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“America’s greatest asset is not our assembly lines or weapons systems, or even our great ships, submarines, and airplanes … it’s our people.” - Adm. Harry Harris
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Congressman Ami Bera, M.D., a House Foreign Affairs Committee member, brought beautiful, heartfelt valentine cards handmade by Sutter Middle School students in Folsom to Veterans at VA Northern California Health Care System in Mather, California.
![Congressman Ami Bera and Veteran](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2023-02/1_0.png)
Improving Veteran's access to care is our top priority.
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Is someone using your personal or financial information to make purchases, get benefits, file taxes, or commit fraud? That’s identity theft.
![identity theft](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2023-01/IDT-Card-1200x630.png)
The Department of Veterans Affairs established 1-800-MyVA411 (1-800-698-2411) in 2020 to help Veterans, their family members, caregivers, and survivors understand and access the broad spectrum of VA benefits and services.
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The VA Northern California's Women Veterans Program procured five Mamava lactation pods for its locations.
![Mamava pod](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2022-11/Mather%20645%202nd%20floor2.jpg)
Smoking has a way of clouding nearly everything in a person’s life.
![Clear the air](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2022-11/Picture1d.jpg)
VA Northern California health care is offering no-cost flu shots to enrolled Veterans.
![Vaccine](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2021-07/2020-09-17-f1.png)
On May 7, 2022, the world was alerted to a confirmed case of Mpox in the United Kingdom.
![Mpox](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2022-12/how_spreads.png)
In “The Battle of Baltimore,” British Troops attacked Fort McHenry for 25 hours. Francis Scott Key described the scenes of America’s victory in a poem that would evolve into our national anthem, a song outlining the struggle, hope and promise of America.
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