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Sequestration putting Marine Corps lives in danger (Audio)
Amy Schafer joined Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss how budget constraints affect Marine pilots. Listen to the interview at Federal N...
By Amy Schafer
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Republicans Call on Trump to Exempt VA Caregivers from Hiring Freeze
The top Senate and House Republicans on veterans issues called on President Donald Trump Thursday to lift the federal hiring freeze at the Department of Veterans Affairs for d...
By Katherine Kidder
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Democrats urge Trump to exempt veterans, VA from 90-day federal hiring freeze
Dozens of Democrats urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to exempt the Department of Veterans Affairs from the temporary federal hiring freeze he imposed Monday, saying i...
By Katherine Kidder
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Bob McDonald’s legacy: Trying to fix the VA amid constant conflict
One late night in August, Gulf War veteran Ron Brown was awake – restless - at his home in Roanoke, Va., when he received a call from a familiar number: (513) 509-8454. It’s B...
By Amy Schafer
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Trump team to remove commander of D.C.'s National Guard in middle of inauguration
The Army general who heads the District of Columbia National Guard and has an integral part in overseeing the inauguration said Friday that he will be removed from command eff...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump picks top vets health official as the next VA secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named the Department of Veterans Affairs top health official his pick to run the entire veterans bureaucracy, a surprise move that pu...
By Phillip Carter
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David Shulkin Chosen for Secretary of Veterans Affairs
President-elect Donald Trump named David Shulkin on Wednesday to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Shulkin currently serves as the head of the VA’s health-care sys...
By Phillip Carter
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David Shulkin Is Trump’s Pick for Veterans Affairs Secretary
President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday selected the head of the nation’s sprawling veterans health care system, Dr. David J. Shulkin, an appointee of President Obama, to...
By Phillip Carter
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Why Trump still hasn’t named a leader for the Department of Veterans Affairs
With confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s Cabinet set to start this week, the president-elect still has not chosen a leader for the Department of Veterans Affairs, an agen...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump pressures Lockheed, says told Boeing to price out fighter aircraft
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump heaped pressure on Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday, saying he viewed costs for the aerospace company's F-35 fighter as too high and had aske...
By Phillip Carter
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What to make of the NDAA's latest DOD reorgs
It might not be quite as dramatic as the breakup of AT&T, but the congressionally mandated split of the Department of Defense's AT&L office is no small matter. Curren...
By Katherine Kidder
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CNAS Press Note: Army Shelves Blast Gauges to Protect Soldiers’ Brains
The U.S. Army recently shelved blast gauges that it had issued to troops in order to assess mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) from harmful blast waves. The gauges identified t...
By Phillip Carter & Paul Scharre
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Viola may be what the Army needs, experts say
When President-elect Donald Trump announced Vincent “Vinnie” Viola as his pick for Army Secretary yesterday, one word was on the mind of the defense community. Who? It’s...
By Katherine Kidder
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Army veteran Vincent Viola, billionaire owner of the Florida Panthers, named Trump’s Army secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated as his Army secretary Vincent Viola, an Army veteran who became a billionaire after founding an electronic trading firm and went on ...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump’s Generals: How Wartime Service Shaped Mattis, Kelly, & Flynn
The generals likely to hold top positions in the incoming Trump administration share a common trait: They are combat veterans highly attuned to looming threats. While it’s ra...
By Richard Fontaine
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Former DoD Comptroller Hale Offers Cost-Cutting Reform Agenda
The year-end ritual across the Defense Department is “use it or lose it,” with employees racing to spend every last dollar on office equipment and information technology, hopi...
By Robert F. Hale
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Veterans Groups Urge Donald Trump to Keep Current VA Secretary
Several national veterans advocacy organizations are urging Donald Trump to reappoint Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald, while, separately, the six most prominent groups...
By Sec. Robert McDonald
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Air Force One Costs Billions of Dollars Because It’s a Flying White House
Donald Trump took aim at one of the most visible emblems of the American presidency with his attack on plans for a new Air Force One, turning the iconoclastic message that got...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump hires a third general, raising concerns about heavy military influenceca
President-elect Donald Trump has selected retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly as secretary of homeland security, officials familiar with the decision said Wednesday, recruiting ...
By Phillip Carter
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Mattis isn’t just a popular general anymore. He’s an icon faced with running the entire Pentagon.
Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Gitto was less than two weeks removed from his 20th birthday when a Taliban sniper hit him two times at a checkpoint in Marja, Afghanistan, in April 2...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman