Politics May 30 Obama accepts Shinseki’s resignation as VA secretary WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki apologized in public and then resigned in the privacy of the White House on Friday, driven from office by a mushrooming scandal over the agency's health care system that serves millions of the…
Nation May 16 Top veterans’ health official resigns over falsified records scandal Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki says he has accepted the resignation of Robert Petzel, the department's undersecretary for health care. Shinseki had asked for the resignation, a department official later said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to…
Politics May 09 Postal Service reports $1.9 billion loss in first quarter of 2014 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Postal Service reported a $1.9 billion loss for the first three months of this year and pleaded again Friday for reforms to its troubled financial system. The agency said the loss for the quarter that ended…
Nation Mar 28 Pentagon plans to triple cybersecurity staff "The Department of Defense is on its way to building an elite, modern cyberforce," Hagel said in a speech at the retirement of Gen. Keith Alexander as head of the U.S. Cyber Command and NSA. "This force is enhancing our…
Nation Feb 26 Army removes 588 troops from sensitive jobs in move to stem sexual assaults The Army says it removed 588 soldiers from sensitive jobs such as sexual assault counselors and recruiters after finding they had committed infractions such as sexual assault, child abuse or drunken driving. The move resulted from orders by Defense Secretary…