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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to contact nearly 540,000 combat veterans and provide them with information about health care and other benefits they have earned. "We will reach out and touch every veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom to let them know we are here for them," said Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. James B. Peake in an April 28 statement. Beginning May 1, VA planned to call roughly 17,000 veterans who were wounded or became sick while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, and offer to assign case managers for everyone who does not already have one. Later, a contractor hired by the VA will call other veterans who have yet to contact the agency. VA employees will make follow-up calls if necessary. |
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