This week in Congress: Details on the Afghanistan withdrawal plan 2 hours ago Navy HM2 Joshua Hervas, assigned to Marine Embedded Training Team 1-12, takes part in a patrol near the village of Dehayat, Afghanistan, on Nov. 7, 2009. (Capt. Rock Stevens/Army) Biden administration officials will brief members of Congress this week on the decision to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan later this year, one of a series of high-level closed-door military briefings on Capitol Hill this week. Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are scheduled to hear details of the draw-down plan on Monday afternoon, and a full Senate briefing on the decision is set for Tuesday.
This week in Congress: Details on the Afghanistan withdrawal plan
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‘Pink tax’ on women’s military uniform items would be eliminated under new proposal 2 days ago Service members take part in the Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium on June 20, 2018, at the San Diego Convention Center. (1st Lt. Annabel Monroe/Air Force) New legislation before Congress would require military leaders to eliminate the so-called “pink tax” by ensuring women receive uniform allowances more in line with what men receive. The bipartisan proposal, introduced Wednesday, comes just weeks after the Government Accountability Office found that women service members can pay as much as $8,300 out-of-pocket over the course of a 20-year career for uniform items not covered by annual clothing allotments.