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  • Members of multiple veterans organizations crowd a Senate hearing room during the groups' annual testimony before Congress on March 11, 2020. (Leo Shane III/Staff)
    This week in Congress: Annual parade of vets advocates on Capitol Hill forced online this year

    Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 1, 2021.

    Leo Shane III
    1 day ago
  • Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks during the confirmation hearing for Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Denis McDonough on Jan. 27, 2021. (Leigh Vogel/Pool via AP)
    With new leadership roles, Tester hopes to bridge gap between defense, veterans policy work

    The Montana Democrat will serve as chairman of both the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and the defense panel of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

    Leo Shane III
    2 days ago
  • A United States advisor and a Vietnam company commander lead troops through an open area of swamp in jungles about 25 miles east of Saigon on Oct. 25, 1962. (Horst Faas/AP)
    Adding high blood pressure to list of presumptive Agent Orange illnesses a key focus for lawmakers this year

    The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee chairman said he is dismayed that the issue hasn't already been settled.

    Leo Shane III
    3 days ago
  • Army veteran Gene Moy, 103, of Seattle, receives the second shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination from Levone Walton (right) a nurse at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System campus in Seattle on Feb. 23, 2021. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
    Coronavirus cases among VA patients reach four-month low

    Department officials reported nearly 21,000 active virus cases six weeks ago but only about 5,500 this week.

    Leo Shane III
    3 days ago
  • Air Force Lt. Col. Roy Loque, 17th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron commander, readies a COVID-19 vaccination at the Mathis Fitness Center on Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas on Jan. 20, 2021. (Senior Airman Abbey Rieves/Air Force)
    Measure would allow VA to give coronavirus vaccine to any veteran and most caregivers

    Currently, only veterans enrolled in VA medical care can get the vaccine through the department.

    Leo Shane III
    5 days ago
  • Marine veteran and ex-cop Thomas Webster, 54, is charged with attacking a police officer during the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot. (FBI)
    Marine veteran, an ex NYPD cop, charged in violent Capitol attack

    Marine veteran Thomas Webster, 54, will remain jailed after surrendering to the FBI and appearing in White Plains federal court.

    Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press and Tom Hays, The Associated Press
    5 days ago
  • Although the pandemic has temporarily stopped FitOps from training veterans to become personal trainers, the organization has created opportunities for its graduates by partnering with the accountability platform Verb. (Photo courtesy FitOps)
    Personal training is a $4 billion industry. Here’s how veterans are cashing in (and you can too)

    See why veterans make great fitness coaches and how veterans in the industry are adapting to the pandemic.

    Harm Venhuizen
    6 days ago
  • In this May 1966 file photo, a U.S. Air Force C-123 flies low along a South Vietnamese highway spraying defoliants on dense jungle growth beside the road to eliminate ambush sites for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. (Department of Defense)
    VA secretary promises ‘urgency’ in implementing new Agent Orange presumptive benefits rules

    But Denis McDonough did not offer a specific timeline on when veterans will see changes put in place.

    Leo Shane III
    6 days ago
  • Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on Jan. 27, 2021. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)
    VA secretary promises diverse leadership team, but can’t say when they’ll be in place

    Denis McDonough said that finding the right leaders for the department is among his first priorities in office.

    Leo Shane III
    6 days ago
  • Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Marvin Cornett received his Purple Heart and Bronze Star Feb. 22 at American Legion Post 84 in Auburn, California, 77 years after the actions that warranted the awards. (Army)
    A 99-year-old World War II veteran finally gets his medals

    Soldier served in Allied invasion of Italy.

    Todd South
    February 22
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