WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– In response to the growing health care needs of Veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs is opening a new Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Las Vegas, with the dedication ceremony scheduled for today. This is, importantly, a promise kept with the 164,000 Veterans who live in Clark, Nye, and Lincoln counties, and all 234,000 Veterans who call Nevada home, as well as Veterans from surrounding states who will find here the care and compassion they seek, said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, who provided keynote remarks at the dedication ceremony. As President Obama recently told the Veterans of Foreign Wars: We keep our promises Continue reading →