Veterans Affairs plans to open a second “Vet Center” in Atlanta later this year or early in 2007. It will join the 207 other Vet Centers around the country that offer readjustment counseling service to veterans returning from the war on terror. The VA also plans to change the employment status for 50 war on terror outreach specialists from temporary to permanent.
U.S. Southern Command recently announced its first lethal strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in two months, and the first under a newly formed permanent counter-cartel task force. The U.S. is also reportedly planning to transfer MQ-9 drones to Colombia to bolster its counter-cartel efforts.