The full Senate on Sept. 22 OK’d $6.1 billion for military construction in Fiscal 2006 and nearly $71 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The appropriations vote was unanimous. Now, if the Senate would just look at the 2006 defense authorization measure. (DR, 09/21/05)
The Air Force’s senior enlisted leader told lawmakers that the service is working on 17 new on-base child care facilities to reduce a space shortfall and clear a backlog of Airmen’s children waiting for slots.
