VA's Gulf War Taskforce - Gingrich
February 17, 2010
Rockefeller, VA secretary meet with local veterans
Lawrence Pierce
Eric Shinseki (center), secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, talks with Justin Wilcox (right), a Marine who served in Iraq, as Sen. Jay Rockefeller looks on at the Charleston Vet Center on Wednesday.
Lawrence Pierce
Shinseki (right) and Rockefeller discuss the VA's Gulf War Illness Task Force after meeting with veterans in Charleston.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It was just another group therapy session for a handful of veterans at the Charleston Vet Center on Wednesday, except that this meeting had two unusual guests: a cabinet secretary and a U.S. senator.
Eric Shinseki, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., met with a small group of veterans and listened to those Rockefeller described as members of "a community of pain, and a community of pride."
The meeting is a part of a larger effort by the VA to reach more veterans and provide better, more specific services to the 8 million Americans who have served in the military, Shinseki said. In September, his agency launched the Gulf War Illness Task Force, designed to take a comprehensive look at veterans from that conflict and identify areas where treatment can be improved, he said.
In the upcoming weeks, the task force, chaired by VA Chief of Staff John Gingrich, who is a Gulf War veteran, will submit its final results.
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Rockefeller, VA secretary meet with local veterans
Lawrence Pierce
Eric Shinseki (center), secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, talks with Justin Wilcox (right), a Marine who served in Iraq, as Sen. Jay Rockefeller looks on at the Charleston Vet Center on Wednesday.
Lawrence Pierce
Shinseki (right) and Rockefeller discuss the VA's Gulf War Illness Task Force after meeting with veterans in Charleston.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It was just another group therapy session for a handful of veterans at the Charleston Vet Center on Wednesday, except that this meeting had two unusual guests: a cabinet secretary and a U.S. senator.
Eric Shinseki, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., met with a small group of veterans and listened to those Rockefeller described as members of "a community of pain, and a community of pride."
The meeting is a part of a larger effort by the VA to reach more veterans and provide better, more specific services to the 8 million Americans who have served in the military, Shinseki said. In September, his agency launched the Gulf War Illness Task Force, designed to take a comprehensive look at veterans from that conflict and identify areas where treatment can be improved, he said.
In the upcoming weeks, the task force, chaired by VA Chief of Staff John Gingrich, who is a Gulf War veteran, will submit its final results.
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