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When will military get serious about reforming its culture of sexual hostility?
Apparently, 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: Fort Hood (military base), Armed Forces, U.S. Military, Sexual Assault, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Obama needs to start sweating the small stuff
President Barack Obama likes doing the big things. This is, after all, the man who claimed that his victorious 2008 campaign was "the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal." He was roundly (and rightly) derided...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, The New York Times, Veterans Affairs, Barack Obama, Barbara A. Mikulski
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Former academy instructor acquitted of rape of midshipman
A former instructor at the Naval Academy has been found not guilty of aggravated sexual assault in an alleged attack on a female midshipman two years ago, an academy spokeswoman said Sunday. Marine Corps Maj. Mark Thompson, 43, was found guilty of...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Sexual Assault, Courts-Martial, Assault
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Obama to press China's Xi to stop cyber attacks
WASHINGTON — In January 2010, when Google accused Chinese hackers of infiltrating its network to track emails of human rights activists, the Obama administration didn't disclose what U.S. diplomats in Beijing believed: China's Politburo had directed...
Tags: National Government, White House, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Adobe Systems Inc.
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Three Naval Academy football players investigated in alleged sexual assault on female midshipman
The Navy is investigating the alleged sexual assault last year of a female midshipman at the Naval Academy by three members of the football team, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed Friday. The woman has told investigators she remembers little of the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sexual Assault
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Defense chief Chuck Hagel seeks to reassure Asia allies
SINGAPORE — Chuck Hagel emerged from combat in the Vietnam War with two Purple Hearts and "a sense of how important it would be for America to engage wisely in Asia," as he put it to top defense officials gathered here. Now, more than a year after...Tags: NATO, White House, Barack Obama, U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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At White House, liberal hawks ascend
With his decision to elevate Susan Rice to become his national security advisor and the nomination of Samantha Power as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, President Obama is not simply rewarding the loyalty of two women who have backed him from the...Tags: The New York Times, National Security, John Kerry, White House, Barack Obama
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel heads for Asia
ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT — More than a year after the Obama administration announced it was shifting its defense policy to focus on Asia, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is trying to convince allies in the region that the so-called “Asia...Tags: NATO, Military Equipment, U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War, China
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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: NATO, Politics, International Organizations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Italy
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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: National Security, White House, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Barbara Boxer, Sexual Assault, Claire McCaskill, Kirsten Gillibrand
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VA looks to American Legion, other veterans groups for help with backlog
As officials at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs look internally for solutions to a claims backlog that is drawing increasing fire from Capitol Hill, they are also reaching for outside help from some of the nation's best-known veterans groups....
Tags: Disabled American Veterans, National Government, Veterans Affairs, Barbara A. Mikulski, Memorial Day
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