Entitled redoing the availability of resources to address veteran hunger. Im hopeful we can shed some light on a very important issue for veterans around the country. This hearing will examine department of Veterans Affairs and department of Agriculture Programs identify Food Insecurity among nearly 20 million veterans and provide nutrition assistance for those in need. Specifically, today through aly focus on how veterans access nutrition resources come out recent policy changes have impacted the availability of resources, and how congress can more effectively support public and nonpublic agencies that seek to end veteran hunger, so critically important. This continues the subcommittees efforts to get economic factors that contribute to veteran suicide which we note include homelessness and hunger. Our subcommittee works in a bipartisan way to strengthen education and job Training Programs so veterans can get a good job but, unfortunately, thats not always the outcome. Sometimes joble
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Good morning, everyone and welcome back as we returned from the Holiday Season to continue the work i of the Economic Opportunity subcommittee. Witwithout objection the chair s authorized to call for a recess at any time. I am hopeful we can shed some light on a very important issue for veterans around the country this hearing will examine the department of Veterans Affairs department of Agriculture Programs that identified Food Insecurity among nearly 20 million veterans and provide nutrition assistance to those in need. Specifically todays hearing will focus on how veterans access to nutritional resources and how recent policy changes impact of thimpacted the availaf resources and how congress can more effectively support public and nonpublic agencies that seek to end veteran hunger, so critically important. This continues the subcommittees efforts to the economic factors that contribute to the veteran suicide our subcommittee works and a bipartisan way to strengthen education and jo
Hello. This is bbc news with martine croxall. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. The government says its seriously concerned about the fairness of a trial in which a british teenager was found guilty of lying about being raped by a group of men in cyprus. Police investigating the deaths of a british father and his two children, who drowned in a pool in spain on christmas eve, say it was an accident and that the case can now be closed. A volunteer firefighter has died battling wildfires in australia as temperatures exceeded a0 celsius in every single state in the country. The search continues for father of four and firefighter anthony knott, whos now been missing for ten days. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejoe twyman, whos the director of the polling organisation, deltapoll, and claire cohen, the womens editor at the telegraph. Welcome to you both. Many of tomorrows front pa
Arrests and detentions in india protesters against the controversial law accuse police of using excessive force. So the United Nations is warned of devastating consequences for civilians in syrias last rebel held province when 235000 people have fled the area in the past 2 weeks i made a renewed government offensive parts of it led have been on the daily aerial bombardment by russian backed Syrian Forces but the u. N. Says a shortage of fuel and volatile security situation is limiting movement out of the area those fleeing are also faced with bitter winter temperatures. There it is on the map many of them heading north of course towards the Turkish Border but the turkish president has warned his country cant cope with another influx of refugees from italy province russian backed Syrian Government forces theyre now focusing on tap during the rebel held city of matan man that area is key for damascus it sits on an important motorway which links the capital to aleppo once syrias largest c