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Should VA keep spending leftover COVID funds or give them back?
When the national COVID-19 emergency ended earlier this month, about $2.1 billion in extra money for veterans support remained unused.
VA medical testing on dogs gets support and criticism in new report
Department officials have reduced such tests in recent years but insist some canine experiments are still needed for medical breakthroughs.
Dozens affected by toxic exposure from fire at hazmat storage facility at Kadena
A fire in a hazerdous materials storage building at Kadena Air Base exposed dozens to toxic fumes.
By Howard Altman
Is this the solution to contaminated water on military bases?
Civilian researchers tested a plasma reactor at an Air Force Base that could destroy cancer-linked chemicals in drinking water.
VA office charged with protecting whistleblowers hurts them instead, investigators say
The VA inspector general found widespread concerns with the two-year-old office, and multiple practices that would discourage employees from reporting wrongdoing.
Fort Hood fined for mishandling hazardous motor pool waste
The fine was originally $1 million, but garrison attorneys were able to negotiate it down to $250,000.
By Kyle Rempfer
Chemical weapons destruction resumes at Colorado plant after shutdown
The Army has resumed destruction of obsolete chemical weapons in southern Colorado after a shutdown prompted by liquid hazardous waste seeping from a storage tank.
The Pentagon’s lobster dinner bill: Government waste or good food?
The military's top finance official refuted reports that the Pentagon wasted millions on lavish food spending at the end of last fiscal year.
Use-it or lose-it: DoD dropped $4.6 million on crab and lobster, and $9,000 on a chair in last-minute spending spree
The federal government found a way to spend $97 billion in a single month last year, of which more than $61 billion can be attributed to the Pentagon.
By Kyle Rempfer
Smith: Trim budget fat in America’s nuclear triad
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith says he's open to cutting back quantities of nuclear arms instead of one leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.
By Joe Gould
Warren, a critic of Pentagon bloat and nukes, heads to 2020 presidential run
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, an advocate of reining in America’s military budget and commitments around the globe, has taken the first major step toward launching a widely anticipated campaign for the presidency.
By Joe Gould