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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: United States Naval Academy, Sexual Assault, White House, Kirsten Gillibrand, Sex Crimes
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 8
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- MOSCOW/BEIRUT - Russia and the United States agreed to seek new peace talks with both sides to end Syria's civil war, but opposition leaders were sceptical on Wednesday of an initiative they fear might let President Bashar al-...Tags: Beijing (China), John Kerry, Benjamin Netanyahu, Government, Politics
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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: United States Naval Academy, Sexual Assault, White House, Politics, Sex Crimes
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Israel warns U.S. about Russian arms sale to Syria -report
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Israel warned the United States in recent days that Russia plans to sell advanced ground-to-air missile systems to Syria despite Western pressure on Moscow to hold off on such a move, the Wall Street Journal reported on...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Government, U.S. Department of State, Politics, Bashar Assad
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1215 GMT, May 08
ReutersMay 8 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- MOSCOW/BEIRUT - Russia and the United States agreed to seek new peace talks with both sides to end Syria's civil war, but opposition leaders were sceptical on Wednesday of an initiative they fear might let...Tags: Beijing (China), Theft, Government, Brussels (Belgium), United Kingdom
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China calls US the "real hacking empire" after Pentagon report
ReutersBEIJING, May 8 (Reuters) - China on Wednesday accused the United States of sowing discord between China and its neighbours after the Pentagon said Beijing is using espionage to fuel its military modernisation, branding Washington the "real hacking empire"...Tags: Beijing (China), Newspaper and Magazine, Security, China
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Republicans say military could have done more in Benghazi
WASHINGTON — The latest chapter in the political battle over the killing of four Americans in Libya is unfolding this week, with Republicans pointing to the testimony of a State Department official as evidence that the U.S. military could have...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Government, Tripoli (Libya), U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Military
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1000 GMT, May 8
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- MOSCOW/BEIRUT - Russia and the United States agreed to bury their differences over Syria and to try to convene international talks with both sides in the civil war to end the carnage that is inflaming the Middle East. - - - -...Tags: Beijing (China), Washington, DC, Manchester United F.C., U.S. Congress, Malaysia
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Betrayed? Citizen soldiers lose jobs; U.S. government biggest offender
The jobs of the nation's citizen soldiers are supposed to be safe while they are serving their country: Federal law does not allow employers to penalize service members because of their military duties. Yet every year, thousands of National Guard and...
Tags: Defense, Career and Workplace, Labor Disputes, Labor Legislation, Verizon Communications
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Obama on military sex assaults: 'No tolerance for this...I expect consequences'
WASHINGTON – President Obama said Tuesday that he has “no tolerance” for sexual assault in the U.S. military and pledged to crack down on the crime and any officials who turn a blind eye to it. Obama said he talked with Defense...
Tags: Washington, DC, Sexual Assault, Assault, Leon Panetta, U.S. Military
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Metzgar joins call for Pennsylvania commissioning of USS Somerset
staff writer, @damichellegThe Pennsylvania House of Representatives is asking the Navy to have the USS Somerset commissioned in the state. The House unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday written by state Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar, R-Allegheny Township. The goal of the...Tags: Washington, DC, Patrick J. Toomey, Carl Walker Metzgar, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Pennsylvania General Assembly
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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, Epidemics and Plagues, Sexual Assault, White House, Kirsten Gillibrand
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