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Fox News - Mon Nov 30, 4:25 pm ET
The law, passed in 2000, allows the federal government to try former soldiers, their spouses and contractors in civilian courts for crimes that occurred overseas.
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The News-Press - Mon Nov 30, 7:24 am ET
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The Conroe Courier - Sun Nov 29, 2:27 am ET
To expedite the delivery of benefits to many injured servicemembers who receive disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the VA and Department of Defense expanded to streamline the application process for people retiring or exiting the military due to disabilities.
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Arkansas News Bureau - Mon Nov 30, 11:30 am ET
PINE BLUFF — In the opening salvo of last month’s NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet, Arberjean Anderson and three other young women made their way center stage.
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Farmington Press - Mon Nov 30, 11:28 am ET
FORT CAMPBELL, KY — Sgt. Brandon Massey realizes how important it is for a Soldier to stay proficient with the weapons because someday it could be the difference between life and death.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mon Nov 30, 1:39 pm ET
The former commander of the Sons of the American Legion in Apple Valley pleaded guilty Monday to swindling more than $25,000 from the nonprofit to support his gambling addiction. But the organization also got a nice surprise: He paid back all the money he stole.
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The Naperville Sun - Mon Nov 30, 5:49 am ET
Sgt. Steve Sunzeri, 26, of Naperville joined a helicopter crew in October on a routine flight to two remote sites of Task Force Keystone's Alaska-based Company C, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Medical Evacuation. Illinois' Company A, 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment based in Decatur, supplied that crew, which ended up flying a Pennsylvanian Black Hawk helicopter.Sunzeri has six ...
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FOX 12 Idaho - 2 hours 48 minutes ago
A former U.S. Army soldier who raped a girl andkilled her and three family members in Iraq challenged his convictions Monday, saying he was wrongly tried in a civilian court and should have faced a military trial.
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Evansville Courier & Press - 2 hours 48 minutes ago
Today's topic is about the most private tool of public diplomacy and its role in President Obama's troop decision on the Afghanistan war.Today's topic is: Leaks. Leaks happen in every ship of state and are decried by every captain. And yet, sometimes a well-placed leak can actually keep a ship of state afloat.All of this is worth noting because leaks — carefully whispered by anonymous sources ...
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The Huffington Post - 2 hours 51 minutes ago
A federal judge ruled last week that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was guilty of "monumental negligence" in maintaining and operating a ship channel...
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The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 30, 4:00 am ET
The US Supreme Court Monday vacated a federal appeals court ruling requiring disclosure of a cache of photos allegedly depicting abuse of US-held detainees overseas during the Bush administration.
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New York Post - 54 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — The couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in. Michele Jones, a special assistant to ...
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The Daily News - Mon Nov 30, 5:06 pm ET
This video from youtube shows work on the Columbia River Channel Improvement Project (CRCIP). Crews, working under contract for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, are using explosives to remove basalt rock from the bottom of the Columbia River near St. Helens, Ore. The Corps is deepening the 103-mile-long Columbia River Federal Navigation Channel to 43-feet between the mouth of the Columbia River ...
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 30, 3:45 am ET
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Osaka Governor Toru Hashimoto would consider a plan to move U.S. Air Force facilities to Kansai International Airport from Futenma in the southern prefecture of Okinawa, the Sankei newspaper said.
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WXOW 19 La Crosse - Mon Nov 30, 4:52 pm ET
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WXOW) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River will close to navigation on December 7th.
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The Washington Times - Mon Nov 30, 12:14 pm ET
President Obama ordered top military leaders to begin carrying out his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, a move that is believed to include the deployment of more than 30,000 additional troops into the 8-year-old conflict, the White House confirmed Monday. In a 5 p.m. Oval Office meeting Sunday with his defense secretary, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his top military ...
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UPI - Mon Nov 30, 2:20 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Calif., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday threw out a lower-court ruling that would have forced the release of photos of alleged detainee abuse by the U.S. military.
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consortiumnews.com - Mon Nov 30, 10:54 am ET
Two of President Barack Obama’s most acclaimed Cabinet appointments – keeping Republican Defense Secretary Robert Gates and picking former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State – set the risky course that his administration is following toward a military escalation in Afghanistan.
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CNN - Mon Nov 30, 1:30 pm ET
The Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to re-examine an ongoing dispute over public release of photos apparently depicting abuse of suspected terrorists and foreign soldiers in U.S. custody.
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Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 30, 12:30 pm ET
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will tell the public tomorrow how the U.S. will pay for his new strategy to stabilize Afghanistan and that there are limits to American involvement there, said his spokesman, Robert Gibbs.
