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Wednesday, April 24
The Sun-Times is doing a multi-part report on the treatment of veterans by the Illinois office of the federal Veterans Affairs agency. Yesterday (PDF) focused on vets' difficulty receiving disability benefits; today (PDF) looked at the long-term care situation.