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Blackstone commits to hiring 50,000 military veterans
Blackstone Group, the New York-based private equity group, announced Tuesday it would hire 50,000 military veterans over the next five years across its various businesses. The company said it is partnering with the White House, which is leading an...
Tags: Unemployment, White House, Blackstone Group, L.P., Labor Markets, Career and Workplace
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New York VA center one of slowest to process veterans' claims
NewsdayThe New York-area center that processes veterans' disability claims is one of the slowest in the country, taking nearly four times longer than the Department of Veterans Affairs' targeted schedule, federal data show. Veterans filing disability claims...Tags: Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Manhattan (New York City), Iraq, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Long Island
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Veterans get one-stop center to deal with needs
The Buffalo NewsWith the cutting of a red, white and blue ribbon, the Veterans One-stop Center of Western New York opened for business Monday in Buffalo. The idea of having a single location with many services to help veterans was years in the making, according to...Tags: Corporate Officers, Agriculture, Goodwill Industries International, Public Officials, Government
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Aiming high in federal contracting
As federal agencies pull back on spending, 7Delta's strategy is thinking big. The Columbia information technology firm, which grew by focusing on work for one federal agency, is going after larger contracts and broadening its reach. It's a...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Government Contracts, Healthcare Industry, U.S. Department of Defense, Small Businesses
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Senators call on VA to bring in additional staff
With staff members at the Baltimore office of the Department of Veterans Affairs spending a month in training, Maryland's senators called on VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki to dispatch more analysts to help work through one of the worst disability claims...
Tags: Eric Shinseki, American Legion, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Hampton VA opens doors to medics, corpsmen
— When Mathew Vance began looking for a job in Hampton Roads, he had plenty of experience to sell. The 30-year-old Wyoming native had been a combat medic in the Army and later in the Texas Army National Guard. He had deployed twice to Iraq,...
Tags: Armed Forces, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, U.S. Department of Defense, Hampton Roads
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Report spreads blame for VA Legionnaires' disease outbreak
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSystemic failures at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System allowed a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak to fester, even as leaders believed they were solving the problem, a Tribune-Review analysis of a report by the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector...Tags: U.S. Congress, Hospitals and Clinics, Pittsburgh, Political Corruption, Government
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BRIEF: Korean War veterans to receive honors at Barnegat Light ceremony
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.A group of Korean War veterans will be honored today at a ceremony recognizing the 69th anniversary of the Word War II battle of Exercise Tiger. The Department of Defense 60th anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee will participate in the...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Department of Defense, Chuck Hagel, International Military Interventions
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Veterans-only job fair Tuesday
reporterThey serve our country through thick and thin. Now, some local agencies are hoping to give back to local service members who give so much. The Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center is hosting a "veterans only" job fair on Tuesday. Last year's event...Tags: Salem (Salem, Virginia), Employment, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities
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Korean War vets of Brookland-Cayce High 'honored'
The StateOn May 22, about a dozen other Korean War veterans who graduated from Brookland-Cayce High School -- some of whom still get together regularly for breakfast -- will be on a special Honor Flight. They will join about 80 other Korean War and World War II...Tags: Armed Forces, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Army, Basketball, U.S. Navy
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N. Kingsville resident launches collection for vets
Star Beacon, Ashtabula, OhioNORTH KINGSVILLE -- Resident Shirley Corlett is expanding her "payback time" collection effort for hospitalized veterans to two regional service centers. Corlett, who made her first collection of items in the spring of 2012, announced this week that she...Tags: Memorial Day
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Local veteran remembers the forgotten war
Hamilton JournalNews, OhioJim Lewellyn knows first-hand why they call Korea "the forgotten war," but last week, he took a trip that made him feel remembered for his service. "When I came back, nobody did us like they did the Vietnam veterans," he said. "No one shook our hands or...Tags: Armed Forces, Metal and Mineral, Mining, Ford Motor Co., United Nations
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