http://ericshinseki.org Eric Shinseki, 7th Secretary of Veterans Affairs Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:01:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This Veterans Day, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki calls on America to honor its 23 million Veterans by reaching out to them and their families with heartfelt thanks and encourage them to seek the benefits and services they have earned from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). "As we ... http://ericshinseki.org/2010/11/on-veterans-day-va-secretary-shinseki-recognizes-thanks-veterans/ This is the second ad in VA's National Veterans Awareness Campaign. The campaign is intended to make Veterans and their families aware of the VA benefits to which they may be entitled. http://ericshinseki.org/2010/11/video-from-vas-national-veterans-awareness-campaign/ This week, nearly 1,200 life-saving advertisements will go up on city buses, bus shelters, rail and subway stations across the Nation displaying a message of hope for those who have served their country and may be facing an emotional crisis. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is advertising its Suicide ... http://ericshinseki.org/2010/10/va-taking-life-saving-campaign-to-streets/ WASHINGTON - Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has announced that 40 states will share more than $41.9 million in grants to community groups to provide 2,568 beds for homeless Veterans this year. "These grants wouldn't have happened without the extraordinary partnerships forged with community organizers," said VA Secretary Eric ... http://ericshinseki.org/2010/10/secretary-shinseki-announces-419-million-to-help-the-homeless/ In an effort to prevent homelessness among veterans, primarily those returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced that both agencies will invest a combined $15 million in five selected communities ... http://ericshinseki.org/2010/07/hud-and-va-launch-15-million-demonstration-program-to-prevent-veteran-homelessness/ Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced Dec. 30 that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected the Frazier International History Museum in Louisville, Ky., as the new home of the Bloedner Monument, the nation’s oldest Civil War memorial. The Bloedner Monument was removed from Cave Hill National Cemetery ... http://ericshinseki.org/2010/01/va-selects-permanent-location-for-historic-civil-war-monument/ VA Secretary Eric Shinseki will join three other Cabinet Secretaries in hosting a rural health community forum today in St. John Parish, La., to share information about the federal government's efforts to rebuild and revitalize rural America, announced the Department of Veteran Affairs in a press release today. This is the ... http://ericshinseki.org/2009/07/sec-shinseki-and-other-top-obama-administration-officials-hold-rural-health-community-forum/