Top VA Official Visits Rural Alaska

The top official from the Department of Veterans Affairs spent Memorial Day afternoon in Rural Alaska. Secretary Eric Shinseki traveled to the Bering Sea Village of Kwigillingok to get a better understanding of what it will take to care for veterans in the remote reaches of Alaska.   From member station KYUK in Bethel, reporter Shane Iverson was on the ground when Shinseki’s helicopter arrived and has this report.

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Shane Iverson is a reporter at KYUK in Bethel.

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