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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: Armed Forces, Military Justice, Assault, Adultery, Punishment
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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: Abusive Behavior, U.S. Military, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Congress, Sexual Assault
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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: Jay Carney, Government, Internal Revenue Service, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Congress
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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: Carl Levin, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Assault, Defense
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Unemployment, 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: Abusive Behavior, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, Netflix Inc., U.S. Congress
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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, Abusive Behavior, Military Justice, Criminals, U.S. Congress
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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: Ronald Reagan, FBI, Assault, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, U.S. Department of Defense
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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: Abdullah II of Jordan, Central Intelligence Agency, Hamid Karzai, Government, George W. Bush
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In Israel, Chuck Hagel has a one-word refrain: Friend
JERUSALEM -- Not long ago, Chuck Hagel’s past comments about Israel nearly torpedoed his nomination as Defense secretary. In his first visit here since winning confirmation, he’s sticking to one word in particular: “Friend." “I...
Tags: Elections, Judaism, Human Interest, Israel, Religion and Belief
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A 'red line' on Syria
President Obama has followed a commendably restrained policy in refusing to intervene militarily in Syria's civil war. But if the U.S. confirms that the regime of President Bashar Assad has used chemical weapons, the president should adhere to his...
Tags: France, Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War I (1914-1918)
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Britain, France press for U.N. inquiry on Syria chemical arms use
WASHINGTON — The British and French governments have asked the United Nations to investigate what they believe is credible evidence that the Syrian regime has used small amounts of chemical weapons in recent months, officials said Thursday. The...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, International Organizations, Government, Ban Ki-moon, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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