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9 December 2020

Connecting Vets | Gold Star husband pushes for end to ‘endless wars’ and their weight on military families
Nearly two years after his wife's death, Joe Kent, a 20-year Special Forces veteran with 11 deployments himself, is raising his sons alongside the memory of their mother, while the "endless wars" that took her from them continue.

Military Times | Plan for free national park access for wounded vets signed into law
Stars and Stripes | New leading House Republican on veterans issues says toxic exposure needs to be top priority
CBS Chicago | LaSalle veterans’ home administrator fired after 25% of residents died of COVID

The Hill | Army secretary announces multiple firings, suspensions after investigation at Fort Hood
Fox News | How US wasted billions on absurd errors in Afghanistan war
Wall Street Journal | House approves final passage of annual defense-policy bill, 335-78

Wall Street Journal | China aims to outpace U.S. militarily, American commander says
Associated Press | Norway intel: Russians likely behind parliament hacking

Wall Street Journal | U.S. job openings slipped in early December

Wall Street Journal | White House makes offer to Democrats of $916 billion Covid-19 relief bill
The Hill | Congress barrels toward ‘COVID cliff’