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This is The Back Brief for the week of 5 March 2020
President Donald Trump to award General Jack Keane the Medal of Freedom
Democrats accuse administration of ‘fantasy’ VA budget in election year ‘political game’
Building named after first airman Medal of Honor recipient since Vietnam War Corona Virus Update
Congress worries VA isn't ready to care for growing number of senior, disabled vets
Confederate paraphernalia banned on Marine Corps bases

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This is The Back Brief for the week of February 28, 2020

• Veterans of "black goo" base to appear before Congress

• 19-year-old from Arkansas faces charges of trying to blow up vehicle at Pentagon parking lot
•  A privatized housing crisis that some say not even a tenant bill of rights can fix
• Corona Virus Update
• VA tells Congress it is prepared for possible coronavirus outbreak in US

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This is The Back Brief for the week of February 20, 2020

• Pentagon plans to force 200k family members, retirees out of military hospitals to civilian doctors

• Operation Benjamin: Honoring fallen Jewish servicemen with the right headstones
• Helping veterans with his love of food, Army veteran takes traumatized veterans under his wing
• Black History Month
• CBS Eye on Veterans

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This is The Back Brief for the week of February 14, 2020

• Did the VA secretary seek to discredit a Veteran who reported a sexual assault at a VA hospital?
• A new bill helps Veterans find STEM jobs.
• Military installations could house coronavirus evacuees.
• Congress wants to know why White supremacy on social media isn’t tracked by the US Military.
• A VA recommended app could access your private data. 

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On This week’s “The Back Brief” we talk about the State of the Union, water contamination on military bases, the VA deputy secretary getting fired, and a new program matching service dogs with veterans, and Phil Briggs talks about this weekend's CBS Eye On Veterans!  

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