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Published: Nov. 2, 2008 at 9:15 PM
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 2 (UPI) — The U.S. Veterans Administration has mistakenly posted patients’ personal information online, officials said.
The VA hospital in Portland, Ore., said the federal agency posted such personal information as Social Security numbers of about 1,600 patients in Oregon alone.
The (Portland) Oregonian reported Sunday that the [...]
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By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Oct 17, 2008 8:02:15 EDT
Department of Veterans Affairs regional offices have been ordered to immediately stop shredding documents after an investigation found some benefits claims and supporting documents among piles of papers waiting to be destroyed.
Claims often include personal records supplied by veterans that are not duplicated [...]
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By Joshua Kors, The Nation
Posted on September 4, 2008, Printed on September 4, 2008
Sgt. Juan Jimenez had one of the most dangerous jobs in Iraq, ushering top Administration officials through the war-torn streets of Baghdad. He returned home with two Purple Hearts and shrapnel lodged in his right arm. Today he is gravely ill.
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Published: June 17, 2008 at 4:11 PM
U.S. veterans returned from Iraq and Afghanistan are subjects of U.S. government-approved testing of drugs with severe side effects, a news investigation found.
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By Les Blumenthal
McClatchy Newspapers
Wednesday 23 April 2008
Washington - The Veterans Administration has lied about the number of veterans who’ve attempted suicide, a senator charged Wednesday, citing internal e-mails that put the number at 12,000 a year when the department [...]
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By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Posted on March 18, 2008, Printed on March 18, 2008
For at least four years, since the 2004 presidential election when a veteran, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., was the Democratic Party nominee, the Department of Veterans Affairs has blocked efforts to help U.S. soldiers register to vote at its facilities in [...]
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