We have two Action Items at the first and fourth Issues below
Issues
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ARE YOUR BENEFITS VETO BAIT?Defense bill heads to White House as Congress works on short-term budget deal Lawmakers sent the defense bill to the White House, but will the president veto it? GATES: CONGRESS SHOULD “ABSOLUTELY” APPROVE MATTIS TO BE SECDEFMOAA sits down with former Defense Secretary Robert Gates Gates thinks Mattis is the exception to the rule. NATIONAL GUARD CHIEF: NO INDICATION OF SYSTEMIC BONUS PROBLEMS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIAPentagon officials on the hot seat in congressional hearing DoD confident that FY17 defense bill provides adequate remedy. HOUSE OKS IMPROVEMENTS FOR VETS, SURVIVORSOmnibus bill passes unanimously But action must be taken in last days of Senate session. VIDEO WARRIORS FACE UNIQUE MORAL STRESSMOAA welcomes Tom Philpott’s Military Update as weekly feature Remote pilots must watch crimes and punishment in high definition. FAMILY PCS FLEXIBILITY LOSES IN DEFENSE BILLRequirement dropped in favor of report Provision would have let spouse, family relocate before or after servicemember.
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Collectively We Can and Are Making a Difference
FOR ALL, Please feel free to pass these Weekly Legislative Updates on to your group of Veteran Friends – don’t be concerned with possible duplications – if your friends are as concerned as we are with Veteran issues, they probably won’t mind getting this from two or more friendly sources. . That’s it for today- Thanks for your continuing help!
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