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House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health Chairwoman Julia Brownley, D-Calif., and Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, met with Francisco Vazquez, director of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, to learn how the facility will meet the reproductive health care needs of over 12,000 women veterans in Houston on Aug. 11. Texas is one of the states that banned or severely restricted access to abortion services in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June.

House VA committee forms subcommittee to focus on reproductive health care

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U.S. Army Reserve soldiers stand in formation during a farewell ceremony in California in July 2021. The Army still hasn't paid several reservists who deployed to Europe in recent years their housing allowances, despite a finding last year that the service broke federal law in denying the funds.

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Maj. Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr., commanding general for the 10th Mountain Division, addresses the audience during the 10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade change of command ceremony on May 31, 2022, at Memorial Park on Fort Drum, New York. During the Ceremony, Col. Erin C. Miller relinquished command to Col. Fenicia L. Jackson. (U.S. Army Photos by Spc. Anastasia Rakowsky)

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Capt. Walter Mainor took command of Destroyer Squadron 15 at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on Aug. 18, 2022.

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U.S. Space Command leader Gen. James Dickinson told an audience in Huntsville on Aug. 8, 2022, that the final decision on locating the command headquarters at Redstone Arsenal should be coming soon.

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FILE - This photo provided on Aug. 14, 2022, by the North Korean government, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, delivers a speech during the national meeting against the coronavirus, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. In a Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, commentary published by local media, Kim says her country will never accept South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s “foolish” offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearization steps, accusing Seoul of recycling past proposals Pyongyang already rejected. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

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USS Bataan, Somewhere in the Arabian Sea, November 30, 2001: Lance Cpl. Travis McKenzie, 19, of Quitman, Miss., does a pushup during early morning exercise aboard the USS Bataan, somewhere in the Arabian Sea. McKenzie, and the rest of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, are staying busy preparing themselves for a possible deployment to Aghanistan.Visit the Stars and Stripes store to order a copy of Stars and Stripes' photo book "15 years in Afghanistan," covering the years 2001 - 2016 https://www.stripesstore.com/15yearsinafghanistan-starsandstripesphotobook.aspx META TAGS: Operation Enduring Freedom, War on Terror, Afghanistan, USMC, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy, amphibious assault ship, Wasp-class, aircraft carrier, USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG)

Pushups on the USS Bataan, 2001

USS Bataan, somewhere in the Arabian Sea, Nov. 30, 2001: Lance Cpl. Travis McKenzie, 19, of Quitman, Miss., does a pushup during early morning exercise aboard the USS Bataan.