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News Articles: Veteran's Affairs

Scuba-diving instruction takes place at a U.S. Navy training facility (not involved in this case).

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  • Law

Georgia scuba instructor described as ‘architect’ of $6 million VA fraud scheme sentenced to prison

Kenneth Meers and co-conspirators exploited a veteran education program “purely for their personal enrichment,” the DOJ said.

December 12, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
photo of a soldier looking down in a group meeting

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  • Mental Health

Veteran deaths by suicide decline over pandemic as 'invisible wounds of war' are addressed

Experts say treatment that focuses on so-called 'invisible wounds of war,' such as substance use and post-traumatic stress disorders, is improving the quality of life for veterans. That’s likely contributing to the declining rate of suicide among former service members here in Georgia. 

 

September 26, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Atlanta VA Medical Center

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  • Health Care

VA eyes major changes in health care, Georgia stands to gain Gwinnett, Macon medical centers

Georgia stands to gain Gwinnett, Macon medical centers.

March 15, 2022
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By:
  • Jennifer Shutt
Retired Army Sgt. Felix McDermott is buried in Pennsylvania's Westmoreland County. His death is one of seven that Reta Mays has been charged with.

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  • National

Former VA Medical Worker Pleads Guilty To Murdering 7 Patients In West Virginia

Reta Mays was charged with killing seven patients by injecting them with insulin. She worked as a nursing assistant on the night shift at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Clarksburg.

July 14, 2020
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By:
  • Merrit Kennedy and
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, left, speaks with Veterans Health Administration Executive in Charge Dr. Richard Stone, right.

Report Of Ant Infestation Pushes VA To Make Changes

An official has been put on leave and others reassigned following a report of a cancer patient bitten more than 100 times by ants at a U.S. Department...

September 18, 2019
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  • Associated Press
Garrett Cathcart in Afghanistan

VA Announces Renewed Focus On Mental Health Outreach

Garrett Cathcart of Atlanta waited six years after the end of his active duty military service to step into a therapist’s office. He says his military...

June 24, 2019
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By:
  • Caroline Catherman
Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid, on her nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 in Washington.

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  • Politics

Weight Lifted Off Isakson’s Back

On this edition of Political Rewind, a weight is lifted from Johnny Isakson’s back: President Trump’s embattled personal doctor, Ronny Jackson,...

April 27, 2018
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, M.D., left, sits with Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Veteran's Affairs Committee, before their meeting on Capitol Hill, Monday, April 16, 2018 in Washington.

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  • Politics

Georgia’s Isakson Plays Key Role In Fate Of Trump’s VA Secretary Nominee

On this edition of Political Rewind, President Trump sends mixed signals about his support for his embattled nominee to head the Veterans’...

April 25, 2018
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
Crystal and Donovan Hernandez of Columbus, Georgia on their wedding day in 2010. Donovan, an Army veteran, killed himself in 2014.

A Lifeline For Veterans In Need

Federal data show the suicide rate among veterans has risen over the last decade . In 2007, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs approached this...

March 22, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers
President Donald Trump speaks during a "Friends of Ireland" luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 16, 2017.

How Will Proposed Trump Budget Affect Georgia?

The Trump administration unveiled its proposed 2018 budget Thursday morning. Unsurprisingly, the budget calls for significant increases in military and...

March 20, 2017
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By:
  • Sam Whitehead ,
  • Ezra Morris ,
  • and 4 more
President Barack Obama speaks to the Disabled Veterans' annual convention, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, in Atlanta.

Despite Achievements, Obama Says Work To Be Done To Support Veterans

President Obama visited Atlanta Monday to discuss his administration’s efforts to help the nation’s veterans. He told the annual meeting of the Disabled...

August 01, 2016
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By:
  • Sam Whitehead

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