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Defense Department officials announced a new health care plan being implemented for eligible National Guard and Reserve members. Topics included recruitment, compensation packages, cost, and…

Charles Abell talked about among the issues he addressed were numbers of personnel voting with absentee ballots, interagency cooperation in voter education and ballot processing, and the log…

Witnesses testified before the committee about the situation facing military families during the War in Iraq. They discussed state-level strategies for alleviating the burden on military fam…

The officials talked about joint initiatives between the Department of Defense and the U.S. Postal Service. The purpose of these initiatives was to ensure that U.S. personnel stationed overs…

Deputy Defense Undersecretary Charles Abell talked about military personnel issues, which included recruiting, retention, the use of reserves, and family assistance. Following prepared remar…

Nominees for various military commands testified about their experience and qualifications for the positions. Among the issues they addressed were military transformation in the Post-Cold Wa…

In one of a series of roundtables with media representatives, Assistant Secretary Abell answered reporters' questions about military personnel issues, including recruitment, retention and qu…

Defense Department officials described the handling of overseas military absentee ballots for the 2000 election. They answered media questions.