President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next secretary of Veterans Affairs, turning to a former Army chief of staff once vilified by the Bush administration for questioning its Iraq war strategy shortly before the U.S. invasion. ...more

December 7, 2008

Wounded Warrior Program Assists Soldiers The U.S. Army established the U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program in 2005 to provide severely wounded soldiers and their families advocacy and follow-up with personal support so they can return to duty or to civilian life. ...more

July 11, 2008

President Bush on Tuesday nominated retired Army Lt. Gen. James Peake to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is struggling to make the drastic changes needed to care for the large number of wounded troops returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

October 31, 2007