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Breaking down Trump’s executive order mandating multiple VA reforms
The president signed an executive order Friday calling for several sweeping changes in VA operations and construction goals.
Lawmakers expect more clarity soon on plans to pull US troops out of Germany
The Senate Armed Services chairman said he supports what he has seen of the plan so far, but expects more details in coming days.
Video shows uniformed sailor screaming ‘F*** Trump!’ and angrily confronting protesters
Her command saw the video and is investigating.
House defense bill strips Confederate base names, curbs president’s powers in troop deployments
House lawmakers on Tuesday passed their $740.5 billion plan for the annual defense authorization bill, including provisions for a hefty military pay raise next year, new restrictions on the president’s war powers and requirements that the Defense Department rename bases honoring Confederate leaders.
German governors urge Congress to stop American troop withdrawal plan
The governors of the four German states that are home to critical U.S. military facilities are urging members of U.S. Congress to try and force President Donald Trump to back down from plans to withdraw more than a quarter of American troops from the country.
Bolton: Trump lacks strategic vision, historical knowledge
The former Trump national security adviser said he would have voted to remove the president for his Ukraine dealings.
Trump argues Confederate base names, battle flags should stay
In an interview with Fox News, Trump rejected the idea of the Confederate flag as a symbol of racism.
Penny wise, pound foolish: The flawed logic of withdrawal from South Korea
The surprise announcement of the possible withdrawal of 9,500 U.S. troops from Germany has recently again put removal of troops from Korea in the spotlight, says the author of this commentary.
By David Maxwell
Will a new push to end veteran suicide have more success than past promises?
A just-released White House campaign and upcoming congressional legislative push aim to reduce the 20 veterans lost each day to suicide.
Trump’s former doctor, a retired Navy admiral, wins House GOP nomination in Texas
President Donald Trump’s former White House physician and onetime pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs won the Republican nomination for a U.S. House seat in Texas in an election that unfolded amid an alarming spread of the coronavirus.
Key House Democrats want to lock in New START weapons limits
The chairmen of the House foreign affairs and intelligence committees are pushing a measure meant to extend the last remaining U.S.-Russia arms control agreement amid fears President Donald Trump will let it lapse.
By Joe Gould