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Craig Morgan To Toast Troops With Care Packages
Army vet and country star Craig Morgan will join military spouses, Jack Daniels employees and USO volunteers at Fort Hood, Texas on August 28th to stuff 7,500 care packages for troops serving overseas. Care packages will include a message of support,...
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Lawmakers move to address U.S. military sex assault problem
Reuters* House panel proposes tougher penalties for attackers * Measures also aim to improve victim treatment and support * Proposals follow string of military sexual assault cases By David Alexander WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers frustrated...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Sex Crimes, Military Justice, U.S. Army, U.S. Military
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Congressional women target military assault
A bipartisan group of women serving on the Senate and House Armed Services committees, including Indiana's 2nd District Rep. Jackie Walorski, is to be congratulated for exercising historic clout to battle sexual assault in the U.S. armed services....Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Sex Crimes, Kirsten Gillibrand, Barack Obama, Jackie Walorski
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Top U.S. general warns of sexual assault 'crisis,' meets Obama
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top general in the U.S. Armed Forces warned of a crisis of confidence in the growing ranks of women soldiers due to a rash of sexual assault cases that has prompted lawmakers to act. The warning by Army General Martin Dempsey...Tags: Sex Crimes, Martin Dempsey, Barack Obama, U.S. Army, Sexual Assault
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Army anti-sex assault coordinator accused of sex crimes
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant who worked as a sexual assault prevention coordinator at Fort Hood, Texas, has been accused of sex crimes, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, the second man in the military's anti-sexual assault effort to be...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Sex Crimes, Buck McKeon, U.S. Army, Sexual Assault
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Sex assault scandals put unprecedented pressure on Pentagon
Reuters* Lawmakers eye legislation to help stem jump in assaults * Hagel open to 'all options' to deal with issue, spokesman says * Defense chief once backed keeping sex crimes within military system By David Alexander and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, May 15...Tags: Claire McCaskill, Sex Crimes, Career and Workplace, U.S. Army, Sexual Assault
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Military sex assault cases pile pressure on Pentagon
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A rash of scandals discrediting the U.S. military's efforts to stamp out sexual assault is putting unprecedented pressure on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to consider options that once appeared off limits to address sex crimes in...Tags: Claire McCaskill, Sex Crimes, Amy Klobuchar, Career and Workplace, U.S. Army
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Charges against Army sergeant said to involve sex for money, sexual assault
WASHINGTON (AP) - More details are emerging about the allegations against an Army sergeant first class at Fort Hood in Texas. It's the second time this month that a member of the armed forces who'd been assigned to help prevent sexual assaults in the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior, Washington, DC, Sexual Assault
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Paramedic arrested in West, Texas for having a destructive device
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.HOUSTON--A local paramedic who responded to the massive fertilizer plant fire last month in West, Texas, has been arrested for allegedly possessing a destructive device. Bryce Reed, 31, was arrested late Thursday by officials from the Bureau of Alcohol,...Tags: Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Crimes, Emergency Incidents, Safety of Citizens, Politics
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Fort Hood suspect's relatives may be compelled to testify
HOUSTON -- A military judge ruled Thursday that relatives of accused Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan can be compelled to testify, potentially facing contempt charges if they refuse. Several relatives of Hasan, 42, have said they will not...
Tags: Trials, Military Justice, Nidal Malik Hasan, Sports, Fort Hood Shootings (2009)
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Reader Q&A: Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag
I have been a Cubs fan since 1948, so I have seen some poor baseball. However, it is time to release Marmol for the Cubs' good and also for his own good. Bill A., Newburgh, Ind. I don’t really see that happening, at least not until they exhaust...
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