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Former academy instructor acquitted of rape of midshipman
A former instructor at the Naval Academy has been found not guilty of aggravated sexual assault in an alleged attack on a female midshipman two years ago, an academy spokeswoman said Sunday. Marine Corps Maj. Mark Thompson, 43, was found guilty of...
Tags: Courts-Martial, Annapolis, Health and Safety at School, Barack Obama, Assault
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Three Naval Academy football players investigated in alleged sexual assault on female midshipman
The Navy is investigating the alleged sexual assault last year of a female midshipman at the Naval Academy by three members of the football team, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed Friday. The woman has told investigators she remembers little of the...
Tags: Annapolis, Health and Safety at School, Assault, Barack Obama, Navy Yard
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Defense chief Chuck Hagel seeks to reassure Asia allies
SINGAPORE — Chuck Hagel emerged from combat in the Vietnam War with two Purple Hearts and "a sense of how important it would be for America to engage wisely in Asia," as he put it to top defense officials gathered here. Now, more than a year after...Tags: International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama, Joint Chiefs of Staff, White House
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel heads for Asia
ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT — More than a year after the Obama administration announced it was shifting its defense policy to focus on Asia, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is trying to convince allies in the region that the so-called “Asia...Tags: South Korea, U.S. Congress, Wars and Interventions, China, Mexico
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On Memorial Day, Obama urges U.S. to remember troops' sacrifice
President Obama hailed the nation's fallen service members in a Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, in which he noted that the war in Afghanistan was winding down but not over. "Fewer Americans are making the ultimate...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Barack Obama, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Department of Defense
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When will military get serious about reforming its culture of sexual hostility?
Apparently, May was Harass Your Female Subordinates Month in the U.S. military. I didn't get the press release, but a number of news items brought me up to speed. A sergeant at West Point is being investigated for secretly videotaping at least a dozen...Tags: Wars and Interventions, U.S. Congress, Assault, U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Forces
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Germany, Italy to join U.S. in Afghanistan after 2014
BRUSSELS — Germany and Italy have committed to join the United States in helping to train Afghan troops after combat operations cease at the end of next year, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday. Absent from the announcement was...
Tags: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Germany, International Organizations, Politics, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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What Susan Rice's White House promotion means
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Except when it's best served hot. Just a few months ago, Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and now President Barack Obama's choice to be the next national security adviser, saw her main chance to...Tags: Libya, Lindsey O. Graham, Wars and Interventions, Condoleezza Rice, White House
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Military is on the spot over sexual assaults
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both major parties rebuked the Pentagon on Tuesday for failing to curtail sexual assaults in the military, arguing that the inability of commanders to solve the problem may mean they need to be stripped of the power to...
Tags: Courts-Martial, Saxby Chambliss, U.S. Congress, Assault, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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VA looks to American Legion, other veterans groups for help with backlog
As officials at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs look internally for solutions to a claims backlog that is drawing increasing fire from Capitol Hill, they are also reaching for outside help from some of the nation's best-known veterans groups....
Tags: Veterans Affairs, Barbara A. Mikulski, American Legion, Government, Eric Shinseki
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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: Courts-Martial, Annapolis, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Assault
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Military Losing Fight Against Sexual Assault
The Hartford CourantApparently, May was Harass Your Female Subordinates Month in the U.S. military. I didn't get the press release, but a number of news items brought me up to speed. A sergeant at West Point is being investigated for secretly videotaping at least a dozen...Tags: U.S. Congress, Wars and Interventions, Assault, U.S. Department of Defense, Fort Hood (military base)
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