The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has selected a downtown site in New Orleans to reconstruct a VA Medical Center in the hurricane-ravaged city. First, though, it has to undergo the obligatory environmental assessment, and then the VA will make it final decision and begin acquisition of the land. And, out west, the VA has completed a contracted study of plans for Los Angeles that include new services for homeless veterans. VA will reveal the study’s recommendations on Sept. 6.
The U.S. began extensive air and artillery strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria on Dec. 19 in retaliation for the killing of three Americans on Dec. 13 by a gunman affiliated with ISIS, U.S. officials said.
