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House and Senate chairs resume talks on VA 07/26/2014 06:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- A day after offering competing plans to improve veterans' health care, the chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees are again attempting to find a compromise.Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House veterans panel, and his Senate counterpart, Sen. Bernie Malaysia to send officer to face NZ sex charges 07/25/2014 12:50am • NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Malaysian officials said Friday they still plan to send a military officer back to New Zealand to face sexual assault charges despite not returning him in early July as they had promised.However, the officials also expressed concerns about House, Senate chairs offer competing bills on VA 07/24/2014 09:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- With Congress scheduled to recess in a week, the chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees offered competing proposals Thursday to fix a veterans' health care program scandalized by long patient wait times and falsified records covering up the delays.Both propos UN: 9 aid trucks enter Syria without government OK 07/24/2014 06:58pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Nine trucks carrying food and other supplies crossed into Syria through a Turkish checkpoint Thursday -- the first to do so under a U.N. resolution authorizing cross-border aid deliveries without Syrian government approval.Amanda Pitt, spokeswoman for the U.N. Office for the C US hails Indonesia democracy in turbulent SE Asia 07/24/2014 12:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's quick congratulation for Indonesia's election victor Joko Widodo, even as the losing candidate rejected the result, underscores Washington's intent to deepen ties with Jakarta and support democracy in Southeast Asia.A peaceful transfer of power in Indonesi Childhood traumas more common in military members 07/24/2014 08:00am • The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Childhood traumas are more common among military members and veterans than among civilians, according to a new study. Researchers say the results support the notion that for some, enlistment serves as an escape from troubled upbringings.The study is the largest Childhood traumas more common in military members 07/24/2014 08:00am • The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Childhood traumas are more common among military members and veterans than among civilians, according to a new study. Researchers say the results support the notion that for some, enlistment serves as an escape from troubled upbringings.The study is the largest Childhood traumas more common in military members 07/24/2014 08:00am • The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Childhood traumas are more common among military members and veterans than among civilians, according to a new study. Researchers say the results support the notion that for some, enlistment serves as an escape from troubled upbringings.The study is the largest Childhood traumas more common in military members 07/24/2014 08:00am • The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Childhood traumas are more common among military members and veterans than among civilians, according to a new study. Researchers say the results support the notion that for some, enlistment serves as an escape from troubled upbringings.The study is the largest Sanders pleads for VA reform bill as talks stall 07/24/2014 03:16am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee said Wednesday there is still time for Congress to approve a landmark bill to improve health care services for veterans, despite deep disagreement over how much the changes will cost and how they should be paid for."It really Obama nominee McDonald pledges to 'transform' VA 07/23/2014 10:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs pledged Tuesday to transform the beleaguered agency, saying that "systematic failures" must be addressed.Robert McDonald cited problems with patient access to health care, transparency, accountability and i Memorial honoring injured veterans under way in DC 07/23/2014 12:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Army Lt. Dawn Halfaker was on patrol 10 years ago in Baqubah, Iraq, when a rocket-propelled grenade tore through her military vehicle and exploded inside.When she woke up from a coma, the West Point graduate found out her right arm was gone and her career as a military officer Big issues loom for Congress as Aug. recess nears 07/22/2014 06:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pressure is on Congress to act in the next two weeks on several problems, from keeping highway projects on track and easing wait time for veterans seeking health care to the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border."Pass a bill or don't come back from recess," William A. Thie VA chief pledges end to whistleblower retaliation 07/22/2014 05:25pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The acting secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs vowed Tuesday to crack down on whistleblower retaliation after a private government watchdog released a critical report on the agency's treatment of employees who brought internal problems to light.During a speech to the na Conditions remain dire as war surges on in Gaza 07/22/2014 04:00pm • YOUSUR ALHLOU Associated Press The war between Israel and Hamas is intensifying as an Israeli ground operation surges across the Gaza Strip. In the deadliest incident in Gaza thus far, 25 members of one family were killed, including 18 children, by an airstrike on their home. On the Israeli side, th