VA Makes 'Error' in Using Gender-Neutral Motto in Official Government Notice
27 Jul 2021
Military.com | By Patricia Kime
No, the Department of Veterans Affairs has not officially changed its mission statement, despite publishing a gender-neutral version in an official U.S. government publication last week.
Buried in a July 23 Federal Register notice on regulations about reporting veterans' medical and benefits debt to credit agencies is a statement that the VA's mission is to "care for those who shall have borne the battle and for their families and survivors."
That is a variation of the department's official mission to support "President Abraham Lincoln's promise 'To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan.'"
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