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Court Rules That VA Can’t Extend Stay on Blue Water Navy Claims

Capitol Hill ReportBy K. MoatsDecember 6, 2019Leave a comment

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the Department of Veterans Affairs may not extend a stay on claims from Navy veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange while aboard ship during the Vietnam War. The court would not immediately lift the stay, but said that the stay could not be extended…

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House Dems Insist All 12 Spending Bills Be Finalized, Or None At All: Report

Capitol Hill ReportBy K. MoatsDecember 4, 2019Leave a comment

In a potential complication to efforts to complete at least some of fiscal 2020 appropriations before the current stopgap spending measure runs out, House Democrats reportedly are insisting that all 12 overdue appropriations bills be finalized before any of them get to the floor. This would prevent a repeat of last year, when some spending…

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Happy Thanksgiving from the Association of the United States Navy

AnnouncementsBy K. MoatsNovember 27, 20191 Comment

From all of us at the Association of the United States Navy, we wish you and yours a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday. It’s a holiday born from the sea, as around a hundred pilgrims boarded the Mayflower in 1620 and headed for the New World to begin a new life. When they arrived, they…

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Navy Secretary Richard Spencer Fired Over Gallagher Case: Reports

Capitol Hill ReportBy K. MoatsNovember 25, 2019Leave a comment

Navy Secretary Richard Spencer has been forced out by Defense Secretary Mark Esper in connection with the ongoing case of Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, who is accused of war crimes in Iraq. Esper reportedly asked for Spencer’s resignation, but in a letter Spencer “acknowledge[s] my termination.” The Navy reportedly planned a review…

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USS Lake Erie Arrives Home After Western Pacific Deployment

Capitol Hill ReportBy K. MoatsNovember 20, 2019Leave a comment

The guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49 have returned to their homeport of Naval Station San Diego after a deployment to the U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operations, according to the Department of Defense. Lake Erie conducted Enforcement Coordination Cell operations while in the Western…

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AUSN Board, Chapter Presidents Visit Walter Reed National Medical Center

Capitol Hill ReportBy K. MoatsNovember 19, 2019Leave a comment

Members of AUSN’s Board and AUSN Chapter Presidents paid a visit to Walter Reed National Medical Center on Nov. 14. They toured the Navy Wounded Warrior Training Facility and observed a volleyball match. The visit lasted for about two hours. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, located in Bethesda, Md., is one of the most…

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AUSN Asks Speaker Pelosi To Put Pay Raise In CR; Proposed CR Includes Raise

Capitol Hill ReportBy K. MoatsNovember 18, 2019Leave a comment

The Association of the United States Navy asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a recent roundtable with Veterans/Military Service Organizations at the U.S. Capitol to include an amendment in the next Continuing Resolution that would provide funding for a 3.1 percent pay raise for service members in 2020. A new report suggests that such an…

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AUSN Attends Veterans Day Wreath-Laying at Arlington National Cemetery

Capitol Hill ReportBy K. MoatsNovember 12, 2019Leave a comment

AUSN Chief Executive Officer RADM Christopher W. Cole (USN, Ret.) was on hand with several U.S. Navy sailors for the laying of wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2019. Arlington National Cemetery and the Military District of Washington hosts the ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns. The event takes place…

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VA Pledges Not To Extend Blue Water Navy Stay

Capitol Hill ReportBy K. MoatsNovember 11, 2019Leave a comment

Military-Veterans Advocacy and John Wells, a member of the AUSN Board of Directors, participated in oral arguments before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday, Nov. 8, in an attempt to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to lift a stay on benefits claims for 90,000 Blue Water Navy veterans. While the…

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Veterans Day is a Day to Reflect … And to Have a Conversation

Capitol Hill ReportBy K. MoatsNovember 11, 2019Leave a comment

For the Association of the United States Navy, this is a day we circle on the calendar. Today, AUSN celebrates the Veterans of the United States Armed Forces. There are 18.2 million Veterans in the United States today, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and the demographics have been changing drastically in recent years, with…

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