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New coronavirus cases decreasing among troops, but deaths are up across DoD
Total deaths rose to 36 this week, including a third service member.
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Veterans disability exams to resume at some sites as backlog hits 114,000, nearly doubling in six months
Currently 114,000 veterans are waiting for compensation and pension exams to finalize their disability claims.
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VA says it’ll stop almost all use of unproven drug on vets for coronavirus
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said Thursday that his department has all but stopped use of an unproven malaria drug on veterans with COVID-19.
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Taliban in Kabul to discuss prisoner releases under US peace deal
A five-member Taliban team was in Kabul on Thursday to follow up on this week’s prisoner release by the Afghan government that saw hundreds of insurgents freed. It was the single largest such release since a U.S.-Taliban deal earlier this year spelling an exchange of detainees between the warring sides.
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The Pentagon has spent 23% of its COVID-19 response funds. Congress is asking why not more.
The Pentagon has spent less than a quarter of the $10.6 billion Congress gave it in March to protect military personnel and marshal American industry to procure face masks, ventilators and other products hospitals need in their fight against the coronavirus.
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Building a better boot camp: How to make Marines during a pandemic, and beyond
The coronavirus pandemic might've permanently changed the way the military molds new recruits.
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VA patient deaths from coronavirus hit 1,200, but leaders see progress
VA Secretary Robert Wilkie described the department response so far to the virus as a great success.
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Trump extends Guard coronavirus missions until mid-August
The move extends the deployments from 89 days to more than 120.
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Inhofe, Reed back new military fund to confront China
New support for an Indo-Pacific Deterrence Initiative suggests it's a lock for the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act.
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Amid criticism, Secretary Wilkie won’t commit to removing Nazi headstones from VA cemeteries
Swastikas on at least three headstones at two cemeteries have stirred controversy in recent weeks.
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