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  • Defense Department orders review of military standards
    Mar 14 2025
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a departmentwide review of military standards, including physical fitness, body composition and grooming. A memo released on Wednesday directs the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness to review how the standards have changed since January 2015. Hegseth pledged to conduct this review during his confirmation hearing. The defense secretary said the review will “illuminate how the department has maintained the level of standards required over the recent past.” The Defense Department opened up combat roles to women in December 2015, a decision that Hegseth has previously opposed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Union warns of lead contamination at FAA headquarters
    Mar 13 2025
    A union tells Federal Aviation Administration employees there’s lead contamination in the water at headquarters. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1653 tells employees not to drink the water or use it to wash anything they’ll eat or drink from. The union says the FAA recently shared summary test results showing lead contamination. The General Services Administration which oversees the building says the water is “safe for all uses.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • Pres. Trump makes new nominations to OMB
    Mar 13 2025
    President Donald Trump nominated Eric Ueland to be the top federal management official. Ueland, who is currently the acting chief of staff for OMB, would be the deputy director for management at OMB if confirmed by the Senate. He would replace Jason Miller, who was DDM for all four years of the Biden administration. Ueland is a former Senate staff member, having worked for majority leader Senator William Frist (R-Tenn.) and then as staff director for the upper chamber’s budget committee. Along with Ueland, Trump nominated Ethan Klein to be an associate director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, which is another name for the federal chief technology officer. He was an emerging technology policy adviser during the first Trump administration where he focused on autonomous and unmanned systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    7 mins

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