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Transgender vets threaten to sue VA over delay in surgery options
VA officials announced plans to provide gender conforming surgeries more than two years ago, but have not moved ahead on the promise.
Air Force secretary nominee pledges to tackle enduring pilot shortage, personnel issues
Air Force secretary nominee Frank Kendall pledged to work on bridging the pilot shortage and other issues at his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday.
Congress to vet nominees for Air Force secretary, two more key DoD positions next week
Frank Kendall, Heidi Shyu and Susanna Blume will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee at a joint confirmation hearing May 25.
White House’s slate of nominees would put familiar faces back in the Pentagon
A group on Pentagon nominees have experience dealing with the Pentagon’s acquisition system and extensive knowledge from industry, but they also have the scars from programs gone wrong and occasionally tense relationships with lawmakers.
By Defense News staff
VA secretary nominee faces easy confirmation hearing, difficult task in fixing department
If confirmed, Denis McDonough would be only the second non-veteran to lead Veterans Affairs.
After huge hack, Biden security picks want more cyber coordination with industry
Nominees for defense secretary and director of national intelligence say more government-private information sharing is needed to prevent breaches.
By Andrew Eversden
Defense secretary nominee, offering scant details, commits to rooting out extremism, sexual assault in the force
Lawmakers questioned the defense secretary nominee on issues that have been making headlines.
Smith touts Lloyd Austin as he lobbies Democrats to back waiver for defense secretary nominee
Democrats are calling for Austin's speedy confirmation.
By Joe Gould
General education: What Austin can learn from Mattis’s rocky relationship with Congress
Austin must work with Congress to win support for President-elect Joe Biden’s national security budget and priorities.
By Joe Gould
Here’s why Biden’s first defense secretary may be a Trump appointee
President-elect Joe Biden’s first defense secretary may turn out to be President Donald Trump’s last deputy defense secretary, at least for a several days.
By Joe Gould