Shinseki Agrees To Lend VA's Expertise To Arlington National Cemetery. In continuing coverage, the second item in the "Veterans Journal" column for the Providence (RI) Journal (6/21, Reilly) notes, "The top two officials in charge of Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC, were disciplined after an Army investigation found the cemetery's management to be 'dysfunctional,' Army Secretary John McHugh announced on June 10 at a Pentagon news conference." However, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has "agreed to lend his department's expertise in cemetery operations. Patrick K. Hallinan, director of the Office of Field Programs for the VA, will be temporarily reassigned as Arlington's superintendent. Hallinan currently oversees 130 national cemeteries."
Impact: Arlington Cemetery administration guidance from VA

VA Research Cited In Article On Protecting Against Prostate Cancer. Food Consumer (6/21, Liu) said that Sunday was Father's Day and while it "may be too late to send your dad a gift," it is "never too late to send a message to him to remind him that a healthy lifiestyle...can help protect against prostate cancer." The website goes on to note that "Dr. Stephen J. Freedland and a team of his colleagues of the Duke University Prostate Center" and the Veterans Affairs hospital "in Durham, North Carolina reported in the November 2009 issue of Journal of Urology that prostate cancer was less likely to be diagnosed in men who got exercise regularly than those who led a sedentary lifestyle."
Impact: Prostate health promotion

 Help For Another Generation Of American Veterans. An editorial in the Seattle Times (6/21, 225K).
Impact: Op-ed on Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America