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Push is on to boost troops’ housing allowance

WASHINGTON — Democrats in both chambers have been angling for several years to give military families more money to cover housing costs, and they are at it again — this time with some influential GOP support.

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Push is on to boost troops’ housing allowance - Roll Call

Congress pushes the Defense Department to cover all of its Basic Allowance for Housing to put less financial strain on troops.

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Lawsuit seeks records of toxic exposures at Uzbek air base

Veterans’ advocacy groups have sued the U.S. Department of Defense seeking records of toxic conditions at an air base in Uzbekistan blamed for causing cancer and other illnesses among American troops who served there in support of the war in Afghanistan

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Pentagon comes out against law requiring military wish lists - Roll Call

The Defense Department says it backs ending “unfunded priorities lists” — annual requests for spending above the president's budget requests.

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An anxious Asia arms for a war it hopes to prevent

TINIAN, Northern Mariana Islands: The tiny island of Tinian was the launch point for U.S. planes carrying atomic bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Now a new runway is being carved from the jungle, just south of World War II ruins.

Bangkok Post

In military academies, 1 in 5 female students said they experienced sexual assault

An anonymous survey conducted by the Defense Department showed that despite prevention efforts, cases of sexual assault and harassment are growing among men and women in military academies.

WEKU

US government is trying to give ferrets Havana Syndrome to figure out what mystery illness is

Former intelligence official says research being conducted means Defence Department has ‘extremely solid science’

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How much aid does the US give to Israel?

Israel has received more foreign aid from the US than any other country since WWII.

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