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Germany, Italy to join U.S. in Afghanistan after 2014
BRUSSELS — Germany and Italy have committed to join the United States in helping to train Afghan troops after combat operations cease at the end of next year, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday. Absent from the announcement was...
Tags: Defense, Germany, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Italy, NATO
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What Susan Rice's White House promotion means
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Except when it's best served hot. Just a few months ago, Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and now President Barack Obama's choice to be the next national security adviser, saw her main chance to...
Tags: Defense, Lindsey O. Graham, United Nations, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney
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Military is on the spot over sexual assaults
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both major parties rebuked the Pentagon on Tuesday for failing to curtail sexual assaults in the military, arguing that the inability of commanders to solve the problem may mean they need to be stripped of the power to...
Tags: Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, Punishment, Prosecution, U.S. Congress
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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: U.S. Military, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, Armed Forces, U.S. Congress
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On Memorial Day, Obama urges U.S. to remember troops' sacrifice
President Obama hailed the nation's fallen service members in a Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, in which he noted that the war in Afghanistan was winding down but not over. "Fewer Americans are making the ultimate...
Tags: Human Interest, Memorial Day, Wars and Interventions, Iraq, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Military Losing Fight Against Sexual Assault
The Hartford CourantApparently, May was Harass Your Female Subordinates Month in the U.S. military. I didn't get the press release, but a number of news items brought me up to speed. A sergeant at West Point is being investigated for secretly videotaping at least a dozen...Tags: U.S. Military, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Congress
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Obama to address Naval Academy commencement
President Barack Obama will travel to Annapolis to speak at the Naval Academy commencement today, addressing the class at a time when the military faces complicated internal challenges the graduating midshipmen will soon inherit. It is the second time...
Tags: Defense, U.S. Military, White House, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Department of Defense
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Lawmakers press Pentagon, VA to cooperate on claims backlog
A bipartisan group of lawmakers pressed the Obama administration Wednesday to reduce the backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving cooperation between the several agencies that have a role in the process. Senators...
Tags: Eric Shinseki, Memorial Day, U.S. Congress, Electronics, U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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The real threat to our homeland
We recently learned that the Pentagon will spend $1 billion to bolster U.S. missile defenses in response to "irresponsible and reckless provocations" by North Korea. This money, as announced by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, would add 14 new anti-...Tags: Defense, Emergency Incidents, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Congress, Explosions
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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: U.S. Military, Sexual Assault, Abusive Behavior, Sex Crimes, Wars and Interventions
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Pentagon faces another sex scandal
WASHINGTON — The Army suspended the commander of its main basic training camp Tuesday for alleged adultery, the latest in a string of military officers accused of sexual misconduct. Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts, a 29-year Army veteran, was...
Tags: Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, Armed Forces, Punishment, U.S. Department of Defense
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Letterkenny furlough reduced to 11 days
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comEmployees at Letterkenny Army Depot are facing fewer furlough days than originally expected — workers are looking at 11 days without pay rather than 14. The 11 days are down from the 14 that the Pentagon advised would be needed, and only half of...Tags: Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Employees, U.S. Department of Defense, Economy, Business and Finance
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