An estimated 3.5 million veterans suffered some burn pit exposure overseas during deployments in the last 20 years.
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Aug. 2, 2021.
The new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, a deadline that Congress has rarely met in recent years for their budget bills.
The Veteran Readiness and Employment program served about 123,000 veterans last year but may benefit even more.
Both vaccinated and unvaccinated staff will be required to wear masks indoors, in line with new CDC guidance.
The Individual Unemployability program has been the target of proposed funding cuts in recent years.
Medical staff will have eight weeks to be fully vaccinated under the new rule.
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of July 26, 2021.
All five of Oklahoma’s military installations will remain viable and are poised to grow.
Rollout of the $16-billion project revealed significant problems with training and preparation at VA medical sites.
Virus cases in the VA system are up 121 percent in the last month.