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Senators want to boost Pentagon UFO office funding, transparency
Lawmakers have been pushing for more funding for the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office for months.
By Zamone Perez
Planned military justice reforms are robust, necessary, congressional leaders insist amid criticism
House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith said claims the reforms do little to help deal with military sexual misconduct are untrue.
House passes defense bill 363-70; Senate up next
The House passed a new compromise defense policy bill and sent it to the Senate Tuesday, endorsing a $25 billion increase over President Joe Biden’s defense budget request for 2022
By Joe Gould
Sweeping military justice reforms, plan to add women to draft dropped from compromise authorization bill
Lawmakers hope to rush the slimmed down authorization bill through both chambers of Congress this week.
Reforms to military justice system endangered by slow pace of defense authorization bill
If the annual defense policy bill doesn't pass, neither will sweeping changes to how military sexual assault cases are handled.
Gillibrand: UCMJ changes needed to ensure fairness for all troops
Military Times sat down with the New York Democrat to talk about her proposal to overhaul the military justice system to ensure sexual misconduct crimes are handled properly.
DoD would see a big budget boost, military justice overhaul under Senate proposal
The $740 billion defense authorization bill proposal received bipartisan support in the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Plan to boost Biden’s defense budget could see bipartisan support
Senate Armed Services Committee members on Wednesday will debate whether to add about $25 billion to the military funding plan for fiscal 2022.
Senior DoD leaders question plan to shift sexual misconduct, other serious crimes away from command
In letters to a senator, seven of the eight Joint Chiefs of Staff offered concerns about the plan.
Military justice changes must go beyond sex cases, says senator
Top Pentagon officials and key lawmakers are open to the sexual assault shift, but they say applying it more broadly requires far more study and debate.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press