In Puerto Rico, A Couple Of Hours Of 'Normal' During The World Series
At the end of a dark pitted street in the center of San Juan, the light from the flat screen beckons. Locals flock toward it like a lighthouse, following the siren song of a rattling diesel generator....
View ArticleVeterans Group Says 'Please Stand'
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Super Bowl is on Sunday, and it's pretty much a given that the game will draw a huge television audience. But long term, NFL viewership...
View ArticleWashington State Attorney General: Housing Discrimination Against Veterans Is...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Homelessness among veterans rose slightly last year despite a nationwide effort to get them off the streets. One reason the problem is so hard...
View ArticleTrump To Replace VA Secretary David Shulkin
Updated at 7:30 p.m. ET President Trump intends to replace Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin with the White House physician, Navy Rear Adm. Ronny L. Jackson, the president announced on Twitter...
View ArticleRonny Jackson Withdraws His Nomination To Head VA
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump has to move to his plan B for leadership at the Department of Veterans Affairs, although we're not sure what plan B is yet....
View ArticleWhite House Has Several Potential Nominees To Lead VA
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The second-largest office of the U.S. government after the Pentagon is the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA is charged with caring...
View ArticleSurprise! Trump Nominates Acting VA Secretary Robert Wilkie To Fill Role...
Updated at 9:58 p.m. ET The pick wasn't surprising, but the announcement was – President Trump will nominate Robert Wilkie, the acting secretary of Veterans Affairs, to become the department's new...
View ArticleVA Says It's Trying To Improve Caregiver Program's Appeals Process
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's follow up on a report from last year about a Veterans Affairs program for caregivers. After all of our country's wars, family members -...
View ArticleVA's Caregiver Program Still Dropping Veterans With Disabilities
In the early days of the Iraq War, troops were riding around in Humvees with almost no armor on them. There was a scandal about it, and within a few years the trucks got up-armored with thick steel...
View ArticleMore Vets Who Are Coping With PTSD From Sexual Assaults Get Honorable Discharges
Sexual assault is still a major issue for the military. Reports rose by 10 percent last year , though there is some discussion about whether that is an increase in the number of assaults or an...
View ArticleNoncitizens Recruited For An Army Program Are At Risk For Deportation
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: We're going to hear now about a U.S. military recruitment program. It is for noncitizens, and it's designed to take advantage of professional...
View ArticleTrump Wins Pledge From Kim To Return Remains Of Americans From Korean War
One of the four key points agreed to by President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is to help repatriate the remains of Americans killed in action during the Korean War. "The United States and...
View ArticleSenate Confirms Pentagon Official To Head Veterans Affairs Department
President Trump's second VA secretary, Robert Wilkie, was confirmed 86-9 by the Senate on Monday. He takes the helm of the second largest department in the U.S. government, with more than 350,000...
View ArticleNorth Korea Turns Over 55 Boxes Of Possible Remains Of U.S. Serviceman
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's been 65 years to the day since an armistice ended the Korean War. And this morning at Osan Air Base in South Korea, American and allied...
View ArticleRobert Wilkie Sworn In As Secretary Of Veterans Affairs
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In the Oval Office this afternoon, President Trump swore in Robert Wilkie to be the next secretary of Veterans Affairs. Wilkie's worked for...
View ArticleWhy The Number Of U.S. Visas Being Granted To Afghan And Iraqi Allies Are Down
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: For 17 years, Afghan and Iraqi interpreters have served alongside U.S. soldiers at war. They face not just the danger of combat but death...
View ArticleMurder Trial Of Blackwater Guard Ends In Mistrial
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The private military contractor Blackwater changed its name years ago after the name became virtually synonymous for reckless mercenary...
View ArticleVA Will Try Again To Make Its Health Records Compatible With Pentagon's
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Department of Veterans Affairs wants to coordinate its electronic health records with health records at the Pentagon. This makes sense...
View ArticleArmy Maj. D.J. Skelton Wants You To Look Him In The Eye
There were plenty of reasons that Army Maj. D.J. Skelton might never have made it to his retirement ceremony this week in Arlington, Va. West Point had admitted him through a small program for already...
View ArticleKansas City Mayoral Candidate Jason Kander Drops Out, Citing PTSD
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Jason Kander, a Missouri politician seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party and a favorite in the Kansas City mayor's race, is dropping...
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