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WASHINGTON (Jan. 6, 2025) — I am pleased to hear the news, along with more than 7.8 million transitioning servicemembers, veterans, caretakers, and survivors, that The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, also known as the Dole Act, was officially signed into law by President Biden late last we...
The Honoring Our PACT Act, passed in August 2022, provides veterans who served in countries such as Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq with expanded access to VA health care and earned disability benefits due to exposure to burn pits and other toxic substances. Some consider the PACT Act to be the most significant piece of veteran legislation in history...
WASHINGTON — Like all of you, I was shocked at the news of the early morning ISIS-inspired rampage in New Orleans that senselessly took the lives of 14 innocent Americans and injured many more on New Year’s Day. What makes this act of terror so egregious is that it was carried out by someone who once wore the uniform and swore an allegi...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation is thrilled to announce Past National VFW Commander-in-Chief Hal Roesch II as its new executive director. A 501(c)3 nonprofit headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, the VFW Foundation is instrumental in ensuring the VFW can accomplish its mission of "honoring the dead by helpin...
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