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New in 2021: Confirmation timing for new DoD, VA secretaries could be tricky
Uncertainty over Senate control could push hearings, votes well past the inauguration.
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VA ends 2020 with more than 6,500 coronavirus deaths and 150,000 infections
The total veteran deaths equate to roughly 22 a day since the start of the pandemic, making coronavirus more deadly than the roughly 17 veterans a day lost to suicide.
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Latest fight over defense bill may push final passage into 2021
The annual defense authorization bill has hit yet another procedural roadblock, this time over an unrelated fight over stimulus checks related to the ongoing pandemic.
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New in 2021: What will Biden’s first defense budget look like?
One area of the military budget that could see the biggest change is personnel numbers.
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Veterans in the 117th Congress, by the numbers
Only 91 veterans will serve in the next session of Congress, down five from the previous session.
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One vet’s GI Bill fight could win benefits for millions of other students
The case could give an extra year of benefits for veterans who have used up their post-9/11 GI Bill but still have some eligibility left under the Montgomery GI Bill program.
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New in 2021: Military pay raise likely to be smaller next year
The federal formula calls for a 2.7 percent pay raise in 2022.
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Trump vetoes defense bill, but Congress appears poised to override him
The president waited until the last moment to issue his attempted block of the massive defense policy measure.
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Trump pardons former Rep. Duncan Hunter and four Iraq war vets convicted in Blackwater shooting
The former Blackwater employees were sent to prison for their role in a controversial 2007 attack in Baghdad which left 14 people dead.
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December is now the VA’s deadliest month for coronavirus as deaths top 6,000
The VA is now reporting more than 50 veterans dying every day from complications linked to the coronavirus.
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New in 2021: Confirmation timing for new DoD, VA secretaries could be tricky
Uncertainty over Senate control could push hearings, votes well past the inauguration.
-
VA ends 2020 with more than 6,500 coronavirus deaths and 150,000 infections
The total veteran deaths equate to roughly 22 a day since the start of the pandemic, making coronavirus more deadly than the roughly 17 veterans a day lost to suicide.
-
Latest fight over defense bill may push final passage into 2021
The annual defense authorization bill has hit yet another procedural roadblock, this time over an unrelated fight over stimulus checks related to the ongoing pandemic.
-
New in 2021: What will Biden’s first defense budget look like?
One area of the military budget that could see the biggest change is personnel numbers.
-
Veterans in the 117th Congress, by the numbers
Only 91 veterans will serve in the next session of Congress, down five from the previous session.
-
One vet’s GI Bill fight could win benefits for millions of other students
The case could give an extra year of benefits for veterans who have used up their post-9/11 GI Bill but still have some eligibility left under the Montgomery GI Bill program.
-
New in 2021: Military pay raise likely to be smaller next year
The federal formula calls for a 2.7 percent pay raise in 2022.
-
Trump vetoes defense bill, but Congress appears poised to override him
The president waited until the last moment to issue his attempted block of the massive defense policy measure.
-
Trump pardons former Rep. Duncan Hunter and four Iraq war vets convicted in Blackwater shooting
The former Blackwater employees were sent to prison for their role in a controversial 2007 attack in Baghdad which left 14 people dead.
-
December is now the VA’s deadliest month for coronavirus as deaths top 6,000
The VA is now reporting more than 50 veterans dying every day from complications linked to the coronavirus.
-
New in 2021: Confirmation timing for new DoD, VA secretaries could be tricky
Uncertainty over Senate control could push hearings, votes well past the inauguration.
-
VA ends 2020 with more than 6,500 coronavirus deaths and 150,000 infections
The total veteran deaths equate to roughly 22 a day since the start of the pandemic, making coronavirus more deadly than the roughly 17 veterans a day lost to suicide.
-
Latest fight over defense bill may push final passage into 2021
The annual defense authorization bill has hit yet another procedural roadblock, this time over an unrelated fight over stimulus checks related to the ongoing pandemic.
-
New in 2021: What will Biden’s first defense budget look like?
One area of the military budget that could see the biggest change is personnel numbers.
-
Veterans in the 117th Congress, by the numbers
Only 91 veterans will serve in the next session of Congress, down five from the previous session.
-
One vet’s GI Bill fight could win benefits for millions of other students
The case could give an extra year of benefits for veterans who have used up their post-9/11 GI Bill but still have some eligibility left under the Montgomery GI Bill program.
-
New in 2021: Military pay raise likely to be smaller next year
The federal formula calls for a 2.7 percent pay raise in 2022.
-
Trump vetoes defense bill, but Congress appears poised to override him
The president waited until the last moment to issue his attempted block of the massive defense policy measure.
-
Trump pardons former Rep. Duncan Hunter and four Iraq war vets convicted in Blackwater shooting
The former Blackwater employees were sent to prison for their role in a controversial 2007 attack in Baghdad which left 14 people dead.
-
December is now the VA’s deadliest month for coronavirus as deaths top 6,000
The VA is now reporting more than 50 veterans dying every day from complications linked to the coronavirus.
