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On June 20, the Concerned Veterans for America and The Weekly Standard are hosting a panel discussion in Washington: "Reforming Veterans Affairs: Preserving Promises to Those Who Serve."

A congressional report said eight foreign actors, likely Chinese hackers, have infiltrated the VA's computer network, potentially getting hold of Social Security numbers and other private data of men and women in uniform.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers asked the Veterans Affairs Department on Friday to offer credit monitoring to veterans and dependents whose personal information, including birth dates and Social Security numbers, might have been disclosed when its computer systems were hacked.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has asked the Veterans Affairs Department to offer credit monitoring to veterans and dependents in its computer records.

Roughly 900,000 veterans are awaiting their Veterans Affairs disability compensation claims, with 70 percent backlogged for more than 125 days.

My wife went to her annual physical and was told "Methodist Hospital is no longer a preferred provider for TRICARE."

The group is launching radio ads against nine House Republicans, most from Latino-heavy districts.

Democrats ripped 31st District Rep. Gary Miller for having the highest disbursements out of Inland Empire Congressmen in the first quarter of 2013.

The House passed a bill Tuesday that could make it easier for veterans with mental health conditions related to a sexual assault that occurred during military service to get treatment and benefits from the Veterans Affairs Department.

A Florida lawyer says he is seeing an unusual number of veterans receiving disability benefits for sleep apnea in his family law practice.

From top left: U.S. Reps. Trey Radel, Daniel Webster, Jeff Miller, Dennis Ross, Ted Yoho, Ron DeSantis, Bill Posey and Steve Southerland With Rick Scott continuing to struggle in the polls, chatter keeps on coming that the governor could face a challenge for the Republican nomination in 2014.

Sandhya Somashekhar reports , Barack's pushing gun control again and will, as an aside, note veterans in a speech today, "During his speech, Obama is expected to announce a series of 'summits' coordinated by Veterans Affairs health centers aimed at bolstering mental health services for veterans." Oh, goody.

In 2001, the year U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan, 983 veterans began to draw disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for sleep apnea, a disorder linked to obesity and characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep that can cause chronic drowsiness.

In 2011, the year U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan, 983 veterans began to draw disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for sleep apnea, a disorder linked to obesity and characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep that can cause chronic drowsiness.

To all Kossacks: Please take note that these Congressional District Information Diaries are not meant to evaluate whether or not the districts are beatable.

Twenty-seven members of Congress have lent their support to the Romeike family, signing a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to grant the family asylum in the United States.

One mental health patient with a history of substance abuse and suicidal thoughts was left alone in a waiting room inside the Atlanta VA Medical Center, where he obtained drugs from a hospital visitor and later died of an overdose.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, , said a presidential panel, which has been pushed by the group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, would likely not help solve the problem, which he said has already been studied thoroughly.

Reactions poured in from across Alabama and beyond as news spread of U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner's decision to retire from Congress and take a job as vice chancellor of government relations and economic development for the University of Alabama System.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers pressed the Obama administration Wednesday to reduce the backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving cooperation between the several agencies that have a role in the process.