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Budget agreement aids DoD in addressing cuts

Tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a bipartisan budget agreement that would ease some of the sequester-caused fiscal pressure on the Department of Defense.The agreement replaces a portion of the across-the-board U.S. government budget spending cuts known as sequestration with a balanced deficit reduction plan,

Fisher House steps forward to aid DOD in paying death benefits

The Fisher House Foundation has stepped in to aid the Defense Department so families of fallen service members can receive the full set of benefits they have been promised, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said here today.The Fisher House Foundation and DOD entered an agreement that includes the $100,000 death gratuity payment."I am offended,

Statement by Secretary Hagel on Death Gratuities

Today I am pleased to announce that the Department of Defense is entering into an agreement with the Fisher House Foundation that will allow the federal government to provide the family members of fallen service members with the full set of benefits they have been promised, including a $100,000 death gratuity payment.I am offended, outraged, and

DoD, VA establish two multi-institutional consortia to research PTSD, TBI

In response to President Obama's Executive Order, the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) highlighted today the establishment of two joint research consortia, at a combined investment of $107 million to research the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) over a

Budget cuts hurt DOD model program for hiring disabled

One victim of defense budget cuts this fiscal year and into uncertain times ahead in 2014 is a model program cosponsored by the departments of Defense and Labor to recruit disabled college students and recent graduates into the workforce.DOD's Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity, or ODMEO, facilitates and supports the placement of

DOD memo provides specifics for Headquarters spending cuts

Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter released a memo Aug, 1, that provides more specifics for a 20-percent reduction in Defense Department management headquarters spending over five fiscal years.Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced the cuts during a July 16 meeting with employees at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida.The cuts, Carter said

Hagel to visit U.S. military bases

From July 15-17, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will travel to Fort Bragg, N.C.; Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.; Joint Base Charleston, S.C.; and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., according to a Defense Department news release.Over the course of this three-day domestic trip, Hagel will interact with service members, families, Department

Hagel calls DOD Education Support a strategic priority

The Defense Department's commitment to military families and to quality education for military children is a strategic imperative that leaders will maintain, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in remarks July 9.During closing remarks at the Military Child Education Coalition's 15th National Training Seminar, Hagel announced that the department has

DOD Teams Up With Financial Bureau to Address Student Loan Problems

The Defense Department will work with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to ensure the financial health of service members and their families, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said here today.Panetta and Holly Petraeus, the bureau's assistant director for service members' concerns, spoke specifically about the financial burden of student

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