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Lawyers Try To Fight Death Penalty With New PTSD Understanding
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: No one disputes that Andrew Brannan murdered Deputy Sheriff Kyle Dinkheller in 1998. A police dashboard video...
View ArticleVA Data Show Disparities In Veteran Benefits Spending
NPR — along with seven public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live. We're calling the project "Back at Base."This is the first of a...
View ArticleVA Steps Up Programs As More Veterans Enter Hospice Care
Ask Americans if someone in their family served in the military, and the answer is probably no. After all, fewer than 1 percent of Americans serve these days.But ask if one of their grandfathers...
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End Of Life Care Can Be Different For Veterans
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Half of the men who die every day in the U.S. are veterans. That's according to the Department of Veterans...
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VA Secretary Apologies For Exaggerating Military Service
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Today the head of the VA apologized for claiming he'd been in the military's special forces when he hadn't....
View Article9 Iraqi Interpreters Sue U.S. Government Over Visa Delays
During a decade of war, U.S. troops relied on interpreters — thousands of Iraqis and Afghans — who worked and often fought alongside Americans.Many of them were promised visas to the U.S. but they have...
View ArticlePresident Obama Visits Phoenix Hospital At Center Of VA Crisis
President Obama and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald visit the veterans hospital in Phoenix Friday to announce a new outside advisory committee to help the VA with customer service. A scandal...
View ArticleWhen Civilians Accuse Troops Of Rape, Military Courts Often Decide
Brittany Bentz was 16 years old in 2012, living near Edwards Air Force Base in California. She went to the same martial arts studio as a family friend, who was 25 and in the Air Force."He was like a...
View ArticleThe Unfinished VA Hospital That's More Than $1 Billion Over Budget
A decade ago, plans were drawn up for a huge Veterans Affairs hospital near Denver intended to replace old and crowded facilities for nearly 400,000 vets in Colorado and neighboring states.The original...
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As Vet Group Grays And Ages, New Blood Tries To Inspire Change
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Tomorrow, the Veterans of Foreign Wars will start their national convention in Pittsburgh. President Obama...
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Obama Calls For More Veterans Affairs Spending At VFW Convention
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: When President Obama honored the five service members killed in Chattanooga, he was speaking at the Veterans...
View ArticleThe U.S. Declared War On Veteran Homelessness — And It Actually Could Win
This is a tale of two cities. In New Orleans, there are signs of hope that veteran homelessness can be solved. But Los Angeles presents a very different picture. Under the deafening highway noise of...
View ArticleIn New Orleans, There's Hope That Veteran Homelessness Can Be Solved
In 2009, then-Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki declared that all homeless veterans would have housing by year's end. New Orleans has made huge strides towards ending veteran homelessness in the...
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Some Veterans Affairs Reforms Undermine Medical Recruitment Efforts
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A 66-year-old Vietnam veteran drove to the parking lot of the VA Hospital in Bay Pines, Fla., last week and...
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U.S. Office Of Special Counsel Calls Out VA Firing Of Whistleblowers
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: This is a recurring criticism of the Department of Veterans Affairs. No one ever seems to get fired for...
View ArticleAmerican Dad Fights For The Afghan Interpreter Who Aided His Fallen Son
After his son died fighting in Afghanistan, Phil Schmidt became a walking memorial."At the age of 52, I got my first tattoo. So I've got a total of five of em, and I'm not done," says Schmidt, who...
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Thousands Of U.S. Military Interpreters Wait For Visas
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: That's NPR's Quil Lawrence. And Quil actually joins us now. Quil, you said in your story that there are...
View ArticleBehind Bars, Vets With PTSD Face A New War Zone, With Little Support
At the county court in Waukesha, Wis., in September, Iraq veteran David Carlson sat before a judge hoping he hadn't run out of second chances.The judge read out his record: drugs, drunken driving,...
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VA Restores Benefits To Vietnam Vet After Believing He Was Dead
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View ArticleDefying Stereotypes, Number Of Incarcerated Veterans In U.S. Drops
The number of military veterans in the country's jails and prisons continues to drop, a new report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows.It's the first government report that includes significant...
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