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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Tuesday joined The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), the largest technology council in the nation, in launching a new program designed to connect veterans to employment opportunities in Virginia’s technology community.
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Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe announced his proposal to support Virginia’s veterans and military families on Monday. His plan focuses on four key areas that as governor McAuliffe will strengthen in order to address the needs and challenges facing Virginia’s veteran population and their families: employment, higher education, healthcare, and military family support.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced this week that the Department of Veterans Services’ Virginia Values Veterans Program (V3) certified 103 Virginia employers in its pilot year who have committed to providing over 4,000 jobs for Virginia’s Veterans, and that 2,487 Virginia veterans have already been hired.
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced Thursday the award of $357,000 in homeless prevention grant to Roanoke Virginia’s Total Action Against Poverty (TAP).
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Armed Services Committee, met Thursday with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to discuss significant issues facing veterans today including the disability claims backlog, education, health care access, and unemployment.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Armed Services and Budget Committees, today questioned Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on backlogged requests to the VA, including serious delays in mental health care treatment Virginia veterans have experienced due to a loophole Kaine recently learned of in a website application form.
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Legislation offered by State Sen. Mark Herring (Loudoun & Fairfax), SB 1064, to help Virginia’s veterans receive their federal VA benefits faster and more efficiently passed the Senate unanimously today.
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Country music artist Daryle Singletary will perform in concert at the Salem Civic Center as part of the Department of Veterans Affairs Salem VA Medical Center 2013 National Salute to Veterans on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs Salem VA Medical Center will hold an outreach event at the United Way of Greater Augusta located at 1020 Jefferson Highway, Staunton, on the first Monday of every month. Classes will be monthly for six months beginning Jan. 7, ending June 3. Class time is from 10 a.m. until 12…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell’s proposed budget for the 2013 General Assembly session includes what the administration is terming “significant additional support” for veteran’s issues, including more than $2 million in funding.
