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Senators push VA to fix problems with vets’ toxic exposure claims
A group of Senate Democrats wants quicker action from VA leaders on solutions to some problematic toxic exposure disability claims.
This week in Congress: What’s left now that the latest shutdown threat is gone?
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Dec. 6, 2021.
VA won’t fire employees for refusing the COVID vaccine until after the holidays
The deadline for some VA workers to get vaccinated passed two months ago.
With defense bill stalled, will lawmakers ‘ping pong’ it home?
With hope of a normal legislative process almost gone, lawmakers are dusting off a nearly decade-old congressional playbook in the hopes of finding a way to get the annual defense authorization bill to the president’s desk before the end of December.
White House taps former Air Force official to run Pentagon acquisition
During his tenure at the Air Force, LaPlante oversaw the acquisition of the B-21 bomber through a complicated selection process.
This week in Congress: Shutdown threat looms again
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Nov. 29, 2021.
Lawmakers seek out lessons from US involvement in Afghanistan
The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations was the latest in a series of hearings into policy decisions regarding the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in August.
By Zinya Salfiti, Medill News Service
Senate’s China competition bill threatens NDAA passage
Packaging the annual defense bill with another sweeping bill to make the U.S. more competitive with China will swamp the entire thing, the Democratic chair of the House Armed Services Committee is warning.
By Joe Gould