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Veterans Benefits Administration

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Mass federal layoffs deliver a gutting one-two punch to America's veterans

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VA dismisses more than 1,000 people who help provide services to veterans.

The layoffs could have cascading effects on veteran unemployment, advocacy group says.

VA says the cuts would allow more than $98 million each year to be redirected toward health care, benefits and services for veterans.

Democratic senators urge VA Secretary Doug Collins to reinstate those who were fired last week .

Marine veteran Andrew Lennox , 35 , had been working for the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System in Michigan for about two months before he was laid off through an email on Feb. 13 .

Lennox worries about the long-term or permanent effects Trump ’s policy changes will have.

Army veteran George Buchanan , an Army veteran who still works for the Veterans Benefits Administration in New York City , said confusion sparked by a sea of personnel changes has gone mainly unaddressed.

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