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Disabled Veterans Denied Accurate and Timely Payment: Poor Contractor Performance and Government Mismanagement At Fault, Subcommittee Investigation Finds
Jul 15, 2008
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Today the Domestic Policy Subcommittee Majority Staff of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a report detailing the reasons for severe delays in processing the claims of disabled veterans for their military retired pay. The report, entitled Die or Give Up Trying, finds that poo...
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Kucinich And Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Bob Filner To Make Major Announcement Regarding Unpaid Combat-Injured Veterans Benefits
Feb 28, 2008
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Friday, February 29, 2008
10:00 a.m.
Lakewood District Office
14400 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, OH 44107
Last December, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (OH-10) announced his request for an investigation into the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) backlog of issuing combat-injured veteran pa...
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Kucinich Wins Help for Vets
Dec 18, 2007
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Just two weeks after calling for an investigation into the massive delays in federal benefits to combat-injured veterans, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) secured a victory today. In a meeting with Kucinich this morning, the director of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) vowed to re...
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Kucinich Garners $10 Million For Gulf War Veterans Illness Research
Dec 12, 2007
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) declared victory for veterans of the first Gulf War by garnering $10 million for Gulf War Illness (GWI) research in the Department of Defense Authorization bill that passed the House today. This is the second victory for Gulf War veterans this year. Kucinich ...
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Kucinich Calls For Investigation Into Delay Of Veterans’ Benefits
Dec 3, 2007
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich will announce his call for an investigation into delays, of up to four and one-half years, in the delivery of federal benefits to combat-injured veterans. More than 48,000 retired veterans are still waiting for a determination of eligibility and payment of benefits. ...
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Kucinich: Soldiers at Walter Reed Deserve the Best Care Possible
Mar 2, 2007
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 2) — Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) issued the following statement upon hearing of the steps the Administration is taking to remedy the decrepit conditions at Walter Reed.“Our wounded soldiers deserve nothing but the best care when they return home from battle and they ar...
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Kucinich Secures Victory For Veterans: $10 Million For Gulf War Illness Research and Development
Jun 20, 2005
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Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) secured a victory for Veterans nationwide with House passage of his bipartisan amendment to the FY 2006 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill. The amendment will provide $10 million for research for Gulf War illness, affecting veterans of the 1991 Persian Gu...
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Veterans' Day Statement Of Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich
Nov 11, 2003
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Today, we celebrate Veterans Day, a day to pay tribute to the heroic efforts of the brave men and women who have honorably served our nation. Today is a day of remembrance and rededication. And today, of all days, must rededicate ourselves in the words of President Abraham Lincoln, “to care for him...
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Kucinich Pushes For Parma Veterans Health Care Clinic
Jun 2, 2003
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Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) today pushed for a primary health care clinic for veterans to be built in Parma. With the Veterans Affairs (VA) Department doing a national review of health care clinics, Kucinich, who today held a Veterans Summit at his District office, called on officials to i...
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Kucinich Says Veterans Day an Opportunity to Thank Veterans For Their Service
Nov 9, 2001
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said this Veteran’s Day Americans have a responsibility to remember those men and women who have put their lives on the line for our country.
“This Veterans Day sees thousands of American troops overseas moving toward positions to defend our country,” Congressma...
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