Quil Lawrence appears in the following:
Monday, June 30, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
President Obama has picked Robert McDonald, the former CEO of Procter & Gamble, to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. If confirmed by the Senate, McDonald will face a difficult ...
Monday, June 30, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
President Obama's choice to head the Department of Veterans Affairs is former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald. He is West Point grad from a military family, and would lead an agency in crisis.
Friday, June 27, 2014
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Audie Cornish /
Quil Lawrence : BBC
Fifteen Iraq and Afghanistan vets, many of them disabled, climbed Half Dome and El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on Sept. 11. The climb is the culmination of a three-day hike, which for many of the vets has had the therapeutic effect of reproducing a combat patrol — just without ...
Friday, June 20, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
A new report by the Institute of Medicine rates the different treatments used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, also recommending areas for further research.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
The current crisis in Iraq has focused on the Sunni-Shiite conflict, but relatively little has been heard from the other major ethnic group in Iraq, the Kurds. And that's just the way the Kurds would like it.
The Kurds have been seeking an independent state for a century but have ...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
The VA is rethinking its outreach, and is pausing a $4 million ad campaign. The problem: outreach might bring more veterans into a system that's struggling to handle who it is already serving.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
The Senate passed a bipartisan bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs. The measure is close enough to a version already passed by the House that it could reach the president's desk soon.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC /
David Welna
The Senate has passed a bill to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs. Like a similar bill in the House, the Senate bill gives veterans the option of seeking private care if the V...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
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Pam Fessler /
Quil Lawrence : BBC
The campaign to find permanent homes for 100,000 homeless people, including the chronically homeless, was started four years ago. Now, the group behind the push says it has reached its goal.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
Veterans Affairs has a budget of $160 billion, the second largest in government. Some veterans groups say this isn't enough to meet the rapidly expanding demands placed on the VA health system.
Monday, June 09, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
Before former Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki stepped down, he ordered an audit of the VA system, hoping to find how many hospitals were lying about wait times. The audit fou...
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
More than 2.5 million veterans served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they qualify for health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. These recent vets have been putting in for more service-related conditions than previous generations, for everything from post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injury to the bad ...
Tuesday, June 03, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
In response to the crisis in lengthy wait times for medical care, Congress and veterans groups again are debating the proper role of private sector solutions.
Friday, May 30, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki apologized for lengthy waits at VA facilities, saying he's ousting the leaders of a VA hospital in Phoenix, Ariz., after stories about delays ...
Friday, May 30, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
VA Sec. Eric Shinseki resigned Friday after meeting with President Obama. Obama praised Shinseki, but said the retired general feels that new leadership is needed to address the department's problems.
Friday, May 30, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
Addressing a homeless veterans group Friday, Veterans Affairs Sec. Eric Shinseki says he will support a bill that would strengthen his office's ability to hire and fire staff within the VA system.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
An ancient Greek play about the wounds of war is getting a new angle in A Female Philoctetes — a production made up of mostly Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
In a new report released Wednesday, the inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs says that the department has frequently manipulated records to hide medical care delay...
Thursday, May 22, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
Nearly 30 VA facilities are accused of falsifying statistics on how long veterans must wait for care. President Obama said the problems go back decades, but most veterans are satisfied with the care.
Friday, May 16, 2014
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Quil Lawrence : BBC
Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is trying to get to the bottom of claims that veterans are waiting months for medical appointments. VA hospitals say everyone is being seen within 14 days.