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WaPo: “VA has a woman problem. It starts with its motto”

05.31.2017

In case you missed it, The Washington Post recently published an op-ed by Allison Jaslow, a Iraq War veteran and the Executive Director at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) entitled “VA has a woman problem. It starts with its motto.”

VA Accountability Bill Senate Passage Celebrated by Veterans

06.07.2017

Yesterday, the Senate easily passed the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, a landmark bill that will give the VA Secretary tools needed to hold bad actors accountable