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FBI: Miss. man arrested, accused in ricin letters
Associated PressOXFORD, Miss. (AP) - The 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...Tags: FBI, Barack Obama, Justice System, Politics, John Cornyn
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Garrard economic director resigns
kpeek@amnews.comLANCASTER — Nathan Mick, economic development director for Garrard County, officially resigned during Monday’s Fiscal Court meeting. He could not be reached for comment today. The resignation follows a storied term as economic development...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Politics
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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: Elections, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Politics, Military Equipment
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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. Department of Defense, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), U.S. Congress, Armed Forces, Barack Obama
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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: U.S. Department of Defense, Unemployment, Economy, Business and Finance, Layoffs and Downsizing, Employees
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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: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Fort Hood (military base), Abusive Behavior, Martin Dempsey
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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. Department of Defense, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), The New York Times, U.S. Congress, Armed Forces
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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: Al Gore, White House, Denis R. McDonough, Freedom of the Press, U.S. Congress
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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: U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Unemployment, U.S. Congress, Layoffs and Downsizing
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Unemployment, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Pentagon reports sharp rise in military sexual assaults
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon estimated that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted in unreported incidents last year — 35% more than in 2010 — a severe trend that senior officials warned could threaten recruiting and...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, White House, Washington, DC, Courts-Martial, U.S. Congress
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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: U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, North Korea, International Military Interventions, Barack Obama
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