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Leo Shane III
Deputy Editor
Leo covers Congress, Veterans Affairs and the White House for Military Times. He has covered Washington, D.C. since 2004, focusing on military personnel and veterans policies. His work has earned numerous honors, including a 2009 Polk award, a 2010 National Headliner Award, the IAVA Leadership in Journalism award and the VFW News Media award.
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Largest budget in VA history gets backing from House appropriators
Lawmakers also plan to reclassify some VA spending to make it easier to balance future budgets.
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Setbacks with new health records system have ‘shaken’ VA secretary
The $16 billion project has faced numerous setbacks in recent years.
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More money to buy weaponry and fight inflation in House defense bill
Despite hours of sometimes intense debate, the measure advanced out of committee on a bipartisan 57-1 vote.
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Troops would get $90 monthly bonuses to counter inflation in House plan
A separate plan to pay all troops at least $15 an hour failed to gain enough support among lawmakers.
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Bids to weaken military COVID vaccine mandate stall in Congress
Democrats rejected proposals to reinstate troops already kicked out and dismiss the Defense Secretary for requiring the shots.
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No consensus yet on military spending for next year, except for more of it
House lawmakers on Wednesday offered new and conflicting plans for defense spending next year, setting up intense congressional debate in coming months over what the right level of military funding for fiscal 2023 should be.
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Plan to overhaul Army fitness test gets support from House lawmakers
Language accompanying the Senate authorization bill draft goes beyond the Army fitness test to include further examination by all of the services.
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Bigger military housing stipends, lower commissary costs pushed to fight inflation
The moves are designed to help offset inflation costs hitting military families' finances.
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This week in Congress: Defense authorization and appropriations work collides on Wednesday
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of June 20, 2020.
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VA to delay electronic medical records deployment to additional sites until 2023
VA sites in Portland and Seattle were scheduled to start work with the new system later this year.
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