Defense hawks demand supplementals to increase the debt ceiling agreement's defense spending caps, possibly in the next Ukraine aid bill.
VA Chief of Staff Tanya Bradsher is in line to be the first woman confirmed to the department's second-highest post.
Legislation passed by the House and Senate will ensure veterans benefits will get the same cost-of-living increase as Social Security payouts.
The electronic medical records project has been halted amid ongoing problems with the rollout.
Aid programs for homeless vets will end unless Congress speeds through new legislation.
Several sites were scheduled to begin using the new software later this year, but department leaders have now completely scrapped that timeline.
Jon Stewart talks with the Defense Department's second-highest official, calls the lack of adequate focus on military family support shameful.
Work on the project is scheduled to restart in June, but members of Congress worry that fixes still need to be made.
The program has been delayed since last fall because of problems with software reliability and staff training.
Biden is proposing a 3.2% increase in Defense Department spending with an eye on the Pacific and bolstering the naval industrial base.
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