White nationalist demonstrators use shields as they guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., during a protest on Aug. 12, 2017. (Steve Helber/AP)Members of Congress said they are looking for ways to prevent from joining the military and booting troops with ties to violent ideology, but will wait on new action to see how the new Pentagon leadership deals with the issue.“I think [Defense Secretary] Lloyd Austin needs to be given his shot to do that cleanup work,” said Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who will serve as chairwoman of the’s panel on domestic terrorism issues.“I...…White nationalist demonstrators use shields as they guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., during a protest on Aug. 12, 2017. (Steve Helber/AP)Members of Congress said they are looking for ways to prevent from joining the military and booting troops with ties to violent ideology, but will wait on new action to see how the new Pentagon leadership deals with the issue.“I think [Defense Secretary] Lloyd Austin needs to be given his shot to do that cleanup work,” said Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who will serve as chairwoman of the’s panel on domestic terrorism issues.“I...WW…

Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn C. Cashe. (U.S. Army via AP)President Donald Trump late Friday signed to allow Iraq War hero to be awarded the Medal of Honor, a move that nearly ends Cashe’s family and supporters 15-year quest to honor him with the nation’s highest military award.The legislation waives the normal five-year time limit for awarding the medal for Cashe, an Army sergeant first class after trying to save his men from a burning Bradley Fighting Vehicle.Defense Department officials will now have to officially nominate Cashe for the award, a formality that officials have already...…Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn C. Cashe. (U.S. Army via AP)President Donald Trump late Friday signed to allow Iraq War hero to be awarded the Medal of Honor, a move that nearly ends Cashe’s family and supporters 15-year quest to honor him with the nation’s highest military award.The legislation waives the normal five-year time limit for awarding the medal for Cashe, an Army sergeant first class after trying to save his men from a burning Bradley Fighting Vehicle.Defense Department officials will now have to officially nominate Cashe for the award, a formality that officials have already...WW…

The latest Military Times poll shows a continued decline in active-duty service members’ views of and a slight but significant preference for in the upcoming November election among troops surveyed.The results, collected before the political conventions earlier this month, appear to undercut claims from the president that his support among military members is strong thanks to big defense budget increases in recent years and promised moves to draw down troops from overseas conflict zones.But the Military Times Polls, surveying active-duty troops in partnership with the (IVMF) at Syracuse...…The latest Military Times poll shows a continued decline in active-duty service members’ views of and a slight but significant preference for in the upcoming November election among troops surveyed.The results, collected before the political conventions earlier this month, appear to undercut claims from the president that his support among military members is strong thanks to big defense budget increases in recent years and promised moves to draw down troops from overseas conflict zones.But the Military Times Polls, surveying active-duty troops in partnership with the (IVMF) at Syracuse...WW…

President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn of the White House on August 27, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)President Donald Trump promised this week to forgive all (including those included in ) if he wins re-election this fall, but lawmakers dismissed the assertion as unconstitutional and amounting to little more than pandering.The news comes just days after federal officials confirmed that millions of federal workers — including service members from all five branches and Defense Department civilian employees —...…President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn of the White House on August 27, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)President Donald Trump promised this week to forgive all (including those included in ) if he wins re-election this fall, but lawmakers dismissed the assertion as unconstitutional and amounting to little more than pandering.The news comes just days after federal officials confirmed that millions of federal workers — including service members from all five branches and Defense Department civilian employees —...WW…

Physicians walk part the entrance of the Washington D.C. VA Medical Center in June 2014. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)Despite claims of increased accountability at the department in recent years, Veterans Affairs officials took nine months to sever ties with a physician who told a suicidal patient she did not care if he shot himself, according to a r this week.The veteran died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound less than a week later.The episode — which took place at the Washington DC VA medical center, just a few miles away from the White House — stands in contrast to President Donald Trump’s...…Physicians walk part the entrance of the Washington D.C. VA Medical Center in June 2014. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)Despite claims of increased accountability at the department in recent years, Veterans Affairs officials took nine months to sever ties with a physician who told a suicidal patient she did not care if he shot himself, according to a r this week.The veteran died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound less than a week later.The episode — which took place at the Washington DC VA medical center, just a few miles away from the White House — stands in contrast to President Donald Trump’s...WW…

A Confederate Navy jack flag sits at the base of Confederate Mound, a memorial to more than 4,000 Confederate prisoners of war who died in captivity, in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)A week after from service installations, a House panel approved plans to prohibit the symbol at all military locations.On Wednesday, as part of the House Armed Services Committee’s debate over the , lawmakers passed without objection language that would “prohibit the public display of the Confederate battle flag at all Department of Defense property.”The proposal, introduced by Iraq War veteran , D-Md.,...…A Confederate Navy jack flag sits at the base of Confederate Mound, a memorial to more than 4,000 Confederate prisoners of war who died in captivity, in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)A week after from service installations, a House panel approved plans to prohibit the symbol at all military locations.On Wednesday, as part of the House Armed Services Committee’s debate over the , lawmakers passed without objection language that would “prohibit the public display of the Confederate battle flag at all Department of Defense property.”The proposal, introduced by Iraq War veteran , D-Md.,...WW…

Military explosives arranged in the shape of a swastika. (Screenshot of Tweet from Twitter account @Jacobite_Edward)House Democrats will push to make a stand-alone crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and call for the appointment of a new defense inspector general focused on r as part of broader efforts to include issues of equality in the annual defense authorization bill being debated this week.The move comes after more than a month of on issues of racial inequality and police brutality, and just a few weeks after House Armed Services Committee members expressed concerns...…Military explosives arranged in the shape of a swastika. (Screenshot of Tweet from Twitter account @Jacobite_Edward)House Democrats will push to make a stand-alone crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and call for the appointment of a new defense inspector general focused on r as part of broader efforts to include issues of equality in the annual defense authorization bill being debated this week.The move comes after more than a month of on issues of racial inequality and police brutality, and just a few weeks after House Armed Services Committee members expressed concerns...WW…

Veterans Affairs officials are rejecting calls to remove gravestones bearing at a pair of federal veterans cemeteries, saying they have a duty to preserve the historic markers.But officials from the called the continued presence of the offensive symbols alongside the resting place of American veterans “shocking and inexcusable” and are demanding a public apology from VA leaders.“Secretary Robert Wilkie must immediately replace the gravestones of all German military personnel interred in VA national cemeteries so that abosultely no Nazi-era symbols … will ever again be allowed to appear on...…Veterans Affairs officials are rejecting calls to remove gravestones bearing at a pair of federal veterans cemeteries, saying they have a duty to preserve the historic markers.But officials from the called the continued presence of the offensive symbols alongside the resting place of American veterans “shocking and inexcusable” and are demanding a public apology from VA leaders.“Secretary Robert Wilkie must immediately replace the gravestones of all German military personnel interred in VA national cemeteries so that abosultely no Nazi-era symbols … will ever again be allowed to appear on...WW…