Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Leroy Foster, who fought and was captured as a POW in the European Theater during World War II.

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Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Wayne Burkes, who served for 38 years and was a pilot, Veteran advocate, and life-long public servant.

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Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Mack Johnson, who served in South Korea after the Blue House and USS Pueblo crises.

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Veterans at VA medical centers across the country are celebrating Independence Day with creative solutions to today’s restrictions. Walking, waving, even tiny horses.

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There’s no doubt about it — VA will set an agency record for telehealth care in 2020. Veterans attend about 25,000 telehealth video appointments each day, a 1,000% increase from 2019. VA already surpassed last year’s number of telehealth encounters by 7 million. Because VA already had robust telehealth infrastructure in place — with nearly two-thirds of primary care and mental health providers having already used VA Video Connect to see patients — providers quickly ramped up telehealth capabilities to meet increased demand. Making care connections Telehealth can benefit Veterans, particularly those who find it difficult to travel or the one …

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