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VA expands survivor benefits to include more same-sex couples

The policy is designed to help veterans and spouses who could not be legally married until 2015.

By Leo Shane III

3 years ago

Proposed law would eliminate benefits deduction for military retirees with combat-related injuries or illnesses

The Major Richard Star Act aims to eliminate a benefits "offset" which deducts military retiree pay by the amount of VA disability compensation.

By Dylan Gresik

5 years ago

Explainer: Is the US losing the artificial intelligence arms race?

The U.S. defense community is starting to understand that AI will significantly transform, if not completely reinvent, the world’s military power balance.

By James Johnson, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

6 years ago

Bid to end military ‘widows tax’ stalled despite congressional promises

Efforts to force the issue into the annual defense authorization bill debate were turned back over funding and procedural problems.

By Leo Shane III

6 years ago

Stealing from war widows: PODCAST

Defense Nerds podcast for 5/27: Disaster aid bill, military housing problems, the military widows tax and Memorial Day reflections.

By Leo Shane III and Joe Gould

6 years ago

Will the military ‘widows tax’ disappear this year?

The issue costs about 65,000 surviving military spouses an average of $11,000 a year.

By Leo Shane III

6 years ago