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Attention Veterans: Imposter phone line attempting to access credit card information from Choice Program users

VA is taking action in response to a phone line that appears to be set up to take advantage of Veterans who misdial the Veterans Choice Program phone line.

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In the news: New Veterans Affairs Chief: A Hands-On, Risk-Taking ‘Standout’

Via the New York Times: "Dr. Shulkin came to the Veterans Affairs department expecting to find a less efficient copy of private health care that would be straightforward to streamline or even privatize. His first clinical visit, with an intoxicated double amputee Vietnam Veteran at a hospital in Manhattan, taught him that it would not be so easy."

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VA research engineer, Army Veteran named finalist for prestigious public service award

Rory Cooper was in the Army serving in Germany when a bicycle accident left him paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. That event has shaped his life’s work on behalf of the disabled as a research biomedical engineer.


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VETERAN OF THE WEEK

This week we honor is Army Veteran Audrey Hsieh.

Audrey Hsieh completed an eight-year career in the U.S. Army from 2004 to 2012 where she served as a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense (CBRN) and psychological operations officer.


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