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A troubled timeline: Recent developments regarding military sexual assaults
May 5 Air Force Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, is arrested on suspicion of drunkenly grabbing a woman in an Arlington, Va., parking lot. At the time, he led the Air Force's sexual assault prevention program. His trial is set for July 18 in Arlington...Tags: Barack Obama, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Department of Defense, Abusive Behavior, Fort Hood (military base)
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At Hampton VA, caring for sexual assault victims is ongoing battle
— Over two weeks, the Pentagon has suffered a string of embarrassments in its effort to show progress in curbing sexual assault within the ranks. A Defense Department anonymous survey estimated a 35 percent increase in sexual assault and related...
Tags: U.S. Military, Barack Obama, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Forces
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Letterkenny furlough reduced to 11 days
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comEmployees at Letterkenny Army Depot are facing fewer furlough days than originally expected — workers are looking at 11 days without pay rather than 14. The 11 days are down from the 14 that the Pentagon advised would be needed, and only half of...Tags: Finance, Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Defense, Economy, Business and Finance, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Army general who served in Afghanistan is Pentagon pick to command US troops in South Korea
AP National Security WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — An Army general who served as a top official on U.S. joint military staffs in Afghanistan and at the Pentagon is the choice to command U.S. troops in South Korea. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced the promotion of Lt. Gen....Tags: International Military Interventions, Washington, DC, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: U.S. Military, Armed Forces, U.S. Department of Defense, Abusive Behavior, U.S. Congress
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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: Turkey, Barack Obama, Media Industry, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Congress
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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: Washington, DC, Abusive Behavior, U.S. Congress, Fort Hood (military base), Sex Crimes
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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: Defense, Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress
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Commissaries feel hiring freeze, fear budget squeeze
Base commissaries face turbulent times as staff vacancies swell under a federal hiring freeze, employee furloughs remain a worry and the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) digests budget guidance for fiscal 2015 that will force new efficiencies on stores...Tags: Defense, Career and Workplace, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Budget Control Act of 2011, Budgets and Budgeting
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Bill Nelson: shortened news cycle, the Internet and partisan cable "news" makes Washington dysfunctional
Sun SentinelU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is beginning his third term in the U.S. Senate. Washington, D.C., is a far different place than it was when he was a freshman member of the U.S. House back in 1979. Speaking Friday to the Realtor Association of Greater...Tags: Entertainment, Fort Lauderdale, Susan Collins, U.S. Congress, Politics
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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: Barack Obama, International Military Interventions, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Park Geun-hye
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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: Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Tom Harkin, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Justice System
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