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Fort Leonard Wood on notice as US Army plans to cut 80,000 soldiers
jkaplan@kspr.comWAYNESVILLE, Mo -- The US Army plans slash 80,000 military positions from its bases and forts around the world. Officials at the Pentagon tell KSPR News the plan, called "Army 2020", will save approzimately $4.5 billion. The Army's proposed action -...Tags: Armed Forces, Afghanistan, U.S. Army
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EDITORIAL: Bills offer right response to military sex abuse crisis
Portland Press Herald, MaineRape and sexual abuse perpetrated against members of the military by fellow service members have reached epidemic proportions and are a national disgrace. Despite several years of increasing public awareness, these crimes against women and men serving...Tags: Sexual Assault, Susan Collins, U.S. Congress, The Washington Post, Crime, Law and Justice
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EDITORIAL: Further reform necessary to battle sexual assault in the military
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, IowaIn a scandal-ridden time in Washington, recent bombshells about the prevalence of sexual assault in our nation's military probably haven't received the attention they deserves. Last week marked the third recent case of the fox guarding the henhouse....Tags: Sexual Assault, Fox News Channel (tv network), Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice, Armed Forces
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U.S. says Korea tensions relatively low, despite missile tests
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Monday appeared to play down North Korea's six short-range missile launches over the past three days, describing tensions on the Korean peninsula as relatively low. Pyongyang has defended its short-range...Tags: U.S. Military, Missile Systems, North Korea, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Local Voices: Naperville and Plainfield
Letters to the editor from Naperville and Plainfield residents. Adult texters As I drive both in the suburbs and city, I am absolutely stunned at how many people, adults, not kids, are texting while driving. I have a son who is 16 and is out there...
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Hagel: It was furlough 680K or deepen readiness crisis
By Tom Philpott Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the furlough of 680,000 civilian employees for one day a week, from early July through September, to avoid taking deeper cuts in training and maintenance, which could have degraded readiness to the...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government Debt, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Raddatz returns, gets Centre degree while telling war stories to grads
tkleffman@amnews.comMartha Raddatz told one on herself Sunday during her commencement address to Centre College’s Class of 2013. The highly decorated and respected ABC foreign correspondent who has reported from war zones around the world, the White House and the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Louisville Slugger, University of Louisville, Easter, Abraham Lincoln
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Florida National Guard in transition phase
Miami HeraldThe Florida National Guard troops were wearing full battle rattle inside their Humvee hunting insurgents in rural Afghanistan when suddenly, from a distance, somebody opened up with small-arms fire, wounding an American soldier. The U.S. troops fired...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Layoffs and Downsizing, Hurricanes, U.S. Congress, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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Congressional leaders unswayed by VA promises
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewPummeled in the media and on Capitol Hill because of continuing delays in processing benefits claims, the Department of Veterans Affairs instituted mandatory overtime hours as part of its pledge to resolve by 2015 a backlog estimated at more than 845,...Tags: Dean Heller, Veterans Affairs, Politics, Pittsburgh, U.S. Senate
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EDITORIAL: Congressional women target military assault
South Bend Tribune, Ind.A bipartisan group of women serving on the Senate and House Armed Services committees, including Indiana's 2nd District Rep. Jackie Walorski, is to be congratulated for exercising historic clout to battle sexual assault in the U.S. armed services....Tags: Fort Hood (military base), Barack Obama, Abusive Behavior, Politics, Prosecution
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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, U.S. Congress, Abusive Behavior, Assault
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Congressional women target military assault
A bipartisan group of women serving on the Senate and House Armed Services committees, including Indiana's 2nd District Rep. Jackie Walorski, is to be congratulated for exercising historic clout to battle sexual assault in the U.S. armed services....Tags: Fort Hood (military base), Barack Obama, Kirsten Gillibrand, Sexual Assault, Politics
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