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Military Treatment Of Women Enters New Era
The Hartford CourantLate last year, the Air Force began a sweep through its installations around the world looking for items that fell into the broad category of "unprofessional." The investigations found more than 32,000 such treasures. Not a small number of the offending...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Science and Technology, Sexual Misconduct, Afghanistan, Assault
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Women in combat — 'It's going to level the playing field'
When Maryland National Guard Capt. Cara Kupcho first enlisted in the military 18 years ago, she wanted to drive a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, a 30-ton, armor-busting tank. "I like things that go boom," she explained Thursday. "I like tanks." But as a...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Afghanistan, U.S. Military
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AP sources: Panetta opens combat roles to women
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a...
Tags: Defense, The Pentagon, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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On Benghazi, blame the bureaucracy
In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will resume the fraught conversation about what exactly took place at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year on Sept. 11. Members...
Tags: David Petraeus, Benghazi, Al-Qaeda, Elections, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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VIDEO: Walorski delivers maiden speech on House floor
WASHINGTON, D.C.- In her first speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Jackie Walorski talked about the need to cut wasteful spending in Washington. Walorski called on Congress and the president to pass a deficit...
Tags: Michael G. Mullen, Small Businesses, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Roger Goodell on ‘Face the Nation’; Bob Costas on ‘Meet the Press’; Hines Ward on ‘State of the Union’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during a news conference Friday in New Orleans. Photo credit: Robert Deutsch/USA Today Sports THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: Bob Schieffer will broadcast CBS' “Face the Nation” from New Orleans, where the Super Bowl... -
A good decision
As of last year, more than 800 women had been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more 130 had died. This is despite the military's ban on women in combat. A 1994 Pentagon rule restricted women from artillery, armor, infantry and other combat roles....Tags: Wars and Interventions, The New York Times, Martin Dempsey, Feminism, Leon Panetta
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Pentagon lifting ban on women in combat
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will end the long-standing prohibition on women serving in direct combat, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, opening hundreds of thousands of military jobs previously closed to female service members. Panetta and Gen....
Tags: Trials, U.S. Army, Defense, Afghanistan, U.S. Congress
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You go, military girls -- to the front lines
Annie, get your gun -- and then fall in, soldier! By 2016, it’ll be "officers and gentlemen and gentlewomen." Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will order the military to open combat roles to women, the last barrier to full engagement. That’s...Tags: U.S. Army, International Military Interventions, U.S. Congress, Iraq, Abusive Behavior
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With Honors: Boyle veteran recognized for bravery during World War II
Contributing WriterMITCHELLSBURG — Robert H. Mitchell observed his 18th birthday in August 1944 and was looking forward to graduating from high school in the spring of 1945. Instead, he was fighting to stay alive in the Battle of Balete Pass in the Philippines while...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Awards and Prizes, Japan, Martin Dempsey, Washington, DC
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Officials quit after report on Benghazi attack released
Three senior State Department officials resigned under pressure Wednesday after an independent review board determined that they had operational responsibility for "grossly inadequate" security when Islamic militants killed four Americans at the U.S....
Tags: Michael G. Mullen, Benghazi, Al-Qaeda, Elections, Police Investigations
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Shade banks on 3s to topple Rockets
ROCKWOOD — Nash Walker scored 19 points to pace a quartet of Panthers in double figures as Shade rolled to a 62-50 victory over Rockwood in a WestPAC boys basketball game Thursday. Wade Walker and Brock Medva scored 15 points each and Jeremy...
Tags: Basketball, Sports, Jeff Fisher
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