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Friday, March 25, 2011
Columbus, GA – Georgia Senator Ed Harbison (D-15) says the veterans in Muscogee County and the Fort Benning area deserve a VA hospital, and that's why he is working with U.S. Congressman Sanford Bishop to make national leaders aware of the growing need.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
By Ben Wright
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Adding 180 new manufacturing jobs at Pratt & Whitney means a $10 million economic impact in annual salaries, U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop said Wednesday.
By Dust Nix
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki probably had the Vietnam generation in mind last Wednesday when he spoke of the nation’s broken covenant with those who have served us in the armed forces.
Columbus, GA– Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) today toured the Pratt & Whitney Columbus Engine Centerto get a first hand account of the plant’s operation, and how it impacts the Columbus economy.
By Halimah Abdullah
Monday, March 21, 2011
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Veteran Affairs Eric Shinseki testified Wednesday that his office would work to improve how veterans returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are treated.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
In a recent speech to a VFW convention in Arlington, Va., Secretary of Veterans Affairs Erik Shinseki listed among the agency’s priorities “to increase veteran access to VA benefits and services, [and] reduce and ultimately eliminate the backlog in disability claims …”
By Halimah Abdullah
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
WASHINGTON -- During his recent series of town-hall meetings, Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, said he listened carefully as veterans and their family members told stories of wading through a confusing tangle of red tape only to wait years for disability claims to be processed.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) released the following statement on the death of Talbot County Sheriff Herman Howard. Prior to being elected Sheriff of Talbot County in 2008, Howard served as the Deputy Sheriff and county road superintendent of Talbot County. |
By Carlton Fletcher
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
LEESBURG, GA — It’s been six years in the making, but city of Leesburg leaders officially opened the special sales tax-funded wastewater pollution control plant at 2555 Georgia Highway 32 Monday afternoon.