A bipartisan group of lawmakers want VA leaders to step up outreach efforts to military sexual trauma victims, calling it a critical need. The Pentagon says its data on whether troops are getting three months home for every month deployed is classified. The Pentagon is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars for mental health and suicide prevention programs, among others. Employees had been instructed to remove the photo because of its portrayal of a nonconsensual sexual act. Lawmakers are pushing for improvements after an inspector general report found limited resources for victims at many VA medical facilities. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalization last month is prompting the Pentagon to create new policies for leadership absences. A now-18-year-old woman argued the Marine Corps was negligent in letting Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne interact with teenage recruits. An Army doctor faces arraignment over charges that he sexually assaulted 42 male patients he treated while working as an anesthesiologist. Congress has pproved steady annual funding increases for VA opertions for more than 20 years. Whistleblowers complained that accusations against supervisors in the Office of Resolution Management, Diversity, and Inclusion were ignored. Load More