The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

With the election approaching, senators would normally rather be home talking with voters. Instead, Senate leaders appear prepared to keep members in Washington for another week as several unfinished items compete for floor time. Here with an update on what's moving and what's not, is Deputy news director for bloomberg government, Loren Duggan.
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Supporters of the Fix Our Forests Act are urging Congress to include the measure in the annual defense authorization bill. Their argument is that wildfires can threaten military installations, disrupt training, strain critical infrastructure, and increase demands on the National Guard. Here to make that case is Tyson Bertone-Riggs, Managing Director for the Alliance for Wildfire Resilience.
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Six months into Operation Epic Fury, military families are dealing with the realities of deployments while many are still settling into new duty stations after another busy PCS season. At the same time, the White House is launching a new commission focused on military spouses. For some perspective on families are managing, I'm joined Kathy Roth-Douquet, CEO of Blue Star Families.
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Coming up today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
The closer Congress gets to Election Day, the harder it becomes to choose between governing and campaigning. The Senate appears ready to spend another week trying to finish work before heading home
Wildfires are usually discussed as a land-management challenge. A growing coalition wants Congress to think about them as a national-security challenge
Military families are navigating a challenging fall. PCS season is winding down, combat deployments are stretching on, and many families are trying to build a sense of home in a brand-new community
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The White House's new military spouse commission held its first meeting this week to lay out which problems it wants to tackle first. The panel of nearly two dozen wives picked five priorities to focus on after hearing from thousands of active-duty families stationed around the world.. Federal News Network's Rachel Cohen has more on what they discussed, and what military family advocates want to see next.
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