Tag Archives: Budget

House panel boosts veterans spending

Posted on May 16, 2013

A key House panel responsible for implementing sweeping cuts to agency budgets moved Wednesday to exempt veterans and largely protect spending on border safety and other homeland security programs in the coming year. Continue reading →

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Pentagon spends nearly $1 billion a year on unemployment

Posted on March 15, 2013

Even as it faces budget cuts and forced employee furloughs, the Pentagon is spending nearly a $1 billion a year on a program that sends unemployment checks to former troops who left the military voluntarily. Continue reading →

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