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Snagged military fuel card contract triggers lawmaker scrutiny
Rep. Michael Waltz raised alarms about the AIR Card contract process.
By Joe Gould
Veterans’ business ‘incubator’ among 2020 Newman’s Own award winners
From mentoring new military spouses to putting veterans into tiny houses and providing refurbished cars, these organizations are making a difference in the military community.
By Karen Jowers
Senate hearing urged on Pentagon vaccine effort
Two Democrats on Senate Armed Services Committee members are calling on panel leaders to hold a hearing on the Defense Department’s role in Operation Warp Speed, a White House-backed effort to create and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to every American.
By Joe Gould
Feds say company provided subpar steel for US Navy subs
For decades, the U.S. Navy’s leading supplier of high-strength steel for submarines provided subpar metal because one of the company’s longtime employees falsified lab results.
Gold Star mothers group may consider adjusting membership rules in age of coronavirus
“Our membership organization will need to change criteria and guidelines on how we operate,” Mona Gunn, president of American Gold Star Mothers Inc. told Military Times. “It is something we may want to consider looking at.”
By Howard Altman
There is a ‘disincentive’ to tell the truth about progress in Afghanistan, Pentagon official says
There has always been a motivation to paint a rosy picture in Afghanistan, a Pentagon official said, and it got out of control.
Illegally sold Chinese surveillance equipment installed at military installations, feds say
A Long Island firm sold tens of millions of dollars in Chinese-made surveillance and other sensitive security equipment to customers, including the U.S. military to use on aircraft carriers, by falsely claiming the goods were manufactured in America, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Nobel laureate wants to kill off killer robots
In mid-November the parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons will begin meeting in Geneva and they could start talks over limiting lethal artificial intelligence devices.
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press