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Biden to call for more support for homeless vets in State of the Union
Expanding services for veterans facing mental health and financial problems will also be key features of the upcoming presidential budget request.
Iraq AUMF repeal vote delayed until mid-July
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to take up a bipartisan measure to repeal the 2002 and 1991 war authorizations for Iraq in mid-July.
By Joe Gould
Military stumped by stolen box of Marine Corps armor-piercing grenades
The Pentagon’s IG wrote that the disappearing grenades “further emphasized the lack of proper security for rail shipments” of military arms, explosives and ammunition.
Sentencing set for former nursing assistant who admitted to killing 7 VA patients in West Virginia
Reta Mays faces up to life in prison for each of seven counts of second-degree murder when she is sentenced Tuesday in federal court.
Book excerpt: ‘The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917′
"The Road Less Traveled" describes how tantalizingly close far-sighted statesmen came to ending the war near the end of 1916, saving millions of lives, and avoiding the total war that dimmed hopes for a better world.
By Philip Zelikow
The ‘unexplained’ reasons female feds make less money
Female feds still make less money on average than their male counterparts, but the reasons why are getting harder to quantify.
By Jessie Bur
Armed Services committees and the election: Here’s what we know
Stay tuned for updates as results for key congressional races continue to roll in. Will there be a major shakeup for the congressional Armed Services committees?
By Joe Gould
Feds still make three quarters of private sector pay
Federal employees make 23.1 percent less than those doing the same job in the private sector, according to the Federal Salary Council.
By Jessie Bur
Major veterans suicide prevention legislation advances, but without discussion of guns
Congress is expected to finalize a series of suicide prevention measures by the end of September.
Larger manpower cuts coming to the future Corps, Marine commandant says
“The force design efforts started with the war-fighting end, so most of the adjustments to how we are built had to do with war-fighting," the commandant said.
By Philip Athey
US military budget request for Afghanistan lowest in a decade
The Defense Department detailed that the OCO budget request for Afghanistan “assumes a drawdown of forces."
By Shawn Snow