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FBI: Miss. Man Arrested, Accused in Ricin Letters
The Associated PressThe FBI has identified a Mississippi man suspected of mailing letters containing poisonous ricin as 45-year-old Paul Kevin Curtis. FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen said Curtis was arrested Wednesday afternoon at his apartment in Corinth,...Tags: Richard Shelby, U.S. Senate, Claire McCaskill, Jeff Flake, Roger F. Wicker
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USO Announces Expansion of Alaska Services
Channel 2 NewsThe United Service Organizations announced a significant expansion Friday of the group's Pacific Northwest services in Alaska and other Western states, including programs meant to help deployed service members better connect with their children. The...Tags: United Service Organizations, Joan Jett, Gary Sinise, Entertainment, Family
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Search for Captured Soldier Bowe Bergdahl Continues
The Associated PressThe search for captured Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was taken prisoner in Afghanistan three years ago,is continuing as defense leaders say the military and intelligence communities are doing everything possible to find him. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman...Tags: Haqqani Network, Pakistan, Taliban
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History of the Military in Alaska
The military’s long and important history in the Great Land began at the very moment Alaska became American soil, Oct. 18, 1867. Elements of the Army’s 9th Infantry were on hand as the Russian Golden Eagle was lowered and the Stars and...
Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Gold and Precious Material, Highway Transportation, U.S. Military
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Panetta Formally Shuts Down US War in Iraq
Channel 2 NewsThe U.S. military has formally shut down the war in Iraq with a ceremony retiring the flag of U.S. Forces-Iraq on Thursday. Troops lowered the flag and wrapped it in camouflage, formally "casing" it, according to Army tradition. The ceremony was...Tags: Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Baghdad (Iraq), U.S. Military, Leon Panetta
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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: Sexual Assault, Martin Dempsey, U.S. Department of Defense, Assault, 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: Columbia University, Elections, Politics, Laws, United Nations General Assembly
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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, Sexual Assault, Lawyers, National Security Agency, Justice System
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Peyton Manning is feeling more comfortable — even in Persian Gulf
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Peyton Manning threw passes in the cavernous belly of a military plane flying 30,000 feet above Pakistan, and stood on the observation deck of an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, watching screaming fighter jets land and...Tags: Curt Schilling, Pakistan, Super Bowl, John Fox, Austin Collie
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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: Abusive Behavior, Politics, National Defense Authorization Act, Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Congress
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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. Military, Sexual Misconduct, Armed Forces, Washington, DC, Claire McCaskill
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Military, Defense, International Military Interventions
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