We at Accuracy in Media honor Memorial Day and remember those who sacrificed their lives to serve the U.S. in the military. The grilling of hot dogs and hamburgers on Memorial Day can be a tradition for some, but it is also a time to remember the sacrifices of America’s servicemen and servicewomen.
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From Task and Purpose: Of the 146 medical centers rated, 120 of them, or 82 percent, improved in the past year, according to the VA. But the Phoenix hospital, the epicenter of the 2014 wait-time scandal, was one of the worst rated, and the hospital in Tomah, Wisconsin – another one that has recently come […]
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From Task and Purpose: Erling Kindem, a World War II veteran whose friendship with a local boy went viral after a local TV news station aired a story about the pair, died Saturday. Kindem, 91, died at the senior care facility in Farmington where he lived, according to KARE-11 TV. KARE 11’s Boyd Huppert and […]
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Oh, the optics will be intriguing for the Thursday night football game between the visiting San Francisco 49ers, which Colin Kaepernick is a member of, and the home team San Diego Chargers. Kaepernick’s protest of the national anthem sparked outrage and criticism and San Diego, which is home to a military base, took notice.
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Sobering statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs, as reported by ABC News: According to the VA, an average of 20 veterans died from suicide every day in 2014. The VA examined over 55 million veteran records from 1979 to 2014 from every state in the nation. The last time the VA conducted a study […]
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A legal challenge has stopped the practice, officials said.
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So why is government intervention in health care a good thing, again?
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Wow: Lawmakers are fuming over what they describe as a “shameful” decision by the Justice Department that could help the former head of the scandal-scarred Phoenix Veterans Affairs hospital get her job back. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in a letter sent Tuesday, notified House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., that the DOJ would not defend […]
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From the Charlevoix Courier: There are 400,000 or so funerals each year in the United States for military veterans and active-duty military men and women. They are entitled to a live bugler to play taps, but there are simply not enough buglers in the military to cover these services. Filling the void is Bugles Across […]
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From us at AIM to you, we pause and give a moment of remembrance for those who sacrificed their lives serving the U.S. in the military. Let us remember that grilling burgers and hot dogs are not the purpose of this Memorial Day holiday.
Continue Reading5/29/2017 - AIM Remembers Memorial Day
1/7/2017 - Veterans Affairs: We’ve Improved Our Medical Centers
11/12/2016 - World War Two Veteran, who became Friends with Little Boy Next Door, Passes Away
7/8/2016 - Study: Veteran Suicides Increased 32% from 2001 to 2014
6/20/2016 - Veterans Affairs Can’t Use Streamlined Process to Fire Bad Employees
6/7/2016 - 506,000 US Veterans have Waited 30 Days for an Appointment
6/3/2016 - DOJ Decision could lead to Rehire of Fired VA Official
5/30/2016 - Bugler Shortage Alleviated by Non-Profit Organization for Veteran Funerals
5/30/2016 - We Remember Memorial Day
5/26/2016 - Veterans Affairs Admits They Wrongly Declared 4,000 Veterans Dead, Cut Off Benefits
5/25/2016 - Veterans Group Calls for VA Secretary’s Resignation after Wait List-Disney Ride Comparison
5/25/2016 - VA Secretary, on TV, Refused to Apologize for Wait Lines-Disney Ride Remarks
5/23/2016 - Wounded U.S. Veterans Scale Mt. Everest
5/12/2016 - World War Two Veteran Celebrated 110th Birthday, Credits “Cigars and God”
5/6/2016 - Oldest American WWII Veteran Passes Away at Age 110
4/29/2016 - McCain Introduces Bill to Allow Veterans to Get Health Care Anywhere
4/19/2016 - VA Accused of Shredding Documents Needed for Claims
4/3/2016 - Tragic: Pentagon says Suicides Among Active-Duty Military is Still High
3/28/2016 - GOP Blast Veterans Affairs’ Denial of Guns to Veterans
3/22/2016 - Congress Looks to Pass PAWS Act to get PTSD-Suffering Soldiers Service Dogs
3/11/2016 - Two Wounded Warrior Executives Fired Amid Probe of Lavish Spending
2/27/2016 - 2nd Iraq War Veteran Beaten in D.C., Same Night as the Other Veteran
2/25/2016 - Two Years Later, VA Inspector General May Be Sitting on Wait Time Reports
2/24/2016 - Arrests Made in Brutal Attack on U.S. Veteran
2/19/2016 - Footage Released of Iraq War Veteran Being Beaten by Assailants
2/12/2016 - Homeless Army Veteran’s Funeral Attended by Several Hundred People
2/6/2016 - 7 VA Hospitals Flagged for Veterans’ Suicides
1/27/2016 - Wounded Warrior Project Accused of Wasting Donation Money
1/10/2016 - Suspended Veterans Affairs Officials for Fake Waitlist are Back to Work
12/23/2015 - Veterans Affairs Dept Wrongly Declared 115 Veterans were Dead, Yanked Benefits
12/10/2015 - Veterans Affairs Official: We Don’t Need to Fire People to Instill Accountability in the VA
11/11/2015 - John McCain: “Shameful” that Hillary Clinton Politicized VA Scandal before Veterans Day
10/21/2015 - Democrat Blocked Accountability Measure for Veterans Affairs in the U.S. Senate
10/19/2015 - VA Scandal, Continued: Poor Care led to Deaths of Veterans from Cancer
10/1/2015 - VA Banned Cellphones in Medical Visits by Veterans
9/29/2015 - Veterans’ Affairs Officials Gamed System, Wrote Selves Checks
9/21/2015 - The VA Scandal Exacerbated by a Leadership Crisis
9/12/2015 - Actor Chris Pratt asked People to #ThankAVeteran on 9/11
9/4/2015 - 300,000 Veterans Waiting for VA Health Care are Already Dead
9/2/2015 - Dept of Veterans Affairs Decreased Amount of Reviews of Medical Errors since 2010
7/30/2015 - Obama Threatens Veto of Making Veterans Affairs Accountable
7/14/2015 - VA Warns Congress of Hospital Shutdowns if Budget isn’t Addressed
5/25/2015 - Democrats Celebrate Memorial Day with Pic of Obama Eating Ice Cream
5/25/2015 - Happy Memorial Day!
5/9/2015 - VE Day Celebrated with Old-School Airplane Flyover
4/23/2015 - Not Good: VA Hospital Switched Meds for Older Drugs to Cut Costs
2/27/2015 - Veterans Group proposes Overhaul of Veterans Healthcare
