Eric Shinseki

Recognition for a reserved WWII vet

2013-05-16 17:40:00

Like many World War II veterans, he speaks modestly about his service. He is quiet and a polite listener, not the kind to draw attention to himself. But a few months ago, as he visited the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, other veterans noticed...

The veterans benefits backlog

2013-03-31 00:00:00

It is shameful that veterans of the United States military have to wait months, and sometimes more than a year, to begin receiving the benefits they are owed after their years of service. Yet that is the case. Almost 900,000 veterans across the...

Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Rock of Ages' on HBO

2013-03-22 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 24 - 30, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Monsters vs. Aliens The former are...

Helping homeless vets, slowly

2012-12-28 00:00:00

Los Angeles County holds the unwelcome distinction of having the most homeless veterans in the country — 6,000 to 8,000, depending on whose estimate you use. That number has remained stubbornly, embarrassingly high despite the presence of a...

Waxman urges VA to start work on West L.A. site for homeless vets

2012-10-04 14:32:51

Senate committee taking up VA claims backlog

2013-06-18 09:13:00

WASHINGTON – The Senate Appropriations Committee will consider a 10-point plan this week to address the claims backlog at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski said Tuesday. “When our veterans return from war,...

Obama needs to start sweating the small stuff

2013-05-30 00:00:00

President Barack Obama likes doing the big things. This is, after all, the man who claimed that his victorious 2008 campaign was "the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal." He was roundly (and rightly) derided...

VA looks to American Legion, other veterans groups for help with backlog

2013-05-28 15:06:00

As officials at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs look internally for solutions to a claims backlog that is drawing increasing fire from Capitol Hill, they are also reaching for outside help from some of the nation's best-known veterans groups....

The VA's latest plan to eliminate backlog of veterans benefits claims

2013-05-20 16:28:02

W&M veterans benefit clinic gaining recognition

2013-05-26 00:00:00

Five years ago, we wrote in this space about a fledgling new program at the College of William and Mary Law School that would train students in the law while helping military veterans at the same time. The school was hosting a "cider and cake" session to...

Vets Are Owed A Better Disability Benefits System

2013-05-24 17:10:00

U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki's visit to Connecticut earlier this month to promote his new all-automated claims processing system was just so much "blah, blah, blah," according to one unimpressed Vietnam vet. Who can blame veterans for...

Military veterans can't keep waiting

2013-05-24 05:20:03

The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Thursday, May 23: As Memorial Day nears, the plight of Americans who have borne the burden of fighting our wars should be uppermost in the minds of their countrymen. The growing frustration with...

Obama picked Eric Shinseki to overhaul the VA. He is a retired Army general and former Army chief of staff who was wounded in Vietnam.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Although the number of veterans' disability claims keep soaring, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said that he's committed to ending the backlog by 2015 by replacing paper with electronic records.

2013-03-24 00:00:00

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski holds a press conference with U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki to discuss the VA's plans to improve the disability compensation claims backlog at the Baltimore VA Regional Office. On the left is U.S.

2013-02-19 00:00:00