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As new vets go online, VA and others follow

Tech-savvy vets finding support online.

Tags: technology , Veterans Affairs , Army Reserve , DoD , VFW , Afghanistan , GI Bill

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Order calls for interagency cooperation on veterans' mental health

Executive order calls for vets in emotional distress to be seen by a professional within 24 hours. It also enlists HHS, Education, DoD and VA in interagency partnerships to find treatments for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress.

Tags: VA , DoD , HHS , Education , mental health , executive order , Barack Obama , Veterans of Foreign Wars , John Hamilton , Brian Bertges , Jared Serbu

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Vets' jobless rate climbs to nearly 10 percent

The American Legion's Joseph Sharpe explains why vets continue to struggle to find work as the nation's overall jobless rate declines.

Tags: Joseph Sharpe , VA , unemployment , hiring , Dorobek Insider , DoD Report

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Record claims spur demand for automation at VA

The Department of Veterans Affairs, which processed a record one million claims in 2010, is still seeing claims come in faster than it can process them and expects even more new filings in 2011. Despite that, VA hopes to eliminate its backlog of claims by 2015.

Tags: VA , technology , management , disability claims , Eric Shinseki , Veterans Benefits Administration , female veterans , veterans , claims processing , Jared Serbu

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Veterans keeping up the fight for slots

War veterans' organizations are taking another shot at passing legislation allowing them to operate slot machines to offset dire finances at posts across the state.

Tags: slots , Veterans of Foreign Wars , Maryland House of Delegates , Maryland State Senate , Sheila Hixson

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Preservation group backs Gettysburg casino

Proponents of a project to convert Gettysburg's Eisenhower Conference Center into a gambling casino received new support from a surprising corner -- the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association.

Tags: Civil War , Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association , Gettysburg , Mason Dixon Resort & Casino , No Casino Gettysburg , Evan Haning

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