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Acting Veterans Affairs secretary to visit Md. 06/17/2014 03:50am • BALTIMORE (AP) -- Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson is scheduled to visit the Baltimore VA Medical Center.Gibson is scheduled to meet with medical center leadership, employees and stakeholders on Tuesday. He has scheduled a news conference, as well.The visit follows the release of Senate bill would double veterans' health spending 06/16/2014 08:10pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Spending on veterans' health care could double in three years under the Senate's solution to the long waits experienced by thousands seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics, according to congressional budget experts.Analyzing a bill the Senat With economy hazy, Fed is unlikely to shift course 06/16/2014 05:49pm • MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- When Federal Reserve officials gather this week and Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks with reporters, investors will be seeking clues to two big questions:When will the Fed finally start raising short-term interest rates?And how -- and when -- wil Senate bill doubles spending on veterans' health 06/16/2014 03:50am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Spending on veterans' health care could double in three years under the Senate's solution to the long waits experienced by thousands seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics, according to congressional budget experts.Analyzing a bill the Senat Obama: More US can do to help Native Americans 06/14/2014 05:30am • NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday became only the third U.S. sitting president in eight decades to set foot in Indian Country, encountering both the wonder of Native American culture and the struggle of tribal life on a breeze-whipped afternoon Border agents in Texas warned not to talk to media 06/14/2014 05:20am • CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The surge in immigrant children caught crossing the southern border in Texas that has dominated headlines and risks becoming a political crisis for President Barack Obama and Congress includes a new threat facing Border Patrol agents: reporters VA: Wait times in audit had some caveats 06/13/2014 10:27pm • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Data released by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this week appeared to confirm that new patients at the agency's medical centers were routinely waiting 30, 50 or even more than 90 days to see a doctor. It turns out those statistics came with some VA: Wait times in audit had some caveats 06/13/2014 10:27pm • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Data released by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this week appeared to confirm that new patients at the agency's medical centers were routinely waiting 30, 50 or even more than 90 days to see a doctor. It turns out those statistics came with some VA: Wait times in audit had some caveats 06/13/2014 10:27pm • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Data released by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this week appeared to confirm that new patients at the agency's medical centers were routinely waiting 30, 50 or even more than 90 days to see a doctor. It turns out those statistics came with some VA: Wait times in audit had some caveats 06/13/2014 10:27pm • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Data released by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this week appeared to confirm that new patients at the agency's medical centers were routinely waiting 30, 50 or even more than 90 days to see a doctor. It turns out those statistics came with some VA: Wait times in audit had some caveats 06/13/2014 10:27pm • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Data released by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this week appeared to confirm that new patients at the agency's medical centers were routinely waiting 30, 50 or even more than 90 days to see a doctor. It turns out those statistics came with some VA: Wait times in audit had some caveats 06/13/2014 10:27pm • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Data released by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this week appeared to confirm that new patients at the agency's medical centers were routinely waiting 30, 50 or even more than 90 days to see a doctor. It turns out those statistics came with some VA: Wait times in audit had some caveats 06/13/2014 10:27pm • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Data released by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this week appeared to confirm that new patients at the agency's medical centers were routinely waiting 30, 50 or even more than 90 days to see a doctor. It turns out those statistics came with some VA: Wait times in audit had some caveats 06/13/2014 10:27pm • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Data released by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this week appeared to confirm that new patients at the agency's medical centers were routinely waiting 30, 50 or even more than 90 days to see a doctor. It turns out those statistics came with some Lawmakers push to approve unified veterans' bill 06/13/2014 01:40pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- After two overwhelming votes in two days, members of Congress say they are confident they can agree on a bill to improve veterans' health care and send it to the president's desk by the end of the month.The Senate easily approved a bill Wednesday to h