{"id":20849,"date":"2015-11-02T13:32:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T13:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/11\/02\/defense-hearings-va-oversight-military-threats\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:38:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:38:54","slug":"defense-hearings-va-oversight-military-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2015\/11\/02\/defense-hearings-va-oversight-military-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense hearings: VA oversight, military threats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lawmakers have planned a number of oversight hearings on ongoing Veterans Affairs Department problems this week, headlined by testimony from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/story\/veterans\/2015\/10\/21\/va-relocation-subpoenas\/74327386\/\"><u>five subpoenaed department employees<\/u><\/a>\u00a0during another late-night House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee hearing Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee members will press the VA officials over reported abuse of the department&#8217;s now-suspended relocation bonus program, but VA leaders so far have resisted the requests in order to allow criminal investigations to continue uninterrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On defense, Senate Armed Services Committee members this week will look at future threats to national security and House Armed Services Committee members will look into aircraft carrier strategy and force projection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behind the scenes, lawmakers on\u00a0those committees will be seeking <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/story\/military\/capitol-hill\/2015\/10\/27\/ndaa-budget-deal-rebirth\/74686712\/\">a new way forward on the vetoed defense authorization bill<\/a><\/u>\u00a0now that a two-year federal budget deal has been settled. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<u>Monday, Nov. 2<\/u>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/veterans.house.gov\/hearing\/testimony-of-subpoenaed-witnesses-on-the-department-of-veterans-affairs-alleged-misuse-of\"><u>House Veterans\u2019 Affairs<\/u><\/a> \u2014\u00a07:30 p.m. \u2014 Cannon 334<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Relocation bonuses<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five VA employees subpoenaed by the committee last month will testify about problems related to the department&#8217;s now-suspended relocation bonus program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<u>Tuesday, Nov. 3<\/u>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/hearings\/15-11-03-future-of-warfare\"><u>Senate Armed Services<\/u><\/a> \u2014 9:30 a.m. \u2014 Dirksen G50<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Future of warfare<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander, former chief of U.S. Cyber Command,\u00a0and other outside experts will discuss emerging national security threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/\"><u>Senate Foreign Affairs<\/u><\/a> \u2014 9:30 a.m. \u2014 Dirksen 419<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Nominations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee will consider a series of pending nominations, including the new U.S. ambassador to Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/hearing\/defending-against-bioterrorism-how-vulnerable-is-america\/\"><u>House Homeland Security<\/u><\/a> \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 Cannon 311<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bioterrorism<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee will hear from former Sen. Joe Lieberman and former Pennsylvania Gov. 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