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FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. A new first-of-its kind government study finds suicide among military veterans is especially high in the western U.S. and rural areas. The numbers suggest that social isolation, gun ownership and limited health care access may be factors behind the higher numbers. The Department of Veterans Affairs released data Sept. 15, on suicide by state. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) — Veterans_Affairs_Suicide_71627

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VA needs to staff up suicide prevention teams for greater effectiveness, GAO says

The Government Accountability Office has come out with recommendations on how Veterans Affairs can better staff-up and use its suicide prevention teams.

Veterans Affairs

VA needs better data to serve increasing LGBTQ+ veterans, GAO says

Veterans Affairs

VA's EHR system configuration presses on despite coronavirus delays

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Five years after Phoenix scandal, VA wait times still under scrutiny

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Debra Draper: VA fails to align facilities and capital investments

Congress

Transformation is 'a marathon, not a sprint,' VA says

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Debra Draper: VA headquarters getting in the way?

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Debra Draper: VHA struggles to implement improved service

Dr. David Shulkin takes part in a panel discussion at Donna Karan's Urban Zen Initiative Day Three, a wellness forum aimed at merging Eastern and Western medicine in order to improve patient care, in New York City, Wednesday, May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Andy Kropa)

Congress

GAO's veteran wait time reports differ vastly from VA's

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Debra Draper: GAO finds discrepancies in VHA appointment requests

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Debra Draper, Director of Health Care Issues, GAO

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Debra Draper, Director of Health Care Issues, GAO

Congress

More problems with VA scheduling systems revealed

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Debra Draper, Government Accountability Office

Congress

Shinseki 'mad as hell' over veteran deaths, delayed treatment, but won't resign

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Federal Drive Show Blog - August 27, 2013

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In Depth interviews - November 10

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In Depth interviews - August 27

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Patients at risk?: GAO investigates VA