text: Today's news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.):   VA Reform: House and Senate conferees will work this week on legislation to reduce veterans' wait times for health care. The chairmen of the two Veterans Affairs' committees, Republican Rep. Jeff Miller and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, met Thursday and conference committee staff were scheduled to meet Friday, but the conferees themselves are not due to meet for the first time until Tuesday, National Journal reported.   Income Inequality: Sen. Sanders on Friday held a news conference with Vermont religious leaders to discuss the moral implications of extreme wealth and income inequality. Bishop Thomas Ely, Rabbi Joshua Chasan, the Rev. Dr. Lynn Bujnak, and Monsignor Roland Rivard were present, as well as several other Episcopal clergy and faith leaders, the Episcopal News Service reported.   Kerry in Baghdad: Confronting the threat of civil war in Iraq, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Baghdad on Monday to personally urge the Shiite-led government to give more power to political opponents before a Sunni insurgency seizes more control across the country. CBS News reported that in a nearly two-hour long meeting, Kerry urged Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders to form an inclusive coalition government with grassroots support.   The DemocratsÛª Koch Brothers: The Democracy Alliance intends to spend $374 million during the midterm election cycle ÛÓ including nearly $200 million this year ÛÓ to boost liberal candidates and causes in 2014 and beyond, according to Politico. While growing sums of that cash are being spent vilifying the billionaire conservative industrialists Charles and David Koch over their own networkÛªs political spending, the documents reveal the extent to which the Democracy Alliance network mirrors the KochsÛª ÛÒ and is obsessed with it.   Continue reading here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/062314