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Enemy Combatants Should Not Be Released To Endanger American Lives
8/12/2016This week, the Department of Defense released a report detailing the militant backgrounds of more than 100 of the detainees at or recently released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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Jenkins, Yoder Push VA To Explain How Disgraced Medical Center Physician Assistant Passed Background Check
7/25/2016According to recent reports, a former physician assistant, Mark Wisner, at the Leavenworth VA Medical Center had a police record prior to his hire date yet he passed his initial background check and was not given any subsequent background checks. In response, Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (KS-02) and Congressman Kevin Yoder (KS-03) sent a letter to Deputy Inspector General Linda Halliday at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to request more information on the initial background check and the VA's screening process.
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Announcing Congresswoman Jenkins' 7th Annual Topeka Jobs Fair
7/21/2016Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins announced her 7th annual Jobs Fair, to be held in Topeka on August 11th, 2016 at the Kansas Expocentre, Ag Hall, 1 Expocentre Drive. This event brings together jobseekers with employers looking to hire, and is free to attend for all jobseekers.
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Lesser Prairie Chicken Removed From Threatened Species List
7/19/2016Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (KS-02) released the following statement after the administration withdrew the Lesser Prairie Chicken from the United States Fish and Wildlife's federal list of threatened species.
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