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Last remaining WWII Medal of Honor recipient, Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams, dies at 98 Williams received the nation’s highest award for valor in combat because of his “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity” on Feb. 23, 1945, when he was a 21-year-old corporal during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Read more >

12 senators oppose moving forward with VA plan to close hospitals, other facilities A Department of Veterans Affairs plan that contains nearly $2 trillion in recommended facility closures, consolidations and upgrades across the country could be in jeopardy after 12 senators announced they oppose the agency’s reassessment of its facilities. Read more >

Justices say vet who lost job as Texas trooper can sue state The Supreme Court has allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq. Read more >   Veterans group launches coalition to recruit 100,000 vets to help combat poll worker shortage A veterans organization has partnered with other veterans and civic groups to launch a coalition to recruit 100,000 veterans to help overcome a shortage of poll workers for the midterm elections in November. Read more >   VA suspends employee who attacked veteran at clinic in Atlanta Lawrence F. Gaillard Jr., who worked as a patient advocate at the Fort McPherson VA Clinic, has been indefinitely suspended without pay. Read more >

Bill to improve VA electronic health records transparency signed into law The VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit regular reports to Congress on the costs, performance standards and outcomes of the VA's electronic health record system. Read more >   Biden to award Medal of Honor to soldiers for valor in Vietnam War President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest recognition for combat valor, to four U.S. Army veterans who fought their way through hellacious battles during the Vietnam War more than 50 years ago. Read more >   Black veteran groups seek policy agenda on racial inequities Representatives from nearly 20 advocacy groups for service members of color plan to collaborate on a legislative agenda to address longstanding racial, economic and social inequities facing more than 2 million Black American veterans. Read more >   Ex-Army Ranger charged in Capitol riot: House committee hearings have ‘poisoned the jury pool’ for trial Former Army Ranger Robert Morss, a 29-year-old combat veteran, is accused of attacking police with a group of other rioters. He remains jailed pending trial this summer in Washington, D.C. Read more >   The top House security official has his sights on a safer Capitol. It’s a big task. It’s been more than a year since William J. Walker accepted the job of House sergeant-at-arms, and he landed in the middle of chaos. Read more >   Feds drop Haitian bribes case involving retired Army officer after new evidence emerges Prosecutors have dropped the case against a retired U.S. Army colonel and another businessperson on allegations that they conspired to bribe Haitian officials. Read more >

 

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