January 2008

• Major Increase in Travel Reimbursement for Disabled Veterans [January 31, 2008]
• Enactment of Defense Bill Provisions for Wounded Warriors [January 29, 2008]
• Reaction to President Bush's State of the Union Address [January 28, 2008]
• Report Reveals Deadly Substandard Conditions at VA Hospital, Chairman Akaka Appalled [January 28, 2008]
• Boston Globe: Akaka requests more funds for post-traumatic stress disorder [January 26, 2008]
• Senators call for more PTSD center funding [January 25, 2008]
• Chairman Akaka Troubled by Report on Troops' Post-Deployment Health Reassessments [January 25, 2008]
• Hearing on Compensation of Disabled Veterans [January 24, 2008]
• Hearing to reduce contractor waste and fraud in Iraq/Afghanistan [January 24, 2008]
• Hearing on Compensation of Disabled Veterans January 24 [January 23, 2008]
• Historic Funding Increase for Veterans [January 18, 2008]
• Hawaii's Student Delegats to the 46th Annual United States Senate Youth Program [January 15, 2008]
• Akaka, Sununu Express Disappointment Over Department of Homeland Security's Final REAL ID Regulations [January 11, 2008]
• Congressional Quarterly: Bush Will Release Billions in ‘Contingency' Funds for Veterans [January 9, 2008]