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Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs launched#VetQ, a new initiative that will provide quick and credible information and vast resources to any veteran, service member or family member seeking answers on a wide array of service-related questions. The VFW was the first veterans service organization to join VA as an official partner to its lates...
The U.S. Senate today confirmed former Proctor & Gamble chief executive Robert McDonald as the new secretary of Veterans Affairs. In a statement, John W. Stroud, the national commander of the 1.9 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliaries, congratulates the new secretary on his confirmation, and most espe...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States thanks the leadership of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees for reaching a compromise agreement to begin fixing the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system, which for months has been inundated with confirmed allegations of unofficial patient waiting lists, whistleblower retal...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 24, 2014) —The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States concluded its 115thnational convention yesterday with the election of the new VFW National Commander, John W. Stroud. Stroud served in the U.S. Air Force from 1976-1997, including a tour in Korea in 1992-1993 with the 51stFighter Wing at Osan Air Base as a Fli...
ST. LOUIS — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is demanding that Congress immediately pass a compromise bill to help fix the Department of Veterans Affairs before they adjourn for five weeks at the end of the month. "Pass a bill or don’t come back from recess,” said VFW National Commander William A. Thien, of George...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — More than 12,000 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliaries are rolling into the Show Me State this weekend to elect new leadership and to approve resolutions that will guide the national organization’s advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill, and its veteran and military support progra...
Take Action! Background: As a result of the recent VA health care crisis, both Chambers of Congress passed legislation designed to improve timely access for veterans waiting for care. On June 24, a Conference Committee was formed to iron out differences between the two bills. Today, the bill is stalled in a political discussion about cost. Th...
The VFW will stream its 115th National Convention on www.vfw.org, live from the America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis. Live streaming is set to begin with the annual Memorial Service beginning at 8:30 a.m. (CDT) on July 20. The stream will pick back up with the call to order of the VFW/VFW Ladies Auxiliary Joint Opening Sess...
This weekend, we celebrate the most important beginning in American history. A beginning that for the first time, consisted of freedoms and liberty and righteousness — a beginning inspired by a revolutionary idea thought up by a group of men who believed they should stand up against tyranny. These men unknowingly held an idea that would forev...
“Leadership, management and accountability are the only requirements the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States has ever demanded from the Department of Veterans Affairs,” said VFW National Commander William A. Thien. “The VA is experiencing a crisis in care and confidence, and whoever is confirmed as its secretary must immediately identi...
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