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VA expands benefits options for vets with other-than-honorable status
Veterans Affairs officials are updating rules regarding benefits eligibility to include more individuals with other-than-honorable discharges.
GOP senator blocks Russia pro from joining Pentagon, drawing fiery rebuke
A key Russia expert and two other defense experts are being blocked from joining the Pentagon by GOP Sen. Josh Hawley, as the Biden administration struggles to solve the deepening Russia-Ukraine crisis and deploys thousands of U.S. troops to bolster European allies.
By Joe Gould
Reed aims for fresh push to confirm Biden’s Pentagon nominees
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., said this week he will renew his efforts to persuade the U.S. Senate to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees for the Pentagon.
By Joe Gould
Amid Russia crisis, Pentagon nominee criticizes Obama response to Crimea
A top Pentagon pick for President Biden has criticized the Obama administration’s response to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea as “too slow and too incremental.”
As Pentagon calls for industry innovation, top acquisition nominees remain stalled
The Pentagon has are too few acquisition officials confirmed for the defense industry.
By Joe Gould
NATO ambassador Julianne Smith confirmed after senator relents
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick for ambassador to NATO, Julianne Smith, by a voice vote Thursday after Sen. Josh Hawley removed his objection to the nomination.
By Joe Gould
New WWI movie to feature a gay love story
The movie will begin filming in the summer of 2022.
By Sarah Sicard
Army to re-investigate past allegations against PSYOP first sergeant now charged with child sex crimes
Master Sgt. Joshua Glardon faces 16 felony child sex charges.
By Davis Winkie
GOP lawmaker threatens to delay Biden national security nominees over Afghanistan
The threat from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., comes amid bipartisan congressional criticism of the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal strategy.
By Joe Gould
Mara Karlin confirmed to lead Pentagon strategy
The Senate has confirmed veteran defense official Mara Karlin to lead Pentagon strategy hours after Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., announced he’d lifted a procedural hold on the nomination over China policy concerns.
By Joe Gould
Defense firms quietly resume political giving after post-insurrection pause
Defense companies have slowly ramped up their political donations to the Republicans they once purported to shun over a refusal to acknowledge President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
By Joe Gould