Veterans all over the country are waiting months — and sometimes years — before they get a response to their disability claims. Native American veterans have had an especially difficult time navigating the federal claim system.
From the Fronteras Desk in Flagstaff, Laurel Morales reports on a recent Veterans Summit on the Hopi Reservation.
Native American vets struggle with VA system
Recently on Take Two®
About Take Two®
Airs Weekdays 2 to 3 p.m.Join Take Two each weekday at 9 AM where we’ll translate the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that people are talking about. Find us on 89.3 KPCC, hosted by A Martinez.

Listen to story
04:21
The best SoCal news in your inbox, daily.
Take Two for June 25, 2013
- SCOTUS rules against key part of Voting Rights Act
- President Obama to reveal plan for climate change
- Competition seeks ideas for extreme weather resistant architecture
- Arborists attempt to clone John Muir's dying Giant Sequoia
- Remembering 'Twilight Zone' writer Richard Matheson
- Tuesday Reviewsday: The Stepkids, Johnnyswim, Femi Kuti and more
- Senate votes in favor of border amendment
- Exploring the burgeoning art scene at the US-Mexico border
- Native American vets struggle with VA system
- Inmates at risk for Valley Fever ordered removed from prisons
- Norovirus outbreaks plague Yellowstone, Grand Teton parks
- Meet John Moe, host of the new public radio show 'Wits'
- Chris's Collection: Pig 'N Whistle restaurant ceramic figure
- The Rainbow Flag at 35: Making of a global symbol of gay rights