The House Committee on Veterans Affairs recently focused on modernizing the GI Bill, hearing from representatives of the National Guard and Reserves on education benefits for the total force. Chairman Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) said his efforts to change the bill have to meet two main goals—making the GI Bill more flexible in the types of education and training available to all eligible veterans and to adjust the program to make it more usable for members of the Guard and Reserves.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John F. Plumb warned lawmakers that Russia is developing an “indiscriminate” nuclear weapon to go in space, confirming reports from several months ago and describing potentially devastating effects in orbit.