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The Huffington Post
The federal government has partially shut down. And National Institutes of Health employees, National Park Service employees, nonessential congressional employees and all federal employees deemed nonessential are furloughed.
At the eleventh hour Sept. 27, the House and Senate unanimously passed the Pay Our Military Act. A bill with bipartisan support is rare these days, but don't be fooled. This was a trick!
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Daily Press
Eighteen senators are urging quick action from the lame duck Congress on two dozen stalled VA projects, including a major one in Hampton Roads. Virginia Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined 16 of their colleagues calling for Congress to set aside funding for a list of health care centers, outpatient clinics and research facilities proposed throughout the Veterans Affairs system.
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Military Times
We all know from TV and movies what the police do — tell bad guys they have the right to remain silent, pull you over if you drive too fast, analyze data and make maps.
Wait, maps?
"There's a very stereotypical perspective that people have" about law enforcement work, said Officer Alexandra Rambaran of the Tucson Police Department in Arizona. But "there are so many jobs within a law enforcement agency that you could be doing."
Rambaran, who is also an Air Force Reserve staff sergeant, started on patrol. But now she works for the department's research and analysis division, mapping crime hotspots, finding stats and coordinating with other agencies.
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Four month average turn around with the VA’s Pension with Aid and Attendance
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Military.com
The Veterans Affairs Department beginning in January will allow certain nurse practitioners to treat veterans without the supervision of doctors across the agency for the first time.
The move is designed in part to shorten wait times for patients who are seeking treatment in underserved areas with physician shortages, according to a rule published Wednesday in the Federal Register.
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U.S. Department of Defense
Holly Petraeus from the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau discussed how service members and their families can help protect their finances. She advises service members to check their credit report annually and ensure it's accurate. As the CFPB's chief Petraeus has three main goals: to provide financial education for military families; monitor complaints made by military families to the CFPB; and work with federal and state agencies to improve consumer protection for military families.
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University of Massachusetts Medical School
A new class for medical and nursing students at UMass Medical School focuses on the unique and complex health care needs of Americans who have served their country and invites veterans and members of the military from the UMMS and central MA community to share experiences. "Understanding cultural perspectives and work experience is important when providing care," said course co-founder Dr. Janet Hale, professor and associate director of interprofessional and community partnerships for the Graduate School of Nursing and a retired colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves.
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NBC News
A new annual survey of military families shows a majority of active-duty military families — 57 percent of them — said they were unlikely to recommend that their own children join the service. That would be almost unheard of in past decades. Military families tend to remain military families. So why the negative feelings? "It is the cuts in benefits. It's the reductions in forces at the same time as we are increasing our mission," said Kathy Roth-Douquet, president and CEO of Blue Star Families.
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Military.com
The U.S. Senate joined the House of Representatives in approving a 2.1 percent pay raise next year for troops. The upper chamber passed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, which included the pay increase, by a vote of 92-7. The bill now heads to President Barack Obama's desk for his signature.
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Atlanta Black Star
When it comes to policing, officers who are military trained might be better equipped to handle escalating suspect encounters compared to average officers who are quick to pull the trigger. Such was the case of Weirton, West Virginia, police officer Stephen Mader, who was fired from the force after refusing to shoot an African-American suspect armed with a gun.
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