by Mark Wasserbauer | Dec 23, 2014 | Benefits, Veterans
From Press Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has introduced legislation (S.3006) directing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to utilize its authority to offer community care to...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Dec 22, 2014 | Legislative, National Guard
From Scott Bousum, EANGUS Legislative Director EANGUS Leadership: Good morning, I hope my email finds you well. Since my 19-Nov-14 email update, Congress passed the Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the Cromnibus, to fund the...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Dec 22, 2014 | Veterans
RONAN FARROW DAILY (MSNBC) – 12/18/14 VA Procedures on Colonoscopy – Five years ago, V.A. hospitals potentially exposed thousands of veterans to potential infections like HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis. Ronan Farrow Daily and the NBC News Investigative Unit...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Dec 22, 2014 | National Guard
By Brian Everstine, Staff writer for Air Force Times – 2:25 p.m. EST December 19, 2014 The new defense authorization will give the Air Force enough flexibility to make what the head of the Air National Guard calls the most important update to his mobility fleet....
by Mark Wasserbauer | Dec 17, 2014 | Politics
Senate GOP leaders announced assignments to the powerful Armed Services Committee in the next Congress, filling the panel with five freshman senators, many with military service. The GOP freshmen joining the panel include Sens.-elect Tom Cotton (Ark.), Joni Ernst...