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  Cornyn wants VA clinic renamed in honor of late Treto Garza
HARLINGEN, April 27 - U.S. Sen. John Cornyn wants to rename a VA clinic in Harlingen after the late Arturo ‘Treto’ Garza, who championed veteran’s issues in the Rio Grande Valley and wrote regularly for the Guardian.
  Salazar: Time to deliver on VA hospital promise

SAN ANTONIO, November 12 - What better way to honor our more than 120,000 Rio Grande Valley veterans than to finally build and maintain a VA hospital in the region?


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    Cornyn pays tribute to Treto Garza and other veterans

WASHINGTON, November 12 - Veterans Day, which we formally mark today, is a time for reflection. It is a time for honoring the men and women who have risked their lives in far-flung corners of the world to defend our freedom.

    Freeman: A brother I never knew

EDINBURG, November 11 - Today is Veterans Day, a day we set aside to honor those who have served in America’s 100 wars.

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    VA says 'no' to Valley veterans' hospital... for now

McALLEN, October 20 - The Department of Veterans Affairs has again rejected calls from veterans to build a VA hospital in the Rio Grande Valley.

    Oliveira, Cuellar, Vela, add their tributes to Treto Garza

HARLINGEN, October 4 - State Rep. René Oliveira, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and potential U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela have joined in the tributes to Rio Grande Valley veteran’s leader Arturo “Treto” Garza.

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  Cornyn wants VA clinic renamed in honor of late Treto Garza
HARLINGEN, April 27 - U.S. Sen. John Cornyn wants to rename a VA clinic in Harlingen after the late Arturo ‘Treto’ Garza, who championed veteran’s issues in the Rio Grande Valley and wrote regularly for the Guardian.
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  Salazar: Time to deliver on VA hospital promise

SAN ANTONIO, November 12 - What better way to honor our more than 120,000 Rio Grande Valley veterans than to finally build and maintain a VA hospital in the region?

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  Cornyn pays tribute to Treto Garza and other veterans

WASHINGTON, November 12 - Veterans Day, which we formally mark today, is a time for reflection. It is a time for honoring the men and women who have risked their lives in far-flung corners of the world to defend our freedom.

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  Freeman: A brother I never knew

EDINBURG, November 11 - Today is Veterans Day, a day we set aside to honor those who have served in America’s 100 wars.

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  VA says 'no' to Valley veterans' hospital... for now

McALLEN, October 20 - The Department of Veterans Affairs has again rejected calls from veterans to build a VA hospital in the Rio Grande Valley.

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  Oliveira, Cuellar, Vela, add their tributes to Treto Garza

HARLINGEN, October 4 - State Rep. René Oliveira, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and potential U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela have joined in the tributes to Rio Grande Valley veteran’s leader Arturo “Treto” Garza.

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  Garza: Veteranos… W T F U

HARLINGEN, September 30 – Actor Samuel Jackson’s new commercial should have hit the South Texas veteran right on target and if veterans do not wake the f…k up, we will never get a Veterans Affairs hospital. 

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  Garza: Biro says there are no plans to expand VA surgical center

HARLINGEN, September 23 - In a local newspaper, Congressman Rubén Hinojosa, is quoted saying that he has submitted a proposal for funding for an Emergency Room at the “Veterans Medical Center” in Harlingen, Texas.

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  Garza: VA's Valley voucher system is not working well enough

HARLINGEN, September 10 - The new contract voucher system that was implemented as a result of the Booz Allen study has proven that there are enough veterans to sustain a VA hospital in South Texas.

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  Cornyn: VA needs to provide inpatient health care at Harlingen clinic

HARLINGEN, August 30 - U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is pushing Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to add in inpatient health care at the new VA Health Care Center in Harlingen.

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  Garza: Valley veterans have no preference when it comes to location of VA hospital

HARLINGEN, August 27 - Here is how the claims office at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is handling the backlog of claims:

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  VA to host groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow

McALLEN, August 14 - U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and U.S. Reps. Rubén Hinojosa and Henry Cuellar are due to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new VA Outpatient Clinic in the Rio Grande Valley tomorrow.

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  Garza: Vela can boost VA hospital battle

HARLINGEN, August 7 - Congratulations to attorney Filemon Vela on his recent victory in the Democratic primary election for Congressional District 34.

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  Garza: In defense of Stolen Valor Act

HARLINGEN, July 28 - Recently the United States Supreme Court ruled that the “Stolen Valor Act” is unconstitutional and thus may not be enforced.

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  State Rep: Obama should meet with Valley veterans

WESLACO, July 17 - State Rep. Armando “Mando” Martinez says President Obama should make time to meet with Rio Grande Valley veterans during his visit to San Antonio today.

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  Garza: Legislature playing games with Texas veterans

HARLINGEN, July 15 - Democracy in Action or at least that is what veterans thought it was when they aggressively sought a Constitutional Amendment to the Texas Constitution on Nov. 3, 2009.

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  Garza: Who will step up to the plate for Valley veterans?

HARLINGEN, June 20 - Rio Grande Valley veterans still do not have a Veterans Affairs hospital. Will our local heroes ever get one?

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  Garza: Harlingen must do more to secure VA hospital

HARLINGEN, June 30 - The efforts of Rio Grande Valley veterans to bring a Veterans Affairs hospital to Harlingen have slowed down somewhat. 

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  Walton: VA adds additional mental health professionals

HARLINGEN, June 17 - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki often reminds us: as the tide of war recedes we have the opportunity, and the responsibility, to anticipate the needs of returning veterans.

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  Garza: How come the VA continues to thwart our elected officials?

HARLINGEN, June 12 - Veterans in South Texas have been actively advocating for a Veterans Affairs Hospital for the region for years.

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  Hinojosa: Memorial Day – Remembrance is a Rite

McALLEN, May 28 - Having just recently observed Texas' Vietnam Veterans Day, I noted that we Americans pay tribute to our heroes with frequency. 

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  Garza: VA has always been against veterans' hospital for our region

HARLINGEN, May 28 - It has been very quiet in recent weeks on the part of Rio Grande Valley veterans’ efforts to bring a Full Service Medical Center (FSMC) to South Texas. 

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  Garza: The dream of Pablo Diaz lives on

HARLINGEN, May 6 - On Thursday April 26, 2012 I attended the last rites for a good friend, Mr. Pablo Diaz of Santa Maria, Texas.

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  Garza: Will VA's minority veterans' panel get to hear from Valley veterans?

HARLINGEN, April 15 –  There will be a meeting of the VA’s Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans on April 26 at the Regional Academic Health Center in Harlingen.

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  Hinojosa: The Memorial Flame Burns Brighter

McALLEN, March 28 - More communities than ever, since State Representative Wayne Smith and I passed Senate Bill 1903, establishing March 29 as Texas Vietnam Veterans' Day, are joining in a memorial that is very personal to me.

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  Garza: Valley veterans still getting second class treatment

HARLINGEN, March 25 - As time goes by, it becomes more apparent that more and better health services are needed to address the many health ailments of Rio Grande Valley veterans.

   
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Cornyn wants VA clinic renamed in honor of late Treto Garza

Salazar: Time to deliver on VA hospital promise

Cornyn pays tribute to Treto Garza and other veterans

Freeman: A brother I never knew

VA says 'no' to Valley veterans' hospital... for now

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