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VA’s new, multibillion-dollar health records system needs major improvements, agency says

A multibillion-dollar electronic health records system launched less than two years ago by the Department of Veterans Affairs needs major improvements, agency officials told senators on Wednesday.

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Veteran suicide rate decreases for 2 consecutive years, VA report states

“This year’s report shows real progress, but there is still so much work to be done,” VA Secretary Denis McDonough said in a prepared statement.

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Study finds 37% greater veteran suicide rate than reported by VA

An exhaustive study four years in the making has found nearly a 40% higher rate of veteran suicides than that reported by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Overseas Deployed Warrior Day will soon honor veterans in South Korea

The South Korean Cabinet has approved a measure to designate a day honoring South Korean service members who served abroad, including those sent on United Nations peacekeeping missions.

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US veterans freed after being held captive for months by Russian proxies

Andy Tai Huynh and Alexander J. Drueke had been taken captive in June in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region.

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75-year-old hiker, a Marine veteran, found dead in Nevada

Rock Stanley, who was found dead near Mount Charleston Peak Trail in Nevada, was a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps who served for 36 years.

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Group of veterans criticizes Doug Mastriano’s Confederate uniform photo as ‘shameful’

A group of nearly 60 veterans from Pennsylvania signed a letter, released by the campaign of Democratic nominee Josh Shapiro, deriding Republican candidate for governor Doug Mastriano for being photographed wearing a Confederate Army uniform.

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WWII veteran James ‘Pee Wee’ Martin laid to rest in Dayton National Cemetery

James “Pee Wee” Martin — a veteran of World War II who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day as a member of the 101st Airborne Division — was to be buried Wednesday in Dayton National Cemetery.

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