Backlogs and delays continue to plague the federal government's pension system. Retirees wait an average of five months to receive their first full pension check -- but delays of a year or more are common. The Office of Personnel Management says it has plan to hire more people to process a backlog of 64,000 paper records, but it could take 18 months or more to solve the problem.

Five weeks after demanding results from the Navy over inadequate conditions in military housing, Senator Warner returned to Hampton Roads today to examine repairs made to Lincoln Military Housing properties that affected by mold and water damage.

Senator Warner met today in Norfolk with about three-dozen military families, top Navy brass and the company hired to manage off-base Navy housing to sort-out complaints about leaky roofs, windows, mold and rats.

Senator Warner and Old Dominion University hosted Saturday’s second-annual Virginia Women’s Conference, which welcomed about 750 women to Norfolk. “Look, I have an amazing wife and three almost perfect daughters,” Senator Warner said Saturday in his remarks to open the conference. “I know who really runs the show.”

Three weeks after the President approved a National Park Service role at Virginia's historic Fort Monroe in Hampton, Senator Warner traveled to the Peninsula to meet with newly appointed Fort Monroe National Monument Superintendent Kirsten Talken-Spaulding and Hampton Mayor Molly Ward.

Here's an update on the Fort Monroe Proclamation signing from the White House's pool press report: President Obama today signed a Proclamation designating Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia, a National Monument.

Earlier this week, we traveled to the Peninsula and Hampton Roads to talk about creating jobs and strengthening our economy. We held great campus town halls to speak with students at Old Dominion University and Hampton University.