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Hegseth returns to Capitol Hill to defend Trump’s defense budget plan
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of June 8, 2025.
McCain joins defense voices slamming Trump tariffs
President Donald Trump’s aluminum and steel tariffs are aimed at improving national security, but Sen. John McCain has added his voice to those saying it will do just the opposite.
By Joe Gould
Cheer on these warrior-athletes at the Paralympic Winter Games
From the rink to the slopes, see what veterans are going for gold in Pyeongchang.
By Kevin Lilley
Who is in charge at the Department of Veterans Affairs?
Since a travel scandal broke on Wednesday, VA leadership has been embroiled in internal political fights that could result in the ousting of more top department leaders.
‘The United States is under attack.’ Russia likely to hit midterms
National Intelligence Director Dan Coats said the U.S. is “under attack” in cyberspace and that Russia would step up its election meddling in 2018, spurring lawmakers to vent fears the U.S. is falling behind its adversaries.
Pentagon gives senators peek at Trump’s nuclear strategy in classified brief
The Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian and uniformed officer have given a classified preview of President Trump’s newly drafted nuclear weapons strategy to Senate Armed Services Committee.
By Joe Gould
New in 2018: Army hopes to meet end strength goals with big recruitment push
The Army is preparing for a bump in force numbers next year.
SMA: Army looking to recruit 80,000 new soldiers in 2018
The Army is looking at another end strength increase in 2018, and, this time, the focus will be on recruiting new soldiers, the service’s top enlisted leader said Monday.
SMA: ‘Pinks and greens’ decision due this spring
The Army’s top enlisted soldier and his posse of “pinks and greens” models headed to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to show lawmakers what the service is working on.
After nearly four years, soldier wins fight against Army bureaucracy
Army officials reversed course on a long-standing struggle over whether one solider's injuries from Afghanistan counted as war zone wounds.
'Pinks and greens' are the throwback jersey the Army needs
The Army always tends to look “one layer of etiquette” off.
By Capt. Russell P. Galeti, Jr.