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Bush praises defense chief
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON -- President Bush paid a high-profile visit to the Pentagon yesterday to praise his beleaguered defense secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld, who he said is "doing a superb job," and to try to prevent the Iraq prison abuse scandal from further...Tags: International Military Interventions, White House, Saddam Hussein, ABC (tv network), Prisons
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U.S. troops entered Syria in hunt for fleeing Iraqis
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON - U.S. special forces entered Syria in pursuit of a convoy believed to be carrying former Iraqi regime leaders last week and wounded three Syrian border guards in a firefight, senior defense officials said yesterday. The clash with the Syrians...Tags: White House, Defense, DNA, Saddam Hussein, Central Intelligence Agency
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New photos show abuse of Iraqi prisoners
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - More photographic evidence surfaced yesterday graphically depicting U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, as Democrats continued their calls for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to resign amid the widening scandal....Tags: Carl Levin, CBS Corp., Photography, Prisons, Television
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Shocked, angry members of Congress vow to continue
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Members of Congress, forced to flee yesterday for the first time in history from the 200-year-old building that serves as a symbol of American democracy and freedom, were by turns stunned, angry, defiant and vowing revenge. "America is...Tags: Dana Rohrabacher, Bobby Scott, Mike DeWine, Tom Daschle, Democratic Party
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Congressional response is predictably partisan
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON-Leaders in both parties cheered President Bush last night for what they called a strong and measured message on Iraq in his State of the Union address, even as Democrats attacked him bitterly for domestic policies they said were wrong-headed....Tags: Finance, Productivity, Saddam Hussein, Interior Policy, Government Health Care
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Dollar steadies before Bernanke, Wall St. seen higher
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near a three-year high and German debt yields eased on Wednesday as expectations hardened that the head of the U.S. central bank later in the day would not signal any change to its ultra-loose policy. U.S. stock...Tags: International Military Interventions, Missile Systems, European Central Bank, Luxembourg, Charles Schwab
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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: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Sexual Misconduct, U.S. Department of Defense, Military Justice, Adultery
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Lawmakers move to address U.S. military sex assault problem
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers frustrated by a spate of high-profile military sexual assault cases unveiled draft proposals in the House of Representatives on Tuesday to crack down on the crime, but they stopped short the kind of overhaul sought by some...Tags: Military Justice, Prosecution, Defense, Fort Hood (military base), Kirsten Gillibrand
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Guantnamo's military defense lawyers cite My Lai massacre in appeal to Hagel
The Miami HeraldMilitary lawyers for former CIA captives held at Guantanamo are appealing to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to intervene in what they describe as deteriorating conditions and leadership failures on a scale similar to the Vietnam War's My Lai massacre....Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Suicide, Massacres, The Miami Herald, Central Intelligence Agency
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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: Government Debt, Budgets and Budgeting, Unemployment, Elections, Defense
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Depot workers brace for 20% pay reduction
The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo."This is going to be tough. But I have friends here with kids who are going to have an even tougher time with this furlough policy," the 28year-old Salazar said Thursday. "It makes you wish our leaders in Washington would figure out a way to pass a budget...Tags: White House, Budgets and Budgeting, Employees, Scott Tipton, Air Transportation Delays
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Warner protests proposed furloughs for base school teachers
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.U.S. Sen. Mark Warner wants the Pentagon to reconsider its decision to require Department of Defense schoolteachers to take furlough days next school year. The proposed furlough days �unpaid days off �were announced earlier this week by...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Teachers
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