The Major Richard Star Act has wide support among lawmakers but has been stalled in Congress for nearly a year.
For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers where they'd spend days sleeping, eating and staying on alert in case of nuclear armageddon were filled with things that might get them sick.
A federal grand jury indicted a Massachusetts man for posing as a doctor to steal $50,000 in suicide prevention funds designed to help vets.
The Major Richard Star Act would ensure all service members who medically retire have full access to both military retirement pay and Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits.
Veterans make up nearly 10% of Alaska's population, according to the U.S. Census, and yet it has been repeatedly passed over for VA cemetery funding.
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