Minority veterans groups hope new leadership promises mean better results for all vets
Several new groups focused on minority veteran issues are being elevated by policy makers in an effort to ensure their views are being considered.
Several new groups focused on minority veteran issues are being elevated by policy makers in an effort to ensure their views are being considered.
The unemployment rate for all veterans in February was 5.5 percent, the same as in January,
The move follows a similar review by Defense Department officials announced last month.
On March 4, 2020, VA officials announced their first recorded case of coronavirus in a patient from California. Since then, hundreds of thousands more have contracted the illness.
The department has delayed or cancelled more than 19 million medical appointments over the last year, but hopes to reschedule them in the months ahead.
The commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard said he was frustrated by Pentagon leaders' response to the Capitol attack.
Officials said the joint work will help establish better conditions for both current and former service members.
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 1, 2021.
The Montana Democrat will serve as chairman of both the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and the defense panel of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee chairman said he is dismayed that the issue hasn't already been settled.