Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Secretary Hagel is on travel next week on Wednesday. He will embark on his 19th and final international trip, traveling to Brussels to participate in his fifth and final NATO Defense Ministers meeting, or the sixth if you count the NATO summit[Read More…]
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Remarks by the First Lady at Got Your Six Screenwriters Event – Conversation on the Power of Telling Veterans’ Stories
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015- 11:21 A.M. EST MRS. OBAMA: Good morning. (Applause.) Thank you all. Thanks so much. You all, rest yourselves. We want you well-rested so you can get to work on this initiative. I want to start by thanking Chris for that wonderful introduction, for his leadership of[Read More…]
Secretary of Defense Hagel Unveils Compensation, Retirement Recommendations, Jan. 29, 2015
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015 – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today the release of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization report, which contains recommendations to improve the efficiency and sustainability of compensation benefits for service members and veterans. A panel of independent, bipartisan commissioners spent about 18 months on the painstaking[Read More…]
Counting Every Veteran on the Way to Ending Homelessness
VA Leaders Join Community Partners and Volunteers in Nation-wide Homeless Count CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald is taking a firsthand look at the issue of homelessness among Veterans by participating in this year’s Point-in-Time (PIT) Count in Los Angeles, California. The PIT Count typically takes[Read More…]
Rep. DeFazio Cosponsors Bill to Help Veterans
Bill increases veterans’ access to healthcare Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. In order to ensure better healthcare for our nation’s veterans, Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) has signed on as an original cosponsor of the Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2015. This bill would improve upon recent reforms to the[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Farewell Tribute in Honor of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute to him on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Jan. 28, 2015. President Barack Obama hosted the event, which included remarks by Vice President Joe Biden and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hagel[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Meets With Air Force Chief Staff To Discuss Illinois Installations
Scott Air Force Base & Installations in Springfield and Peoria Top Meeting Agenda WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) met today with General Mark Welsh, Chief of Staff of the Air Force. During the meeting, General Welsh and Durbin – who also serves as Vice Chairman[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Rear Adm. Kirby, Jan. 27, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 27, 2015. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Good afternoon, everybody. Just a reminder at the top that tomorrow at 4 p.m. Secretary Hagel will attend the armed forces farewell tribute being held in his honor just down the road at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. The president, the vice president,[Read More…]
Guard Soldiers, Airmen Respond to Northeast Storm
LATHAM, N.Y.—(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2015 – By Eric Durr, New York National Guard As blizzard warnings were being issued for the Northeast this morning, the New York National Guard put 260 soldiers and airmen on duty to assist in New York’s response to the storm. Army and Air National Guard units[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on New Defense Cooperation with India
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2015. Today, on his historic visit to India, President Obama and Prime Minister Modi announced new, ground-breaking agreements on defense cooperation between India and the United States that promise to open a new chapter in our defense relationship and mark an important milestone in the U.S.-India strategic[Read More…]
