White House plan calls for small boost in VA program budget

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White House plan calls for small boost in VA program budget
By Leo Shane III
Mar 9, 12:00 PM
Staffers walk part the entrance of the Washington D.C. VA Medical Center in June 2014. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

The Department of Veterans Affairs would see its lowest increase in program spending in nine years under the federal budget plan outlined by the White House on Thursday, but mandatory benefits spending would jump by more than 12% to cover the costs of new toxic exposure care approved by Congress last year.

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