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Watchdog says IG dropped ball on VA probe, tried to 'discredit' whistleblowers

Article Title: Watchdog says IG dropped ball on VA probe, tried to 'discredit' whistleblowers

Snippet of Article: "...As with other VA hospitals, whistleblowers had claimed supervisors told employees to violate scheduling rules while hiding delays in seeing patients. But Lerner said the IG tried to “discredit the whistleblowers by focusing on the word ‘secret,’ rather than reviewing the access to care issues identified by the whistleblowers … OIG also denied OSC's request to review a copy of the complete investigation reports, undermining our ability to properly assess the VA's resolution of these issues.” ..."

Article Source: www.foxnews.com

Decision looms for Army sergeant who protected Afghan boy

Decision looms for Army sergeant who protected Afghan boy

Article Title: Decision looms for Army sergeant who protected Afghan boy

Snippet of Article: "...Sgt. First Class Charles Martland, a Green Beret with an 11-year Special Forces career, was stationed in Afghanistan in 2011 when the boy's mother came to him and said she'd been beaten and her son raped by a local police commander. Martland and another soldier summoned the police official and, when the man laughed at them, threw him off the base. Martland and Daniel Quinn were both disciplined for their actions ..."

Article Source: www.foxnews.com

Adventure Trips Push Disabled Vets Physically & Mentally

Adventure Trips Push Disabled Vets Physically & Mentally

Article Title: Adventure Trips Push Disabled Vets Physically & Mentally

Snippet of Article: "...Some vets think they can’t do things like that again, but they can. That hike specifically, through Yosemite National Park, was completed by several disabled vets through an adventure organization called Paradox Sports, which offers backpacking, mountaineering, ice climbing and other pretty extreme trips to any disabled person up for the challenge. For vets, it helps them regain their sense of self and brotherhood ..."

Article Source: www.dodlive.mil

Decorated Marine attacked by group of teens outside D.C. McDonald's

Article Title: Decorated Marine attacked by group of teens outside D.C. McDonald's

Snippet of Article: "...Marquez said he believes the attack was racially motivated. He remembers being accosted at the McDonald's in Washington's Chinatown neighborhood by five people between 16 and 21 years old. Most were men or boys. One may have been female. “The kids were asking me if I think that black lives mattered,” Marquez said ..."

Article Source: www.wkyc.com