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28 April 2020

NBC News | Trump tells advisers U.S. should pull troops as Afghanistan COVID-19 outbreak looms

President Donald Trump has pushed his military and national security advisers in recent days to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan amid concerns about a major coronavirus outbreak in the war-torn country, according to two current and one former senior U.S. officials.

Military Times | IRS sets new May 5 deadline to get info from veterans who missed coronavirus checks
McClatchy | VA agrees to study cancers, illnesses tied to military deployment to toxic Uzbek base
Federal News Network | IG: Veterans Affairs slow to heed lessons from DoD’s electronic health record rollout

Military Times | Studies tackle who joins the military and why, but their findings aren’t what many assume
Business Insider | A growing number of veterans support the US getting out of Afghanistan
Navy Times | Destroyer Kidd nears 50 coronavirus cases as more than half the crew awaits testing
USA Today | ‘Unidentified aerial phenomena’: Pentagon declassifies 3 leaked US Navy UFO videos

Stars and Stripes | Decline in civilian casualties reversed by Taliban violence after peace deal signing, UN says
Washington Post | U.N. Arab powers fear wider war in Yemen after separatists declare self-rule in the south

Wall Street Journal | Small-business loan program resumes with reports of delays
Wall Street Journal | Oil swings wildly, touching lowest level since 1986

Politico | Senate will return to Washington next week
Washington Post | White House issues coronavirus testing guidance that leaves states in charge