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Vet News: VA Introduces New Weekly Podcast

Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

WASHINGTON - As part of its ongoing effort to engage and reach out to Veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a podcast titled “This Week at VA.” The podcast will be produced weekly. Each episode will include information on benefits or products, interviews with Veterans, a highlighted Veteran of the Day and other helpful content. This week’s show features an interview with VA Secretary Robert A. McDonald.

“This Week at VA highlights the department’s commitment to delivering valuable information to the Veteran community through real stories of the Veteran experience,” said McDonald.

The “This Week at VA” podcast will act as another platform to communicate with Veterans, their families and stakeholders. There are currently three episodes available for listening that spotlight Marine Veteran Haley Carter, Army Veteran Francisco Urena and Army Veteran Fred Wellman.

The podcast is available on VA’s VAntage Point blog under the This Week at VA Podcast category and on iTunes. Be sure to subscribe in iTunes for updates each week when new episodes are released.

The podcast adds to the number of innovative ways VA communicates directly with Veterans and their families. VA has a robust presence on social media, with more than 150 Facebook pages, most of which belong to individual VA medical centers. VA’s digital presence also includes the VAntage Point blog, nearly 100 Twitter feeds, Instagram, a Flickr page containing more than 32,000 photos, and a YouTube channel with nearly 1000 videos, which has amassed over 5.6 million views.

To access and connect to VA’s social media sites, visit VA’s social media directory at http://www.va.gov/opa/socialmedia.asp.

 

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