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This frame grab from video, provided by C-SPAN2 shows Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. giving his farewell address on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/C-SPAN2)

Tom Coburn stalls veterans-suicide bill in Senate

Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, stalled a bill aimed at stemming veterans suicides Monday night, saying that it carries too hefty a price tag for authority that the Veterans Affairs Department could, in most cases, already exercise.

December 15, 2014
Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Tom Coburn puts hold on veterans suicide prevention bill

Sen. Tom Coburn said Friday a bill that veterans groups are trying to get passed before Congress leaves town for the year carries too hefty a price tag for authority that the VA could, in most cases, already exercise.

December 12, 2014
With the Capitol in the background, Army veteran David Dickerson of Oklahoma City, Okla., right, and Air Force veteran Linda Stanley, from San Diego, Calif., now with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), join others to place 1,892 flags representing veteran and service members who have died by suicide to date in 2014, Thursday, March 27, 2014, on the National Mall in Washington. The event also marked the introduction of The Suicide Prevention for America's Veterans Act by Sen. John Walsh, D-Mont., which calls for greater access to mental health care. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) **FILE**

Active duty suicides increase in 2014: report

More active duty service members have committed suicide in the first half of 2014 than over the same time period last year, according to a Defense Department report released Thursday.

December 11, 2014
Sen. Tom Udall, New Mexico Democrat. (Associated Press/Susan Montoya Bryan) **FILE**

Senate committee passes Islamic State military authorization

A Senate committee on Thursday approved a three-year military authorization to fight the Islamic State that would ban ground troops in most cases, despite the administration asking lawmakers not limit the options available to the president.

December 11, 2014
Retiring Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin said he's been disappointed by constant personal attacks on President Obama's foreign policy. (Associated Press)

Carl Levin fears foreign policy to be clouded

Sen. Carl Levin, the chairman of the Armed Services who is retiring at the end of this year, said Wednesday he fears Republicans' animosity toward President Obama will make it impossible to find compromises on critical national security issues over the next two years.

December 10, 2014
Rep. Jeff Miller, Florida Republican, speaks May 28, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House passes bill to improve military mental health care

The House passed a bill Tuesday to improve mental health care for veterans in honor of a Marine who killed himself after struggling with a slow-moving appeal process at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

December 9, 2014
Rep. Xavier Becerra, California Democrat. (Associated Press)

Bill strips Nazis of benefits approved

A bill to strip Nazis of their Social Security benefits is heading to the president for signature after Congress unanimously passed it last week.

December 7, 2014