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Section: Policy
Policy
Kaine: Jobs for Military Spouses Is a Bipartisan Issue
Military spouses who want to work suffer from an unemployment rate five times greater than the national average and they are looking for help from the government to solve the problem. In an exclusive interview with Federal News Radio, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Congress shouldn’t have any trouble passing some simple provisions to help […]
October 27, 2017
Policy
Maryland a Battleground in Fight against Transgender Ban
WASHINGTON — As legislative and court battles rage over the question of whether transgender people are fit to serve in the military, two service members with ties to Maryland are at the heart of the fight. Regan Kibby, a student at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, and Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brock […]
October 26, 2017
Policy
Army Weighs Extra Pay to Keep Soldiers Fit
As the Army prepares for the possibility of growing its end strength in 2018, the issue of non-deployable soldiers is once again at the forefront of military officials’ minds. About 100,000 soldiers are currently non-deployable in the Army, meaning they cannot fill their position and perform the task for which they were enlisted. But the […]
October 19, 2017
Policy
Lawmakers Seek Proof on Transgender Ban
Virginia Rep. A. Donald McEachin is spearheading a call for all correspondence and documentation from the Pentagon to show the process that informed President Trump’s directive to institute a ban on all transgender military service. In a letter to Defense Sec. Jim Mattis dated Oct. 10 and signed by 114 members of Congress, including many […]
October 17, 2017
Policy
50 Years Since University’s “Dow Day Riot”
It was a turning point in Madison history. Fifty years ago next week, thousands of students on the UW-Madison campus — and the rest of the country via news photos and film clips — witnessed a protest-turned-riot that put the anti-war spotlight on the city, shattered the trust between the university and many of its […]
October 13, 2017
Policy
How the Draft Reshaped America
“Greeting: You are hereby ordered for induction in the Armed Forces of the United States.” In 1967, more than 300,000 American men opened envelopes with this statement inside. Few pieces of mail ever incited the same combination of panic, anticipation and resignation as a draft notice. The words struck terror in the hearts of many […]
October 12, 2017
Policy
ROTC Teen Challenges Transgender Ban
A passion for patriotism has been a constant coursing through Dylan Kohere’s short life. When he was in the sixth grade, dreams of a military career started to crystallize. In high school, he weighed enlisting after graduation. The Mount Olive Township, N.J., native eventually decided the smartest path would be college and enrollment in the […]
October 12, 2017
Policy
‘Forever’ GI Bill passes for future veterans
Recipients of the post-9/11 GI Bill, Chapter 33, currently have a 15-year time frame in which to use their benefits. Legislation to eliminate the current limit on using those benefits, and to improve the overall benefit for veterans discharged after Jan. 1, 2013, was signed into law by the president on Aug. 16. While the […]
October 10, 2017
Policy
Civil-Military Symposium to Focus on Cyber Operations
What government entity has the ultimate responsibility for defending our nation’s security in cyberspace? How does the U.S. plan to collaborate with other nations in the cyber domain? These questions and many others will be asked and discussed at the University of North Georgia’s (UNG) second annual security symposium, “Civil-Military Cooperation and International Collaboration in […]
October 6, 2017
Policy
DOJ Wants Transgender Suit Dismissed
The Justice Department is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s moves to curtail military service by transgender people. The lawsuit was filed in August by the National Center for Lesbian Rights and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) on behalf of eight transgender individuals, including service members in the […]
October 6, 2017
Policy
Schools Near Base Threaten Punishment for Kneeling
BATON ROUGE, La. — Several high schools in north Louisiana are threatening to punish student athletes if they don’t stand throughout performances of the national anthem, an interscholastic response to a debate roiling professional sports leagues. The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana says punishing students who “take a knee” during the anthem would violate […]
October 3, 2017
Policy
Harvard President Urges Mattis to Block Transgender Ban
University President Drew G. Faust wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis last week urging him to allow transgender individuals to serve in the military. This summer, President Donald Trump moved to ban transgender people from serving in the armed forces, reversing an Obama-era policy. In her letter, Faust denounced the decision […]
September 29, 2017
Policy
Veterans’ Groups Want to Keep Rules on For-Profits
Dozens of military and veteran service organizations are pushing back against the Department of Education’s decision earlier this year to suspend enforcement of Obama-era rules aimed largely at for-profit colleges and universities. Leaders of 36 organizations, most military-oriented, wrote in a letter to the Education Department Wednesday that they “strongly oppose” efforts to undermine policies […]
September 28, 2017
Policy
W.G.U. Might Have to Pay Back $712 M in Aid
In a review of Western Governors University’s online courses, the Education Department’s Office of the Inspector General has determined the classes do not offer enough faculty interaction with students to qualify for federal financial aid funding, and suggests in its audit report that the institution should be forced to return more than $712 million to […]
September 28, 2017
Policy
Purdue-Kaplan Online Plan Clears Federal Hurdle
Purdue University says the U.S. Department of Education has signed off on the college’s plan to buy Kaplan University, a for-profit, online school. The federal department’s determination, issued after a review of a “pre-acquisition application” submitted by the parties, confirms the federal regulatory agency will give its approval when the sale goes through, Purdue said […]
September 21, 2017
Policy
V.A. Wants to Waive Anti-Corruption Rule
The Trump administration is seeking to waive a 50-year-old anti-corruption law that prevents officials who administer the GI Bill from accepting money from for-profit schools backed by taxpayer subsidies. The proposed regulation, published Thursday in the Federal Register, would allow employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive “wages, salary, dividends, profits, gratuities” and […]
September 19, 2017
Policy
Transgender ROTC Student Finds Support
Morgantown junior Levi Hanson was undecided about what he wanted to do in the future or what to major in when he arrived at WKU. He just knew he wanted to feel like he was helping people. Hanson, a transgender male, began taking ROTC classes last year and was working toward becoming a contracted cadet […]
September 15, 2017
Policy
Why Are Universities Buying Military Arms?
Sending an ominous signal to student protest movements nationwide, universities across the US are once again able to equip their police forces with castoff military gear, tying them ever more intimately into the military-industrial complex. In August, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced at a Fraternal Order of Police convention that Program 1033 would resume providing […]
September 15, 2017
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