{"id":2399,"date":"2012-10-05T20:06:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T20:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.igivefirst.com\/i\/?page_id=2399"},"modified":"2013-09-06T03:08:43","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T03:08:43","slug":"veterans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.igivefirst.com\/i\/give-button-demo\/veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Example Articles about:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"..\/animals\" class=\"btn  btn-large\">Animals<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"..\/education\" class=\"btn  btn-large\">Education<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"..\/environment\" class=\"btn  btn-large\">Environment<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"..\/veterans\" class=\"btn  btn-large\">Veterans<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"..\/medical\" class=\"btn  btn-large\">Medical<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Expanding caregiver program for wounded vets costs billions, pledges to work with Congress<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/igivefirst.com\/give-button\/fb50ef25-16da-4604-b2b2-1bbc987cc669\"><img class=\"give-button-fb50ef25-16da-4604-b2b2-1bbc987cc669\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/igivefirst.com\/button-img\/fb50ef25-16da-4604-b2b2-1bbc987cc669\" alt=\"Give Through iGivefirst\"><\/a><br \/>\n<script>\n if(!window.igiveguid) { window.igiveguid = [] }\n window.igiveguid.push(\"fb50ef25-16da-4604-b2b2-1bbc987cc669\");\n var loader = document.createElement(\"script\"); loader.type = \"text\/javascript\"; loader.async = true;\n loader.src = \"https:\/\/igivefirst.com\/igive-js\/igive-button.js\"\n document.getElementsByTagName(\"head\")[0].appendChild(loader);\n<\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/igivefirst.com\/static-impression\/fb50ef25-16da-4604-b2b2-1bbc987cc669\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><noscript>&amp;amp;lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/igivefirst.mobi\/static-impression\/ddd406d0-da29-460e-92a1-79dc594341e1&#8243; border=&#8221;0&#8243; alt=&#8221;&#8221; \/&amp;amp;gt;<\/noscript><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br \/&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/igivefirst.com\/static-impression\/19e9e1d8-b39f-4f72-a9e2-c223cecf90f5&#8243; border=&#8221;0&#8243; alt=&#8221;&#8221; \/&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br \/&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;<\/noscript>http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2013\/09\/04\/expanding-caregiver-program-for-wounded-vets-costs-billions-pledges-to-work\/<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 \u00a0The Department of Veterans Affairs says it supports expanding an enhanced caregivers&#8217; benefit for wounded veterans but only if Congress comes up with the billions needed to pay for the expansion.<\/p>\n<p>The program is now limited to veterans who served after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. 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