Leo Shane III
Deputy Editor
Leo covers Congress, Veterans Affairs and the White House for Military Times. He has covered Washington, D.C. since 2004, focusing on military personnel and veterans policies. His work has earned numerous honors, including a 2009 Polk award, a 2010 National Headliner Award, the IAVA Leadership in Journalism award and the VFW News Media award.
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Lawmaker proposes Iranian Campaign Medal for strikes on nuclear sites
Pilots and supporting service members involved in the complex airstrikes would be eligible for the new military medal.
Veterans groups, community leaders need to play a key role in countering extremism, experts warn
Advocates war that veterans without support can become easy targets for groups with violent and racist ideology.
New food insecurity stipend should help as many troops as possible, lawmakers argue
Military officials expect to start awarding the new Basic Needs Allowance in calendar 2023.
Senate leaders promise vote on expanding benefits for burn pit victims
The sweeping bill has been stalled in the Senate over concerns related to cost and potential workload burdens on Veterans Affairs workers.
What are military burn pits? And why are veterans worried about them?
The fires used in combat zones to dispose of waste may have caused serious illnesses in hundreds of thousands of U.S. service members.
Biden requests $773 billion for Pentagon, a 4% boost
Defense Department spending would see a 4% increase in fiscal 2023 under a plan released by the White House, significantly above what administration officials wanted last year but likely not enough to satisfy congressional Republicans.
Veterans Affairs budget would get another big boost under White House’s 2023 spending plan
Administration officials are pushing for a 20 percent increase in VA program funding for next fiscal year.
Troops would see a 4.6% pay raise next year under Biden’s fiscal 2023 budget plan
The pay raise would be the largest for service members since 2003.
This week in Congress: White House’s FY23 budget plan finally arrives on Capitol Hill
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 28, 2022.
VA’s caregiver review would’ve booted 90% of young vets from program
The figure is nearly three times higher than what department officials had predicted last fall.
