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Sexual assaults in military: 'Little monsters' now in charge
Paula Coughlin was grocery shopping in Jacksonville, Fla., when I caught up with her on the phone this week. If anyone has an interesting perspective on the U.S. military’s absurd inability to deal with sexual assault, it’s Coughlin. She is...
Tags: Jackie Speier, Abusive Behavior, Lifestyle and Leisure, U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Forces
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Obama responds to criticism with 'fix it' strategy
WASHINGTON — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty matters to discuss — the bloody civil war in Syria, a disastrous Syrian refugee crisis and Turkey's strained...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Al Gore, Denis R. McDonough, Jay Carney, Media Industry
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Soldier in sexual assault prevention program accused of abuse
WASHINGTON — A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Tuesday. The...Tags: Sexual Misconduct, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sex Crimes, Carl Levin, Assault
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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: Unemployment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Congress
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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: Jackie Speier, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Abusive Behavior, Kirsten Gillibrand, Netflix Inc.
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The hawks are squawking about Obama's rubbery red line in Syria
The hawks are squawking. Congressional conservatives and the right-wing media are blasting President Obama for going soft on the Syrians. The president insists that there is a "game-changing" red line the Syrian government will have crossed if it is...
Tags: John McCain, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Islam, United Nations, Religion and Belief
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CIA buys trouble in Afghanistan
In a time when the whetted and arbitrary deficit-reduction knife is cutting bone out of critical U.S. government programs, the image of shopping bags stuffed with CIA cash handed off on a monthly basis to Afghan President Hamid Karzai — who reigns...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Military Equipment, National Government, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Central Intelligence Agency
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Air Force sex-assault chief arrested on sexual battery charges
This post has been updated, as indicated below.The man leading a U.S. Air Force program responsible for preventing sexual assault has been arrested on suspicion of drunkenly groping a woman in an Arlington, Va., parking lot, officials said Monday. Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, 41 -- shown with several...Tags: Sexual Misconduct, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Sex Crimes, FBI, Ronald Reagan
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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: Crime Victims, Leon Panetta, Barbara Boxer, Abusive Behavior, Claire McCaskill
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Could Iran's presidential politicking open door to nuclear deal?
Thirty years of punishing sanctions have failed to curb Iran’s rogue behavior. Perhaps, a growing chorus of diplomats and security experts suggest, it is time for the United States to change tactics. With a presidential election in the Islamic...
Tags: Iran, Islam, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Policy, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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U.S. agency sees boost in North Korea nuclear ability
WASHINGTON — A U.S. intelligence agency has concluded that North Korea has the capability to develop nuclear warheads small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, a congressman disclosed Thursday. Although U.S. experts believe North Korea cannot...
Tags: Doug Lamborn, Nuclear Policy, Kim Jong Un, Missile Systems, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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As bombing investigation deepens, Boston mourns its victims
BOSTON — As the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing continued Sunday, family members prepared to bury the victims, and hundreds of stunned and sorrowful residents prayed together for the dead and wounded and worked to reclaim the...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sports, Bombings, Religion and Belief, Terrorism
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