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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: Justice System, Courts-Martial, Sex Crimes, Assault, U.S. Senate
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South Korean president thanks Korean War veterans
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comThe president of South Korea thanked a group of local Korean War veterans for helping set the cornerstone of a 60-year partnership between her country and the United States during a dinner Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Les Bishop, commander of Antietam...Tags: North Korea, South Korea, Barack Obama, Korean War (1950-1953), International Military Interventions
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COLUMN - On Syria, it's time for Obama to decide: Bremmer
Reuters(Ian Bremmer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Ian Bremmer May 9 (Reuters) - Through two years of Syrian crisis, the Obama administration has cautiously dragged its feet as the United States is further enmeshed in the conflict....Tags: Bob Corker, Wars and Interventions, John Kerry, Russia, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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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, Courts-Martial, Sex Crimes, Annapolis, Assault
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Perez vote delayed as confirmation fight intensifies
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official. ...Tags: Justice System, Montgomery County (Maryland), Jay Carney, Republican Party, Lamar Alexander
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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, Netflix Inc., Sex Crimes, Wars and Interventions, Assault
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Pentagon reports sharp rise in sex assaults in military
The Pentagon estimated Tuesday that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted last year, 36 percent more than a year earlier, in a trend so severe that senior officials warned it could threaten recruiting and retention of military personnel....Tags: Trials, Courts-Martial, U.S. Military, Sex Crimes, Assault
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U.S. lawmakers voice outrage at latest Air Force sex scandal
Reuters* Air Force leaders say they were appalled by case * Head of anti-sex assault office arrested for sexual assault * Military sex assault reports rose nearly 200 to 3,374 in 2012 By David Alexander WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers voiced...Tags: Courts-Martial, U.S. Military, Sex Crimes, Assault, Sexual Assault
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RPT-U.S. lawmakers voice outrage at latest Air Force sex scandal
Reuters(Repeats for wider subscribers) * Air Force leaders say they were appalled by case * Head of anti-sex assault office arrested for sexual assault * Military sex assault reports rose nearly 200 to 3,374 in 2012 By David Alexander WASHINGTON, May 7...Tags: U.S. Military, Courts-Martial, Sex Crimes, Assault, Sexual Assault
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Pentagon report shows big jump in sex crimes in military
Reuters* Estimated number of sexual crimes jumped 38 percent to 26,000 * Defense chief expresses outrage over weekend groping incident * Obama urges military to 'step up our game' over the issue (Adds Pentagon release of sexual assault report, Hagel and Obama...Tags: Courts-Martial, Medical Research, Sex Crimes, Assault, Rape
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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, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Sex Crimes, Sexual Misconduct, Assault
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Obama's red line on Syria gets squiggly
The hawks are squawking. Congressional conservatives and the right-wing media are blasting President Barack Obama for going soft on the Syrians. The president insists there is a "game-changing" red line the Syrian government will have crossed if it is...
Tags: United Nations, Wars and Interventions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Islam, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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