by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 9, 2015 | Legislative, Politics
ANNUAL BUDGET PLAN RELEASED Projected defense spending in President Obama’s $4 trillion fiscal year 2016 budget, which was released on Monday, is nearly $35 billion over topline levels established by the Budget Control Act of 2011 ($499 billion). Another $58...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 9, 2015 | Legislative
H.R. 203 “Clay Hunt SAV Act” passed. On 3 February, the Senate passed H.R. 203, the “Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act,” by a vote of 99 to 0. This bill provides for an independent, annual evaluation of the DoD and VA...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 9, 2015 | Veterans
Alex Heigl / People: Feb. 8, 2015 “I’ve had a good life, so I can’t complain at all,” Bob Karlstrand tells Minneapolis NBC affiliate KARE 11. Karlstrand’s positive attitude comes in spite of his circumstance: The 65-year-old Vietnam War veteran has battled colon...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 5, 2015 | National Guard
Good Samaritan Saves Man From Burning Car In New Brighton MSgt Robert Renning, First Sergeant assigned to the 133rd Airlift Wing in Minneapolis, Minnesota was recognized for his act of heroism during the 43rd annual EANGUS Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on 13 August...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 5, 2015 | Politics
This week, the President’s proposed budget for FY16 was released. Unless there are startling surprises from what the White House been talking about and the leaks we have been hearing the DoD budget is expected to look a great deal like the Administration’s proposed...
