Five of these, including projects at the Veteran Health Administration and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, have been nominated for the 2012 Government Big Data Solutions Award.
Just last week, the Veteran's Administration announced its commitment to build a new medical center in the city's Central Business District.
We will pass legislation to give them the authority to negotiate those prices, just as Wal-Mart or Costco or the Veteran's Administration has the right to negotiate.
He urges the government to set up a veteran's administration.
Several sources close to the deliberations said Gene Sperling, a Clinton administration veteran, has gained traction in the last few weeks as a potential successor to Larry Summers, who is departing as director of the National Economic Council.
True, Gary Gensler, a Goldman alumnus (and veteran of the Clinton administration), has been appointed to run the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission, an important regulator of Wall Street, and Mr Obama may be tempted to appoint Jon Corzine, New Jersey's governor to a top job, but Mr Corzine's past stint as boss of Goldman Sachs will not help his cause.
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Some folks are outraged, too, by Mr Obama's rumoured selection of Dennis Ross, a veteran of Bill Clinton's administration, as his point man on Iran.
Hagel, R-Nebraska, is a Vietnam War veteran and fierce critic of the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war.
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Another veteran of the George W. Bush administration also weighed in Thursday, in a way that highlights the intersection of Benghazi oversight and Benghazi politics.
Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska, warned that Bush has isolated himself from veteran lawmakers from both parties who could help the administration find a solution to the problem of Iraq.
During the Reagan Administration, he served for a year as the number-two official at the Veterans Administration, but departed when the agency head sought to cut veteran benefits and downplayed the dangers of exposure to Agent Orange (a herbicide used extensively by U.S. forces in Indochina).
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In addition, the Administration will give funding priority to nursing schools that offer pro-veteran learning environments, recruit and support veterans interested in pursuing nursing careers, and facilitate academic credit for enlisted health care training.
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The Veterans Administration publishes mandatory requirements (.pdf) that must be met in order for a business to claim veteran status.
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