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Murray’s military sexual assault piece stays in bill
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 5 days ago
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Staff writer Published June 15, 2013 Sen. Patty Murray's proposal requiring the Armed Forces to train advocates to help sex assault victims moved forward this week as an amendment to Congress' primary defense bill, setting it up for adoption later
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Slash the budget, but don't close unneeded bases
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | 6 days ago
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Friday, Jun. 14, 2013 The following editorial appeared in the Columbis (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer on Friday, June 14: The Pentagon says it doesn't want them, doesn't need them and can't afford to maintain them. Two congressional armed services panels say
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Calif. lawmakers press for immigrant benefits and more in defense bill
Palmdale :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
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An immigrants military service could be a path to legal U.S. residency, if Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., gets his way. Undocumented immigrants would also be allowed to enlist, with legal permanent residency a reward for completing honorable service,
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Congress to change travel reporting policy
Madrid :: Spain | 14 days ago
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Following a Herald-Tribune investigation published last month , the U.S. Congress took a major step this week toward changing the way it publicly reports members' international travel...Jones, R-North Carolina, successfully amended a must-pass
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Barbara Boxer continues crusade against workplace mistreatment of women
Washington :: DC :: USA | 19 days ago
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Sen. Barbara Boxer says she never imagined how long she'd have to keep fighting to protect women and men in uniform from sexual assault. It's been more than 20 years since the California Democrat was elected to the Senate as an outsider pushing for
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House panel rejects pay cap, most Tricare hikes
Centreville :: VA :: USA | 20 days ago
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House armed services subcommittee on military personnel has said "No." On Wednesday, the panel unanimously rejected the Obama administration's call to cap the 2014 military pay raise at 1 percent versus the 1.8 percent needed to keep pace with recent
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House panel rejects pay cap, most proposed Tricare hikes
Centreville :: VA :: USA | 26 days ago
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PDT Even as defense budgets drop and the Joint Chiefs urge Congress to spread some of the fiscal pain across personnel accounts, the House armed services subcommittee on military personnel has said No. On Wednesday, the panel unanimously rejected the
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Boehner: IRS hiding something
Washington :: DC :: USA | 28 days ago
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) says its looks as if the IRS has got something to hide after one of its top officials invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer lawmakers' questions about why conservative groups were targeted. Well, [it]
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Dem: Benghazi turns 'witch hunt'
Washington :: DC :: USA | 30 days ago
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Republican lawmakers have turned the investigations of the Benghazi attack into a political witch hunt, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said today. Washington Rep. Adam Smith said Republicans are just reaching for scandal by
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McKeon rumors spark jockeying
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Rep. Buck McKeon says he's not planning to retire at the end of his term, but that hasn't stopped Republican colleagues from eyeing his committee chairmanship and Democrats from targeting his seat. The 74-year-old chairman of the House Armed Services
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