The number of unresolved disability claims has soared this year, prompting protests from veterans groups and members of Congress. The American Legion said in late June that the number was approaching 1 million claims, but Department of Veterans Affairs officials dispute that figure.
Under the plan announced Monday by President Obama, rank-and-file employees with VA's Veterans Benefits Administration will be asked to suggest, through a Web-based computer program, how to reduce the department's backlog.
Mysterious videos of darting black objects, renderings of flying ships, and eyewitness reports of unexplained lights...
The US military on Friday said it struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two...
The US military said on Tuesday it had struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing...
