Top 10 veteran stories of the week
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  1. ‘The VA is in turmoil again’. For years, the US Department of Veterans Affairs had been roiled by mishaps, setbacks and controversies. But recently, several veterans and their family members told CNN, they believed the department was finally improving.
  2. What Veterans Affairs needs to fix its deeper issues. The most obvious problem at the Veterans Affairs Department is that it doesn’t have a secretary. But that leadership vacuum only compounds the deeper issues the VA has spent years trying to overcome.
  3. Medicating in Wartime: The Cannabis Legacy of Vietnam Veterans. April 30th marks the 43rd anniversary of the Fall of Saigon and the end of the War in Vietnam. About three million Vietnamese, and more than 58,000 Americans, were killed during the war.
  4. Durbin says VA would pay 65 percent for new Veterans Home facilities. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says he is pleased to see progress being made to protect Illinois Veterans Home residents against outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease, but he believes new facilities are needed to prevent future problems.
  5. Michigan Students Unveil Inventions for Veterans. College students have created devices they say will improve the quality of life for disabled veterans and others with impairments.
  6. Called on Veterans’ grass-roots movement shares health benefits of marijuana. To get away from the memories of war in Afghanistan — the violence, the unexpected danger, the rush of adrenaline and the hypervigilance that can come with post-traumatic stress disorder — Aaron Newsom started gardening.
  7. Veterans Affairs In Limbo After Jackson Withdraws As Nominee. The collapse of Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson’s nomination to lead the Veterans Affairs Department leaves the VA rudderless, and awaiting its fourth secretary in four years.
  8. OH veterans concerned over possible privatization of the VA. Army veteran Keith Stevens spent a year in Vietnam and retired from the military as a Specialist.
  9. Veterans Fight To Get Rare Form Of Cancer Covered By VA. It took decades for the Veterans Administration to acknowledge the connection between Agent Orange and the illnesses of hundreds of Vietnam veterans. Now some vets are fighting to get help for another deadly killer that they believe is connected to their years of service.
  10. Mid-South veterans are turning to horses for healing. Southern Reins Equine Therapy in Collierville is working to teach our veterans how to cope.