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Washington Examiner | Biggs introduces bill to expand healthcare options for veterans outside the VA
The legislation would require the VA Center for Innovation Care and Payment to create a three-year pilot program that improves access to healthcare options in the private sector, according to the bill. The VA would also be required to provide information about eligibility, cost-sharing, treatments, and providers to assist veterans in choosing their care.
The Hill | US announces $1.2B Ukraine aid package ahead of counteroffensive
The aid will include weapons seen as Ukraine’s “most urgent requirements,” including air defense systems and munitions. The package will also provide equipment that Ukraine’s Armed Forces need “to defend its territory and deter Russian aggression over the long term,” the Pentagon said in a statement.
Defense News | Defense budget bill hit with delay over debt ceiling fight
The House’s markup of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act — initially scheduled to begin this Thursday — is now postponed until Republicans and Democrats can reach a spending agreement as part of the gridlocked debt ceiling negotiations, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told Defense News on Wednesday.
Military.com | Veterans protest to end controversial electronic health record system
"It needs to be taken out. It needs to be done right," said Bourg, an Army veteran who says the progression of his terminal cancer was caused by the records system that federal lawmakers have called "an ongoing disaster." Yet the VA has stopped at halting the program's rollout, not removing it from the health centers where it's already been implemented. That includes Spokane, where the system -- originally designed by health care giant Cerner, which was acquired by Oracle last year -- debuted in 2020.
Washington Post | China, ever so tentatively, signals willingness to talk to U.S. again
In previously unannounced talks on Wednesday and Thursday, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan and China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, spoke for more than eight hours in Vienna. They had “candid, substantive, and constructive discussions” on key issues including the U.S.-China bilateral relationship, according to a readout from the White House.
USNI News | U.S. 5th Fleet increasing patrols in Strait of Hormuz in response to Iranian seizures
U.S. 5th Fleet, along with other allies in the Middle East, will increase the number of ships and aircraft patrolling the Strait of Hormuz in response to Iran’s recent seizures of merchant vessels, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command announced Friday.
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