VA Funding Fee. In layman's terms the VA funding fee is a fee that the Department of Veteran's Affairs charges on each loan so that the VA can generate enough revenue to maintain the existence of the VA home loan program.
Reading Google eBooks on a Kindle Fire entails sideloading the Indiebound Reader App (which also works for the Nook, Android, iPhone, and iPad -- you can find the app in your device's app store).
Meanwhile, the Kindle app for iOS or Android can also be used to read the articles you're sending to your Kindle, if you want to. The app allows you to see the full list of articles you've sent, and you can then manually download and read the books, if you want to.