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A top Department of Veterans Affairs official said the VA has no plans to implement a new rule that veterans advocates fiercely resisted when it was announced last week.
“Our intentions were to put out a rule, which we thought would clarify our processes,” VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence said on Sunday while addressing a conference held by Disabled American Veterans, or DAV. “But obviously, it did not. So we withdrew the rule. And candidly, we have no intention of ever doing anything or talking about it ever again.

Four military working dogs died over a three-year period at bases across the country because they were housed in aging kennels that were not kept in good condition, a Pentagon report found. Kennels at bases around the U.S. did not protect dogs “from extreme weather conditions, kennel mold issues, or manage quarantine and isolation areas,” a report from The DoD Inspector General found.
The IG also found conditions of neglect at the military-wide hub for dog training, the Air Force’s 341st Training Base at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. 
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Australia has taken delivery of two AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from the US as part of a Foreign Military Sales agreement.

In 1862, the Union Army was in striking distance of Richmond, the Confederate capital.
The Union commander hoped to wrap up the entire war with just a few more engagements. However, surprising aggression by the Army of Northern Virginia’s new commander caused a Union defeat, leading to two more years of warfare.
In May 1862, Gen. George B. McClellan, a railroad man turned military officer, was the Union’s top officer. While McClelland had many drawbacks, his organizational skills were top-notch.

How much can $100 million in gold buy?
A year after World War II ended, President Harry Truman’s administration thought that was a fair price to purchase Greenland.
As you might have guessed, the offer was either ignored or outright ejected. Otherwise, 80 years later, President Donald Trump wouldn’t be so gung-ho about acquiring the world’s largest island “one way or the other.”
Related: That time Russia tried to join NATO
Nevermind that Greenland is part of the kingdom of Denmark, which, like the United States, belongs to NATO.

BAE Systems has unveiled the CV9035 MkIV infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) intended for the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic.

An attack in the western city of Lviv has raised concerns over the prospect of a growing terror threat in Ukrainian cities.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Didn’t Darth Vader have a lightsaber, and was that a Magnum P.I. reference?” Yes and yes.
Darth Vader used a red lightsaber, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age (never mind the mass murder he committed with it), and Tom Selleck is the man.
On the topic of legendary actors, the late James Earl Jones voiced the iconic Sith Lord from the first Star Wars film in 1977 until 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker” (he granted permission to use AI to generate Vader’s voice in “Kenobi”)—and it’s his revolver that’s up for sale.

The UK has joined a pan-European air defence programme known as LEAP, intended to detect and intercept hostile small drones.

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