This week in Congress: Getting back to budget basics March 14 Gen. Glen VanHerck, (center) head of U.S. Northern Command, meets with command leadership of Carrier Strike Group Two aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on Feb. 6, 2021. VanHerck is scheduled to testify before Congress this week. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Orion K. Shotton/Navy) The leaders of U.S. Southern and Northern Commands will visit Capitol Hill this week as lawmakers step up their annual defense budget work even as they wait for the White House’s official spending proposal. Typically by mid-March, lawmakers in the House and Senate are in full budget hearing mode, with multiple service officials testifying on future needs and program changes for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Minority veterans groups hope new leadership promises mean better results for all vets March 5 Lindsay Church, executive director and co-founder of Minority Veterans of America (center left), and other members of the group march in the Seattle pride parade in June 2019. (Photo courtesy of MVA) Multiple times in recent months, Democratic leaders have promised to invite more veterans from minority and underserved groups to the table when it comes to policy discussions. This week, they provided the chairs. On Wednesday, during a joint hearing by the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs committees, leaders from Minority Veterans of America and the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans sat for the first time among organizations invited each year to give their views on current Veterans Affairs policies and shortfalls.