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U.S. Army anti-sexual assault coordinator accused of sex crimes
Reuters* Sergeant under investigation for pandering, other counts * Lawmakers, defense chief express renewed anger, disgust By David Alexander WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant who worked as a sexual assault prevention coordinator at Fort...Tags: Sexual Assault, Assault, Abusive Behavior, Buck McKeon, U.S. Department of Defense
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EDITORIAL: Take steps to stop military sex abuse
Seattle TimesA MILITARY culture that allows rampant sexual abuse to persist won't change on its own. Congress must take immediate steps to protect American service members from this shameful epidemic. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced 3,374...Tags: U.S. Air Force, Sexual Assault, Abusive Behavior, Sex Crimes, U.S. Congress
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Commission touted to bridge gap between military, civilians
Seattle TimesAs a decorated Vietnam veteran, Karl Marlantes understands the grim costs of America's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as anyone: at least 6,699 U.S. military personnel dead, more than 50,000 wounded and $2 trillion in borrowed spending, with the...Tags: Afghanistan, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , U.S. Navy, Culture, Wars and Interventions
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DOE pushes to prevent vit plant furloughs
Tri-City HeraldCongressional committees have begun considering a Department of Energy request that could prevent furloughs at the Hanford vitrification plant and help meet a key legal deadline for emptying underground waste tanks. DOE's reprogramming request would...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Caucasus, Environmental Cleanup, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: Allergies, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Harry Reid, Parliament, Parties and Movements
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EDITORIAL: Online-sales tax a matter of retail fairness
Seattle TimesTHE apparent enthusiasm in the U.S. Senate for the Marketplace Fairness Act, which passed on Monday 67-27, obscures the difficulty of getting a meaningful tax-reform bill through a gridlocked Congress. The act simply requires online retailers to collect...Tags: Maria Cantwell, Amazon.com Inc., Jaime Herrera, Parties and Movements, Jim McDermott
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McCaskill blocks promotion amid furor over military sexual assaults
St. Louis Post-DispatchSen. Claire McCaskill stepped up her drive to curb sexual assaults in the military on Tuesday, a day in which the Pentagon admitted to a worsening problem and President Barack Obama threatened attackers with dishonorable discharge. The Missouri senator'...Tags: Assault, Sexual Assault, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Military, Barack Obama
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FDA lowers age for buyers of Plan B pill to 15
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a surprise twist to the decade-plus effort to ease access to morning-after pills, the government is lowering the age limit to 15 for one brand — Plan B One-Step — and will let it be sold over the counter. Today,...
Tags: Plan B (drug), Birth Control, Family Planning, Women's Health, Trials
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Work begins on south end of Link light rail
Seattle TimesSound Transit held groundbreaking ceremonies Friday for a $383 million, 1.6-mile extension of Link light rail from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to an elevated station at South 200th Street. It will be named Angle Lake Station, after the small...Tags: Mountains, Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering, Julia Patterson, Landforms
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No debt agreement, no break
With no deal in sight to curb our growing national debt, America is going broke. So what do our representatives in Congress plan to do about it? Take a two-week break. Are they trying to see whether their abysmal 13% approval rating can sink any lower?...
Tags: Public Finance, Budget Control Act of 2011, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan, Budgets and Budgeting
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Let the Senate vote-a-rama begin
WASHINGTON – Step aside, stately Senate. Say hello to vote-a-rama. On Friday, the usually lonely floor of the U.S. Senate was thrown open for that most rare of occurrences – a free-for-all frenzy of amendment-making, which is required for...
Tags: Ceremonies, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Paul Ryan, Budgets and Budgeting
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Piling on more debt
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Democrats in the US Senate have broken the law for four years by not passing a budget. This is the height of criminal gross negligence as US debt passes $16.5 trillion and approaches $17 trillion, as 46 cents of...Tags: Harry Reid, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections
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