Tuesday, September 8, 2015 – 09:30 a.m.

GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump has been a master at selecting his campaign theme issues.

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By LAUREN FRENCH | 7/30/14 4:44 PM EDT Updated: 7/30/14 9:38 PM EDT

The House on Wednesday approved legislation 420-5 to drastically reform the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Saturday, May 31, 2014 – 10:00 a.m.

Here’s some news flowing across the transom this week, in case you missed it!

Sterling Trust sells Los Angeles Clippers

The Sterling Family Trust and Shelly Sterling has agreed to sell the Los Angeles Clippers to Former Microsoft Executive Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.

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In the wake of the resignation Friday of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki over revelations of extended waits for appointments at hospitals under his direction, we examine how veterans fare when it comes to health services at local VA hospitals.

By Jim Steinberg, The Sun
Posted: 05/30/14, 8:41 PM PDT | Updated: 50 secs ago

LOMA LINDA >> Wendy Clouser of Big Bear Lake has been taking medications for post-traumatic stress disorder — one of them experimental — for two years.

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By Juliet Eilperin and Ed O’Keefe
May 22, 2014

President Obama delivered a forceful defense of his veterans policies Wednesday, saying that caring for veterans and their families is “one of the causes of my presidency” and vowing to punish those responsible for long wait times and other serious problems at military medical centers.

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By Phil Stewart and David Alexander
WASHINGTON Fri May 16, 2014 6:08pm EDT

(Reuters) – The top health official at the Department of Veterans Affairs resigned on Friday amid a scandal over allegations of deadly healthcare delays, but critics dismissed the gesture as “damage control” because he planned to retire this year anyway.

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