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Senators take up defense bill work this week, but out of public view
Defense and veterans hearings for the week of June 10, 2024.
VA to provide abortions in cases of rape, danger to veteran’s health
Abortions could be conducted at VA medical centers, even in states where the procedure is outlawed.
3D animation shows the inner-workings of an AR-15
The video explains why the rifle is such an efficient, and ultimately dangerous, weapon.
By Sarah Sicard
House passes $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome system in blowout vote
The House passed legislation overwhelmingly to provide $1 billion to Israel to restock its Iron Dome short-range missile defense system just days after Democrats removed the funding from a broad stopgap spending bill.
By Joe Gould
Moderate Democrats rebuke defense budget cuts
Leaders of the House’s Blue Dog Coalition say they oppose calls to fund any less than the requested $753 billion national defense budget.
By Joe Gould
Bernie Sanders wants to cut defense spending. Not all Democrats agree.
The left-leaning chairman of the Senate Budget Committee is once again asking you to think about cuts to defense spending.
By Joe Gould
All eyes on Reed as Austin waiver splits Democrats
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed hasn’t taken over as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee yet, but he’s already facing division within the panel and his party over the issue of President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Pentagon.
Defense bill in danger over Confederate-named military bases
Despite President Trump's veto threat, Democrats moved to rename military bases named after Confederate officers in an annual defense policy measure that has passed every year since the Kennedy administration.
By Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press
Trump, Biden trade barbs over North Korea’s nukes
Former Vice President Joe Biden attacked President Donald Trump over his chummy relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who recently unveiled a new, larger ICBM.
By Joe Gould
HASC Chair Adam Smith on a Democrat-led NatSec policy, modernization and a ‘500-ship Navy’
Expect artificial intelligence, command-and-control and survivability to be watchwords in the House Armed Services Committee going forward.
By Joe Gould
Trump doubles down on ending racial sensitivity training
President Donald Trump said during Tuesday's debate that racial sensitivity training for the federal workforce is “sick” and “insane" and "teaching people to hate our country."
By Jessie Bur