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Some in Congress want changes in military law as a result of sex scandals
Members of Congress said they are so angry about the crescendo of sex-crime scandals in the armed forces that they ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
U.S. Practiced Torture After 9/11, Nonpartisan Review Concludes
WASHINGTON — A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Contrasting Views on North Korea Underscore Sensitivities and Lack of Evidence
A sudden round of finger-pointing highlighted the sensitivity surrounding intelligence estimates in the wake of ...Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV
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Ríos Montt Guilty of Genocide: Are Guatemalan President Pérez Molina, U.S. Officials Next?
In a historic verdict, former U.S.-backed Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt has been sentenced to 80 years in ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Pentagon Study Finds 26,000 Military Sexual Assaults Last Year, Over 70 Sex Crimes Per Day
A shocking new report by the Pentagon has found that 70 sexual assaults may be taking place within the U.S. ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Why invading Iraq was a terrible mistake
I headed the U.N. inspections in Iraq at the time of the war 10 years ago. Today, I look again at the reasons why ...Posted by Jack Powers -
Opinion: Combat experiment dangerous
On Thursday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that the Obama administration would allow women to be ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Drone crashes mount at civilian airports
The U.S. Air Force drone, on a classified spy mission over the Indian Ocean , was destined for disaster from the ...Posted by Pamela Hogle
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Nuclear Weapons Will be Used -- If We Don't Do Something to Get Rid of the Damn Things
Has a weapon ever been invented, no matter how terrible, and not used? The crossbow, the dreadnought, poison gas, ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
277 Million Boston Bombings
I list all those dreary statistics to drive home the point that the horror of two pressure cooker bombs in Boston ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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