Author: Donovan Slack, USA TODAY

Mark Esper has been acting secretary since Patrick Shanahan resigned in June after USA TODAY and others revealed his turbulent divorce and family life.

Gen. John Hyten is the third top Defense official to face questions about past conduct in less than a month. A key lawmaker has concerns but Hyten was earlier cleared in a DOD investigation.

They asked VA officials about veteran death, injury after run-ins with VA police and an instructor trainee at the VA police academy accused of threats.

The VA inspector general found more than 50,000 veterans could be owed nearly $190 million in home loan fees that VA managers should have refunded.

They had been buried in different countries. Now they are at the Normandy American Cemetery, where thousands are expected for the 75th anniversary.

Veterans can see private doctors at VA expense if they have to wait longer than 20 days or drive more than 30 minutes for a VA primary care doctor.

They have already drawnsharp rebukes from critics who say they gotoo far and will drain money from the VA and lead to its eventual privatization.

Internal documents obtained by USA TODAY detail a VA police officer’s attempt to detain a 66-year-old veteran, who died after the encounter.

VA officials told lawmakers the amount of work it would take to figure out how many were shortchanged by how much might not be worthit to veterans.