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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: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Patrick R. Donahoe, Claire McCaskill, Joe Manchin III, 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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Obama to address Naval Academy commencement
President Barack Obama will travel to Annapolis to speak at the Naval Academy commencement today, addressing the class at a time when the military faces complicated internal challenges the graduating midshipmen will soon inherit. It is the second time...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, Budget Control Act of 2011, United States Naval Academy
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Lawmakers press Pentagon, VA to cooperate on claims backlog
A bipartisan group of lawmakers pressed the Obama administration Wednesday to reduce the backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving cooperation between the several agencies that have a role in the process. Senators...
Tags: Veterans Affairs, U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Parties and Movements, Justice System, Jeff Miller (Florida Politician)
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The real threat to our homeland
We recently learned that the Pentagon will spend $1 billion to bolster U.S. missile defenses in response to "irresponsible and reckless provocations" by North Korea. This money, as announced by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, would add 14 new anti-...Tags: Weaponry, Finance, Defense Equipment, North Korea, Defense
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Pentagon faces another sex scandal
WASHINGTON — The Army suspended the commander of its main basic training camp Tuesday for alleged adultery, the latest in a string of military officers accused of sexual misconduct. Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts, a 29-year Army veteran, was...
Tags: Assault, Adultery, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault, Punishment
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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: Hampton Roads, Sex Crimes, U.S. Army, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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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: Career and Workplace, Military Equipment, Parties and Movements, U.S. Army, U.S. Congress
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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: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Assault, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault, Abusive Behavior
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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: Finance, Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace, Employees, Unemployment
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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: Sex Crimes, The New York Times, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Defense, Assault
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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: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Internal Revenue Service, Sex Crimes, Parties and Movements, Government
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