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Defense to furlough most of its 800,000 civilians
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department will furlough most of its 800,000 civilian employees for 11 days, a decision that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called “difficult” but necessary to meet mandatory federal spending cuts this year...
Tags: Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Unemployment, Career and Workplace
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1645 GMT, May 14
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was likely to face a storm of questions on Tuesday over the Justice Department's controversial decision to seize telephone records of the Associated Press, a move denounced by...Tags: Labor Legislation, Freedom of the Press, Central Intelligence Agency, Conservative Party (UK), U.S. Department of Defense
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Military sex crime record should bring shame
Maybe, in the end, we will thank Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinksi, head of the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention Unit, who was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery early Sunday after a woman reported he drunkenly approached her in a parking lot and...Tags: Kirsten Gillibrand, Sex Crimes, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Epidemics and Plagues
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Pentagon reports sharp rise in military sexual assaults
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon estimated that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted in unreported incidents last year — 35% more than in 2010 — a severe trend that senior officials warned could threaten recruiting and...
Tags: Kirsten Gillibrand, Leon Panetta, Sex Crimes, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC
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South Korean president thanks Korean War veterans
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comThe president of South Korea thanked a group of local Korean War veterans for helping set the cornerstone of a 60-year partnership between her country and the United States during a dinner Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Les Bishop, commander of Antietam...Tags: North Korea, Korean War (1950-1953), U.S. Department of Defense, Park Geun-hye, Barack Obama
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Bill Nelson: shortened news cycle, the Internet and partisan cable "news" makes Washington dysfunctional
Sun SentinelU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is beginning his third term in the U.S. Senate. Washington, D.C., is a far different place than it was when he was a freshman member of the U.S. House back in 1979. Speaking Friday to the Realtor Association of Greater...Tags: Entertainment, Bill Nelson, Susan Collins, Parties and Movements, Fort Lauderdale
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COLUMN - On Syria, it's time for Obama to decide: Bremmer
Reuters(Ian Bremmer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Ian Bremmer May 9 (Reuters) - Through two years of Syrian crisis, the Obama administration has cautiously dragged its feet as the United States is further enmeshed in the conflict....Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Military injustice
The recent study estimating that there may have been 26,000 cases of sexual assault in the military last year stirred a lot of tough talk from the Pentagon and the White House over the past 24 hours. But the question is whether that outrage will translate...Tags: Kirsten Gillibrand, Sex Crimes, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Congress
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Perez vote delayed as confirmation fight intensifies
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official. ...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Mitch McConnell, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Benjamin L. Cardin
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Pentagon reports sharp rise in sex assaults in military
The Pentagon estimated Tuesday that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted last year, 36 percent more than a year earlier, in a trend so severe that senior officials warned it could threaten recruiting and retention of military personnel....
Tags: U.S. Army, West Point, Sex Crimes, U.S. Department of Defense, Trials
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U.S. lawmakers voice outrage at latest Air Force sex scandal
Reuters* Air Force leaders say they were appalled by case * Head of anti-sex assault office arrested for sexual assault * Military sex assault reports rose nearly 200 to 3,374 in 2012 By David Alexander WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers voiced...Tags: Kirsten Gillibrand, Sex Crimes, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Courts-Martial
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RPT-U.S. lawmakers voice outrage at latest Air Force sex scandal
Reuters(Repeats for wider subscribers) * Air Force leaders say they were appalled by case * Head of anti-sex assault office arrested for sexual assault * Military sex assault reports rose nearly 200 to 3,374 in 2012 By David Alexander WASHINGTON, May 7...Tags: Kirsten Gillibrand, Sex Crimes, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Courts-Martial
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