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Why John Kerry wants airstrikes against Syria
Tuesday, shortly after I posted a column on Secretary of State John Kerry's push to have the White House approve U.S. strikes on Syrian airfields — and how Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey pushed back strongly against the idea — I...Tags: John Kerry, Armed Conflicts, Marketing, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of State
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Military plans would put women in most combat jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines. Under details of the plans obtained by The...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, Assault, Sexual Assault, U.S. Military, Afghanistan
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LETTER: Soldiers Need Better Protection
In reading about sexual assaults in the military, I was appalled by the responses of our military leaders, and one senator in particular, to this rampant problem [June 5, news, "Pentagon Blasted On Sex Assaults"]. Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss of...Tags: Assault, Martin Dempsey, Sexual Assault, U.S. Department of Defense, Sex Crimes
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Review: "To Move the World" by Jeffrey D. Sachs
As director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General, Jeffrey Sachs has devoted his considerable intellect and energy to global development. It was in this capacity, he writes, that he came across...Tags: U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, John F. Kennedy, Columbia University, Criminal Laws
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Letters: The military's sex assault problem
Re "Military on the spot over sex assaults," June 5 Two respected U.S. senators — both women — are sponsoring legislation to shift decisions on serious crimes in the military, including rape, from commanders to independent military...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, National Security Agency, Justice System, Sexual Assault, Lawyers
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The nuclear bomb we don't need
The Soviets put guns before butter, but we put almost everything before guns." —Margaret Thatcher, January 1976 When Margaret Thatcher made the above observation in a speech that earned her the title "Iron Lady" from the Soviet army...
Tags: Barack Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Warsaw (Poland), Russia, Henry Kissinger
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The military still doesn't get it
The military's top uniformed leaders did themselves no favors in their testimony Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee about sexual assaults in the military. Certainly, they were willing to give the problem lip service, but in refusing to...Tags: U.S. Congress, Assault, Sexual Assault, H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Sex Crimes
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Assault, Military Justice, Chuck Hagel
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Brass seeks to temper military justice overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) — American military commanders wield substantial power to discipline the troops they lead. But an epidemic of sexual assaults roiling the armed forces has Congress about to rein in that authority. The only question is by how much?...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Chuck Hagel, Prosecution, U.S. Military
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When Obama says, 'Force alone cannot make us safe'
One of the most important parts of President Obama's landmark speech on May 23 at the National Defense University is receiving little attention. It is his call for "a strategy that reduces the wellspring of extremism," his recognition that extremism is...
Tags: Egypt, Conservation, Islam, Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama
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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: Chuck Hagel, Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, Beijing (China), Asia
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Peyton Manning was glad to be of service on USO tour
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — On his USO tour in March, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning went farther than he ever imagined he'd go. Halfway around the globe. And six miles through the streets of Naples, Italy. That was a 5 a.m. run with Navy...
Tags: Denver Broncos, National Football League, Kansas City Chiefs, Sports, Indianapolis Colts
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