"Rep. Howard P. (Buck) McKeon, the top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives education committee, announced last week that he is decamping for the Armed Services Committee," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "Kelly Field and Sara Hebel survey the candidates to replace Mr. McKeon - and check in on a couple of bills dealing with benefits for veterans. Kelly Field, The Chronicle's chief Washington reporter, and Sara Hebel, our politics editor, spend a minute (or so) each week discussing the key higher-education debates and behind-the-scenes maneuvering taking place in the nation's capital."