Surviving spouses of war veterans have been wrongfully denied up to millions of dollars in government benefits over the past 12 years because of computer glitches that often resulted in money being seized from the elderly survivors' bank accounts. ...more

December 14, 2008

Bay Pines VA Healthcare System in Pinellas County, the fourth busiest medical center for veterans in the country, has received the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs highest honor. The Robert W. Carey Performance of Excellence award was recently presented to Bay Pines officials by VA Secretary James B. Peake and Under Secretary for Health Michael J. Kussman. ...more

November 19, 2008

Wounded Warrior Program Assists Soldiers The U.S. Army established the U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program in 2005 to provide severely wounded soldiers and their families advocacy and follow-up with personal support so they can return to duty or to civilian life. ...more

July 11, 2008

A woman who defied medical odds and spent nearly 60 years in an iron lung after being diagnosed with polio as a child died Wednesday after a power failure shut down the machine that kept her breathing, her family said. ...more

May 29, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Three days before she was found shot to death on her front porch, Diane Yeager-Lombard flagged down a deputy working a call on her street and told him she was being harassed by a Verizon subcontractor. ...more

May 8, 2008

Pledging to "do the right thing," Veterans Affairs nominee James Peake said Wednesday he will be an independent advocate for thousands of injured veterans and will fight for the needed funding for their care. ...more

December 6, 2007

President Bush on Tuesday nominated retired Army Lt. Gen. James Peake to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is struggling to make the drastic changes needed to care for the large number of wounded troops returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

October 31, 2007