Two Senate committees jointly and one House committee this morning have begun grilling Veteran Affairs officials over the data theft. Late yesterday, VA Committee Chair Larry Craig said that the hearing called by his committee would be held jointly with the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), at 10 a.m. today. The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, led by Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), started it’s hearing at 9 a.m.
The Air Force is launching an effort to develop a new stand-off missile with a range of 1,000 nautical miles, or 1,150 miles, that would eventually be used for both air-to-air and air-to-surface missions.