The inspector general referred the findings from a seven-month investigation to the U.S. Attorney’s Office to determine whether nine managers who approved granting bonuses that they later received violated federal law, according to the report made public Thursday.
Retired Lt. Col. Harlan Page Chapman, a Marine held for seven years as a prisoner-of-war during the Vietnam War, died Monday at the age of 89 in his Arizona home, according to his obituary.
More than 10,500 benefits claims for leukemia, multiple myeloma and other diseases related to herbicide exposure were overlooked for more than a year by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a new report by the VA Office of Inspector General.
