Mantecan Chris Van Meter, who served America with the California National Guard in the Middle East, has been snagged in the “bonus gate” reenlistment funding scandal. Some 6,500 California soldiers who were unknowingly accepted fraudulent signing bonuses and college aid to entice them to re-enlist to serve in war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan have been ordered to repay the money by the Pentagon. Van Meter, 42, received a Purple Heart for combat injuries he suffered in Iraq. He said it has been a...
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the Pentagon on Wednesday to stop clawing-back the bonuses that thousands of soldiers got for reenlisting to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. "There is no more important responsibility for the Department of Defense than keeping faith with our people," Carter said in a statement. "Today, in keeping with that obligation, I am ordering a series of steps to ensure fair treatment for thousands of California National Guard soldiers who may have received incentive bon...
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Legislation introduced in April by U.S. Reps. Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) to help ensure disabled veterans receive the appropriate level of care has been signed into law by President Obama. H.R. 5091, the Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act, was contained in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017 portion of H.R. 5325, the Continuing Resolution (CR) passed last week by Congress. H.R. 5091 requires the Department of...
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Bipartisan measures led by U.S. Reps. Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Lee Zeldin (R-NY) to improve how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) serves veterans were signed into law on Friday. President Barack Obama signed the Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act led by Denham and the No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act led by Zeldin into law as parts of the larger Continuing Resolution (CR). The Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act, H.R. 5091, which Denham introduced with U.S...
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Legislation introduced in April by U.S. Reps. Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) to help ensure disabled veterans receive the appropriate level of care has been signed into law by President Obama. H.R. 5091, the Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act, was contained in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017 portion of H.R. 5325, the Continuing Resolution (CR) passed this week by Congress. H.R. 5091 requires the Department of...
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Turlock Republican U.S. Representative Jeff Denham and New York Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney introduced legislation in April to help ensure disabled veterans receive an appropriate level of care. The bill was signed into law by President Barack Obama. The legislation, H.R. 5091, the Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act, was in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017. It requires the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to report to Congress i...
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