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Military Times
President Donald Trump is proposing another big increase in Veterans Affairs spending for fiscal 2020 — but also reintroducing a controversial cost-savings measure that veterans groups have long opposed.
The increased VA spending — up to $216 billion, an increase of $19 billion or 9.5 percent from fiscal 2019 — comes as a host of nondefense programs face steep cuts in the budget proposal.
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The Associated Press via Military Times
A top Senate Democrat says the Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pensions accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall.
Sen. Dick Durbin told The Associated Press: "It's coming out of military pay and pensions. $1 billion. That's the plan."
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The Progress-Index
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., says she is grateful to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie on behalf of thousands of caregivers of veterans who suffered severe physical or mental injuries while in service since the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
At Murray's request, Wilkie last December ordered suspension of further downgrades or stoppage of caregiver benefits to current recipients until VA can attest that its health care facilities nationwide are running and resourcing the caregiver program consistently and as Congress intended.
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The Nation
On April 18, 1971, nearly 1,000 Vietnam veterans and Gold Star parents descended on Washington, DC, for a six-day protest codenamed "Operation Dewey Canyon III." The first two Dewey Canyons were secret military offensives into Laos, but for the third, hundreds of people camped on the National Mall in what they called a "limited incursion into the country of Congress." Events included marching, singing, and guerrilla theater led by the cast of the Broadway musical "Hair." The following year, Congress passed 14 laws strengthening veteran benefits.
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Military Times Rebootcamp
Don't know what you want to do after the military? Try getting to know yourself first.
Personal branding expert Lida Citroën recently offered attendees of the Student Veterans of America National Conference practical tips on how to sell yourself to civilian recruiters.
Chief among them: "Being an expert on you."
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Inside Sources
Every day, 400 veterans receive honorable discharges and return to civilian life.
Fortunately for them, they're entering the best job market for former servicemen and women in recent memory. Veteran unemployment recently hit an 18-year low, thanks in large part to America's booming energy industry. Oil and natural gas companies already employ nearly 200,000 veterans. And they'll hire tens of thousands more in the coming years, as long as politicians and radical environmentalists do'’t impede their mission to provide cheap, reliable energy.
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Energy News Network
The U.S. military is the single largest consumer of energy resources in the world with bases, ships, aircraft and vehicles operating 24/7 around the globe. Soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines of all ranks are responsible for the day-to-day operation of the energy systems that power the mission at home and abroad. This technical experience combined with other crucial skills, like teamwork, leadership, critical thinking and problem solving, make veterans ideal for careers in fast changing energy markets.
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Military Tmes Rebootcamp
Until recently, if you were 100 percent disabled or had a finding by the Department of Veterans Affairs of Individual Unemployability you could get your student loans forgiven, but with one expensive caveat: it was considered taxable income by the IRS. That meant an unexpected tax bill for wounded warriors who were often unprepared to pay such a large amount of money.
That's no longer the case, and it could have huge implications for you and your family.
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The Associated Press via Military.coom
Three decades ago, Lori Ann Bourgeois was guarding fighter jets at an air base. After her discharge, she fell into drug addiction. She wound up living on the streets and was arrested for possession of methamphetamine.
But on a recent day, the former Air Force Security Police member walked into a Veterans Treatment Court after completing a 90-day residential drug treatment program. A judge handed Bourgeois a special coin marking the occasion, inscribed with the words "Change Attitude, Change Thinking, Change Behavior." The Trump administration in 2017 threatened to withhold law enforcement grants from 29 cities, counties or states. The Veterans Treatment Court and 40 other specialty courts risk losing all or part of their budgets.
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By Catherine Iste
 Imagine a workplace where we all said what we meant, kept an open mind and consistently cooperated to advance the organization. It happens, these work environments do exist. However, even in the best environments, some undermining behaviors can sneak in the door. Here are three of the most challenging and some tools to deal with them.
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The European Sting
Homelessness is a complex issue, but one that's possible to solve, if the success of three cities in the United States is anything to go by.
Policymakers and nonprofit organizations worldwide have wrestled with homelessness for decades. Like poverty, it has been assumed that it will always exist. But a US national program called Built for Zero is offering a glimmer of hope.
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Newsday
A federal court ruling that an all-male draft is unconstitutional has veterans on Long Island reassessing the role of women in the military.
In his decision, U.S. District Court Judge Gray H. Miller cited the Pentagon's current policy of allowing women to serve in combat. If women can stand on the front lines, he wrote, they also can be drafted.
Miller, however, issued his ruling without halting the draft, formally called the Selective Service System.
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