Department of Veterans Affairs

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The second-largest cabinet department, the VA coordinates the distribution of benefits for veterans of the American armed forces and their dependents. The benefits include compensation for disabilities, the management of veterans' hospitals, and various insurance programs.

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Department of Veterans Affairs

Hanna helped develop a mobile shipping container called ScanVan that physically travels to the Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and academic centers to pull data from archives and make it available.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Just weeks later, Customs and Border Patrol officers killed Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

Department of Veterans Affairs to help provide his care.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Department of Veterans Affairs is calling for bids to build fewer than a third of that number with a delivery date seven months later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

The US Department of Veterans Affairs was slow to aid the veterans who had come back with emotional problems.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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