters with strong military ties, and progressive veterans’ organizations are working to bridge the gap with what has long been a reliably red constituency
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Unclaimed veterans honored with final roll call, proper burial at Fort Logan National Cemetery
“Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another.” The message behind Vietnam Veterans of America’s national slogan was felt by dozens who gathered at an honors burial for seven unclaimed servicemen at Fort Logan National Cemetery on Thursday afternoon, giving those veterans a proper sendoff to their final resting place. (Video: Tim Hurst/Denver Gazette)
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Colorado Springs veterans, families commemorate end of Korean War
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Korean War was brought to a truce on July 27, 1953, with the signing of an armistice agreement between the United States, the People’s Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea. For many, that was the start of the conflict fading into being…
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Colorado Springs veterans, families commemorate end of Korean War
The Korean War was brought to a truce on July 27, 1953, with the signing of an armistice agreement between the United States, the People’s Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea. For many, that was the start of the conflict fading into being known as America’s “Forgotten War.” But the ones who were…
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Colorado Springs veterans share comradeship at weekly gatherings
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Roger Fortin is quite the social butterfly. The 78-year-old retired airman fluttered from one group of veterans to the next Wednesday during a weekly gathering at a Colorado Springs restaurant. For the past 13 years, Fortin — who served six years in the Navy and…