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Hagel directs Pentagon to seek new software for health records
www.washingtonpost.com-May 23, 2013
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Wednesday directed the Pentagon to seek new healthcare management software that would better integrate military health care records with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Petraeus’s role in drafting Benghazi talking points raises questions
www.washingtonpost.com-May 22, 2013
The controversy over the Obama administration’s response to the Benghazi attack last year began at a meeting over coffee on Capitol Hill three days after the assault.
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Hagel to exempt DOD sex assault prevention workers from furloughs
www.politico.com-May 22, 2013
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is exempting around 500 civilian sexual assault prevention personnel from this year’s mandatory furloughs, a senior defense official told POLITICO, in a bid to show the Pentagon is serious about cracking down on sexual assault in the ranks.
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Army general suspended over adultery allegations
www.usatoday.com-May 22, 2013
The Army announced Tuesday that it has suspended the top general at Fort Jackson in South Carolina over allegations of assault and adultery, the latest in a string of sex scandals to rock the military.
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Syria's Gains Renew Pressure on U.S.
www.online.wsj.com-May 21, 2013
The Syrian army battled Monday alongside Hezbollah militants to reclaim a rebel-held city, amplifying pressure on President Barack Obama to find a way to alter the course of events in the widening civil war.
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A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe
www.washingtonpost.com-May 20, 2013
When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material.
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Hezbollah Aids Syrian Military in a Key Battle
www.nytimes.com-May 20, 2013
Syrian government forces backed by Lebanese fighters from the militant group Hezbollah pushed Sunday into parts of Qusayr, a strategic city long held by rebels, according to an antigovernment activist and pro-government news channels. If the advance holds, it would be a serious setback for opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Syrian rebel leader: U.S. will act if conflict widens
www.usatoday.com-May 20, 2013
The leader of the Syrian opposition says the conflict engulfing the country will draw in neighboring states before international players such as the U.S. move in to help bring about its end.
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Obama deplores sex crimes in military, says there’s ‘no silver bullet’
www.washingtonpost.com-May 17, 2013
President Obama summoned the Pentagon’s leadership to the White House on Thursday for a crisis meeting about sexual assault in the armed forces, but the commander in chief said that “there’s no silver bullet to solving this problem.”
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Obama Tells Pentagon Leaders Sexual Assault Is ‘Shameful’
www.nytimes.com-May 17, 2013
With arrests in the military continuing to shadow its program to combat sexual harassment, President Obama summoned the Pentagon’s senior leaders to the White House on Thursday, telling them that the levels of sexual assault across the armed services were a disgrace that undermined the trust essential for the military to carry out its mission effectively.
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Benghazi e-mails unleash flood of questions
www.usatoday.com-May 17, 2013
Dozens of e-mails released by the White House reveal that Obama administration officials were behind the crafting of a false narrative about the attack in Benghazi, Libya. The communications raise questions about who called the shots and why, say an analyst and a lawmaker involved in the investigation.
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Barbara Boxer’s claim that GOP budgets hampered Benghazi security
www.washingtonpost.com-May 16, 2013
Politicians often play games with budget numbers, and so one must be careful at accepting numbers at face value. Note how Boxer asserted that House Republicans “sought to cut more than $450 million from President Obama’s budget request.” That means she is talking about the president’s proposed budget — which in any administration is often a pie-in-the-sky document.
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Some in Congress want changes in military law as a result of sex scandals
www.washingtonpost.com-May 16, 2013
Members of Congress said they are so angry about the crescendo of sex-crime scandals in the armed forces that they are considering fundamental changes to military law and other measures that the Pentagon has resisted for years.
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Multiple Proposals on Assault in Military, but Also Disagreement
www.nytimes.com-May 16, 2013
President Obama, military officials and lawmakers on Capitol Hill are in broad agreement that the sexual assault problem in the military has reached a level of severity that can no longer be tolerated. But that is far different from concurring on how it should be fixed.
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Hagel orders retraining of sex-assault prevention officers; Army sergeant investigated
www.washingtonpost.com-May 15, 2013
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday evening ordered the armed services to immediately “re-train, re-credential and re-screen” tens of thousands of military recruiters and sexual-assault prevention officers as the revelation of another sex-crime scandal rocked the Pentagon.
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