Veterans Affairs officials recently awarded 52 grants valued at $11.6 million to assist homeless veterans’ programs across the nation. The funds will go to public, private non-profit, and faith-based groups helping homeless veterans in 25 states and Puerto Rico. The amounts ranged from $13,130 to $828,322.
The U.S. supports “a stronger and more capable” European defense, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said during an Oct. 22 press conference in Brussels—but that defense should not duplicate the functions and capabilities of the NATO alliance.