New Va Chief: Veterans Agency Too Complicated

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Mon, 09/08/2014 - 11:59am

The Veterans Affairs Department with its 14 different password-protected websites is too complicated for most veterans to navigate, new Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said Monday, promising to make it easier for them to get disability benefits, health care, job training and other benefits.

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