New congressional investigation to examine the link between veterans and extremist groups March 4 Protesters enter the Senate Chamber on Jan. 06, 2021, in Washington, D.C. The man wearing military body protection and helmet was later identified as Larry Rendall Brock Jr., an Air Force veteran. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Thursday launched an new investigation into the targeted recruitment of veterans by extremist organizations in the wake of the deadly attack on Congress earlier this year. The announcement came the same day that Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough promised his own inquiry into the radicalization of veterans by hate groups during a briefing with reporters at the White House, and follows a similar ongoing investigation into the problem by Defense Department leaders.
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. WASHINGTON During his first appearance in the White House briefing room, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough urged the Senate on Thursday to pass President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief bill. The bill, titled the American Rescue Plan, totals $1.9 trillion and includes billions in relief aid for the VA. McDonough said the money was needed to treat veterans who have put off health care visits during the pandemic. More than 19 million appointments were canceled, changed or deferred in the past year, he said. “We’ve been able to compensate for some of those through telehealth, but not all of them,” McDonough said. “As a result of deferred care … we’re going to see increased costs. The American Rescue Plan is critical to our ability to make sure we can keep up with those demands.”
Revolving door: Top Biden aides cashed in advising major corporations Print this article
Several of President Biden’s top aides spent their years outside of government advising the world’s most powerful companies, raking in six-figure consulting fees from firms with large federal portfolios.
Biden has leaned on veterans of the Obama and Clinton administrations to staff his White House. Many of these longtime Democratic policy operatives have passed through Washington s so-called revolving door, cashing in via work with private-sector companies before returning to control the highest levers of government.
And despite interludes consulting for major defense industry, Silicon Valley, or federal contracting companies, these so-called “reverse revolvers” don’t ever appear on official lobbying registries. Such firms now have old friends in high places.
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