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Sexual assault reports double at the Naval Academy
The number of sexual assaults reported at the Naval Academy doubled during the 2010-2011 academic year, as did the percentage of female midshipmen reporting unwanted sexual contact, according to a report released Tuesday by the Defense Department. The...Tags: United States Naval Academy, U.S. Department of Defense, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, Sexual Misconduct
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Former Mid sues Naval Academy over rapes
A former midshipman who says she was raped twice while at the Naval Academy has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force officials to improve their response to sexual assaults at the service academies. In a complaint filed Friday, the woman, now 22, says...Tags: United States Naval Academy, Students, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Health and Safety at School
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Mids describe smooth transition from 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
When his roommate at the Naval Academy said jokingly last year that Andrew Atwill was a homosexual, the midshipman told him to cut it out.
His friend didn't know it, Atwill says, but he really was gay — and under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy,...Tags: United States Naval Academy, Bill Clinton, Michael G. Mullen, Rentals, Middletown
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Navy commencement is rite of passage for high school friends
When they graduated from River Hill High School in 2008, Jonathan Hill, Rajiv Stone and Daniel Thyberg had a grueling summer of physical training awaiting them as they prepared to attend the U.S. Naval Academy together. Four years later, the three...Tags: Engineering, United States Naval Academy, College Sports, Graduation, Companies and Corporations
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Md. Guard major who taught in Balto. Co. is killed in Afghan ministry shooting
As violent protests continued in Afghanistan over the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book by NATO forces, the Pentagon confirmed Monday that a Maryland National Guard major was one of two U.S. military officers shot to death inside a ministry...Tags: C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Armed Forces, Bombings, Islam, Wars and Interventions
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Drop the 'two-war' plan
As defense strategists at the Pentagon carry out their review of how to make roughly $400 billion in cuts over 10 years, and Congress considers the possibility of reductions twice as large as required by the supercommittee's failure to reach agreement,...Tags: Iran, Syria, Yemen, Dick Cheney, India
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Rape in the ranks
Sexual assault in the military threatens our national security. This has been a hard lesson for military leaders to learn, but thanks to significant pressure from Congress and victims' advocates, they're starting to get the picture. Last month, Secretary...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Abusive Behavior, Rape, Wars and Interventions, Criminals
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The GOP's spendthrift ways
There's a tendency among some to shorthand the ongoing federal budget debate as between Republicans who want to reduce government spending and Democrats who don't. This isn't really the case, as recent actions in the House have demonstrated. On...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, White House, Paul Ryan, Democratic Party, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
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Obama's cynicism for me, not for thee
"My rival in this race," Barack Obama announced early in 2007, "is not other candidates. It's cynicism."
It's now clear that what he meant by this was other people's cynicism -- not his own.
As you may recall, President Obama came into office a very...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, William Daley, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements
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Another BRAC?
When word came down that U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta wants to do another BRAC, the comment was greeted with measured enthusiasm at the Harford County Development Advisory Board meeting last week. By and large, optimism was expressed that...Tags: Commuting, Harford County, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Fort Meade (military base)
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Another BRAC in 2013? Where Harford stands
There's potential for more growth at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford County officials say. Whether that growth could come from another round of BRAC in 2013 or 2015 is still to be determined, however.
During Wednesday's Economic Development Advisory...Tags: Commuting, Highway Transportation, Harford County, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Meade (military base)
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Maryland to fare well in Obama's 'leaner' defense strategy
While President Barack Obama described plans Thursday to make the U.S. military "leaner," officials in Maryland said the focus of installations and defense contractors here on intelligence, cyberwarfare, research and development is likely to protect the...Tags: Iraq, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Meade (military base), Anne Arundel County, National Security
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