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5 reasons federal cuts are hitting veterans especially hard

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The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut 83,000 jobs, slashing employment by over 17 percent .

One-quarter of the VA’s 482,000 employees are veterans, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press on March 5, 2025 .

One estimate is that of the 38,000 federal employees fired in the first five weeks of the Trump administration.

Jamie Rowen : The first Trump administration made veteran suicide prevention a policy priority.

He says the VA ’s investment in research, about $916 million a year, has contributed to a comprehensive understanding of veterans’ well-being.

Rowen says at least 350 VA researchers will likely lose their jobs.

Cutting Medicaid would hurt veterans' health, too, because not all veterans have access to federally funded health care through VA .

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