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There will be about 1 million new veterans added to the 22 million American veterans as active-duty service members leave the military over the next five years.<\/p>\n

This increase in veterans to serve means a larger budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs. President Barack Obama\u2019s proposed budget includes $140.3 billion for the VA to cover the 2012 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. <\/p>\n

The budget proposal now must be approved by Congress. It is about a 10 percent increase over the last VA budget.<\/p>\n

The VA must balance their budget while caring for the needs of soldiers returning from more than 10 years of war in the Middle East with the agency\u2019s commitments to veterans from previous conflicts.<\/p>\n

The requested budget includes $76 billion for mandatory spending, mostly for pensions and disability compensation. It also includes $64 billion in discretionary funds, most of which goes into medical care, according to the VA.<\/p>\n

The VA\u2019s budget (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There will be about 1 million new veterans added to the 22 million American veterans as active-duty service members leave the military over the next five years. This increase in veterans to serve means a larger budget for the Department…<\/span><\/p>\n

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