Veterans Affairs has created a Web page specifically for the new inter-agency task force looking into the bureaucracy confronting combat veterans who try to get help from VA and other federal agencies. The VA has included an e-mail function (find it on the Web page under Contact) to enable anyone to send comments to the task force. A VA release says the comments “will be studied by the task force, used in the panel’s evaluation of gaps in service, and form the basis of recommended solutions.” This is one of the groups the Administration has established following the revelations of substandard care and bureaucratic hassles for some outpatients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees are tentatively scheduling a “Big Four” meeting for Oct. 26 to begin hashing out an agreement on the 2021 defense policy bill, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) told reporters. The Big Four refers to the top Democrats…