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Panelists selected, now work on renaming military sites honoring Confederate leaders will begin
Defense Department officials and congressional leaders on Friday named the eight-person panel charged with reviewing and replacing the names.
Formal NDAA talks to begin under shadow of Confederate renaming issue
U.S. House and Senate conferees are preparing to meet to wrangle over the massive 2021 defense authorization bill. Here's what could stand in the way of both chambers coming to an agreement.
By Joe Gould
Top House Armed Services Republican ‘dismayed’ at Trump’s attack on military leaders
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee says it was wrong for President Trump to have said Pentagon leaders want to go to war to satisfy the defense industry.
By Joe Gould
Defense authorization bill delayed until after election
A bipartisan compromise and vote on the 2021 defense policy bill isn’t likely before the Nov. 3 elections―but it should come “quickly” afterwards, the House Armed Services Committee’s top Republican said Wednesday.
By Joe Gould
Nearly half of troops polled support changing names of bases honoring Confederate leaders
Poll participants also favored banning Confederate symbols and paraphernalia from all Defense Department locations by a three-to-one margin.
Trump vows bases named for Confederate leaders ‘will not be changing’
The president's comments come as lawmakers move closed to forcing defense officials to make the name changes.
Fight over Confederate base names unsettled even after lawmakers back changes
Both the House and Senate have passed measures to force name changes, but that plan still could be changed in coming weeks.
VA would be forced to add three illnesses to Agent Orange presumptive list under Senate-passed plan
The proposal, attached to the annual defense authorization bill, would add bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinson’s-like symptoms to the list.
Progressive effort to cut defense fails twice in Congress
Congress went two-for-two swatting down measures to slash the national security budget by $74 billion, rejecting a proposal from Sen. Bernie Sanders to redirect the money toward domestic needs.
By Joe Gould