A bipartisan group of lawmakers want VA leaders to step up outreach efforts to military sexual trauma victims, calling it a critical need. A Pentagon evaluation found some services taking too long to process COVID vaccine exemption paperwork. The Pentagon is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars for mental health and suicide prevention programs, among others. The nation's only joint Veterans Affairs and Defense Department health care center began using a new compatible medical records system on Saturday. Employees had been instructed to remove the photo because of its portrayal of a nonconsensual sexual act. The evaluation will look into the Navy's handling and prevention of suicidal behaviors. Lawmakers are pushing for improvements after an inspector general report found limited resources for victims at many VA medical facilities. Leaders from the two departments are discussing allowing VA staff to move into unused space at more than a dozen military hospitals. The agency's executive director was found to have used her position to get one of her partners promoted. Much of DOD housing was developed before 1970 and is either woefully outdated or falling apart. Load More