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Paid parental leave takes shape under new OPM regulations
The Office of Personnel Management plans to issue a final interim rule on the use of paid parental leave Aug. 10.
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Next coronavirus relief package must include a big defense boost, GOP leaders argue
Congressional leaders are negotiating another multi-trillion package of coronavirus relief spending, to include some money for the Defense Department.
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Pentagon not confirming any plans to halve US troops in Afghanistan by the election
The Pentagon is not expecting the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to drop by half in the next three months.
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Germany floats a new NATO spending yardstick: 10 percent
Officials are pushing for a new yardstick to measure Berlin's contributions to NATO, suggesting the country could shoulder 10 percent of alliance requirements.
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Veterans suicide prevention plans take a big step forward, but still face tough political hurdles
House and Senate lawmakers will have to work out difference between their outreach plans in coming weeks in hopes of passing reform legislation by the end of 2020.
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Trump again says Lebanon blast might have been attack
President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued to suggest that the massive explosion that killed at least 135 people in Lebanon might have been a deliberate attack, even as officials in Lebanon and his own defense chief said it’s believed to have be an accident.
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Esper says he underestimated how much racial injustice affects service members
Defense Secretary Mark Esper called George Floyd's death a wake-up call for military leadership.
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Fourth service member COVID-19 death was a Virginia pastor
Spc. Curtis Fort, 61, died July 30.
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Continued limits on VA burial service attendance draw criticism
A Republican lawmaker wants VA to lift all caps on how many mourners can attend committal services at department cemeteries.
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Trump says US generals feel Beirut blast was likely an ‘attack’
President Donald Trump said U.S. military generals have told him that they “seem to feel” the massive explosion that rocked Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people, was a “terrible attack” likely caused by a bomb.
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National Guard coronavirus missions extended until 2021
The White House authorized the missions to continue until Dec. 31 after governors asked for more help.
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Lawmakers call for investigation, ‘thorough review’ of $7.2 billion household goods contract
TRANSCOM's choice of bidders for the contract to privatize household goods moves is 'deeply troubling'
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Pentagon nominee slams the US Navy’s fleet plans as ‘not a credible document’
The Navy's plan for a 355-ship fleet was put together without regard to its cost, an incoming Pentagon official told lawmakers Tuesday.
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With the Germany withdrawal, Poland is set to be hosting a lot more US troops
Poland has agreed to construct multiple facilities to support more U.S. troops operating in that country.
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Trump suggests US troop levels in Afghanistan could be cut in half by Election Day
He also called U.S. involvement in the Middle East the single biggest mistake in the history of America.
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