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By NIKKI WENTLING | STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 11, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. WASHINGTON The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs advanced a proposal Thursday that would allot more than $15 billion to the Department of Veterans Affairs under President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief plan. Biden’s plan, which he’s titled the American Rescue Plan, totals $1.9 trillion and aims to help Americans affected by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. It includes stimulus checks for many Americans and aid for the unemployed and hungry. If approved, it would add to the $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill approved in March and the $900 billion bill from December.
After supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, details emerged that more than two dozen veterans and four active-duty service members face charges for their role in the riot.
In response, the military has pledged to reexamine its recruiting and retention practices, and some veterans are seeking to step up their own fight against extremist groups recruiting from military ranks.
The stature of veterans in American culture, coupled with their tactical expertise, make them prized targets for paramilitary and supremacist groups. Only a fraction of America’s 20 million veterans belong to supremacist groups, experts say. At the same time, by some estimates, a quarter or more of the country’s roughly 20,000 militia members spent time in the military.
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February 10, 2021
By M. Todd Hunter
After years of fighting to deliver quality care and benefits to the nation’s men and women in uniform, Sen. Jon Tester of Montana took over the gavel as chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee in January. Tester’s first hearing as chairman was to consider the President’s nomination of Denis McDonough to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Previous chairman Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas now serves as ranking member of the committee.
“Serving as Chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee is an honor of a lifetime, and I’m grateful for the chance to lead the committee on behalf of Montana’s veterans and all who’ve served our nation proudly,” Tester said in a press release the day prior to taking over as chairman. “I’m looking forward to continuing the bipartisan partnership Senator Moran and I have built, and am ready to roll up my sleeves along with our committee members and veterans advocates to hold th
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