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Women service members sue over Pentagon combat exclusion policy
Four women service members, including two who received the Purple Heart for combat wounds, have sued the Defense Department over its policy that bars women from direct ground combat positions. The women, who have completed combat tours in Iraq and...Tags: Justice System, Unrest, Conflicts and War, American Civil Liberties Union, Trials, Afghanistan
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Pentagon lifting ban on women in combat
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will end the long-standing prohibition on women serving in direct combat, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, opening hundreds of thousands of military jobs previously closed to female service members. Panetta and Gen....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Trials, U.S. Army, Afghanistan, Litigation
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Thursday
WEATHER: Winter weather advisory until 9 a.m., followed by more wind. TRAFFIC: Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues. TOP NEWS Cold snap, far from letting up, raises health concerns: Baltimore will enter its third consecutive day below...
Tags: National Football League, Ed Reed, Tom Brady, Fines, Baltimore Ravens
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Pentagon ends ban on women in combat
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is ending the ban on women serving in combat in the U.S. military, potentially opening up more than 200,000 positions on the front lines and possibly also jobs with elite commando units. Pentagon...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Army, The Pentagon, Chuck Hagel, Defense
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You go, military girls -- to the front lines
Annie, get your gun -- and then fall in, soldier! By 2016, it’ll be "officers and gentlemen and gentlewomen." Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will order the military to open combat roles to women, the last barrier to full engagement. That’s...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Army, Armed Forces, Violence Against Women Act, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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A good decision
As of last year, more than 800 women had been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more 130 had died. This is despite the military's ban on women in combat. A 1994 Pentagon rule restricted women from artillery, armor, infantry and other combat roles....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Feminism, Wars and Interventions, The New York Times, Martin Dempsey
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Militants: 35 hostages die in Algerian raid, Americans also reportedly held
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian forces raided a remote Sahara gas plant on Thursday in an attempt to free dozens of foreign hostages held by militants with ties to Mali's rebel Islamists, diplomats said. Islamic militants claimed that 35 hostages...
Tags: Algeria, Unrest, Conflicts and War, France, Entertainment, Al-Qaeda
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Hagel nod a sign of president's second-term intentions
"This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility." -- Barack Obama to Dmitry Medvedev, March 26, 2012 WASHINGTON - The puzzle of the Chuck Hagel nomination for defense secretary is that you normally choose someone of the other party...
Tags: The Washington Post, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Yasser Arafat
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McManus: Confronting Iran -- again
Here's a prediction I don't think I'll have to apologize for at the end of the year: Some time in the coming months, probably this spring, there will be another crisis over Iran's nuclear program. It's become an annual event on the diplomatic calendar:...
Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iran's Nuclear Program, Tehran (Iran), Robert Gates
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Specter of Benghazi drives US-Afghan talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya last year has become a factor driving the White House decision on how large a force to leave in Afghanistan after 2014 — and a specter hanging over talks between the Afghan...
Tags: Politics, Washington, DC, Afghanistan, Armed Forces, Al-Qaeda
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The meaning of Hagel
"This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility." -- Barack Obama to Dmitry Medvedev, March 26, 2012 WASHINGTON -- The puzzle of the Chuck Hagel nomination for defense secretary is that you normally choose someone of the other...
Tags: The Washington Post, Washington, DC, Yasser Arafat, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Mali isn't just France's or Africa's problem. It's ours too.
Be honest: You can’t find Mali on a map, can you? Now, you’ve probably heard of Timbuktu. I don’t know why. Maybe because the name is catchy, like Katmandu. (No, that isn’t in Mali; that’s in Nepal. You’re welcome.)...Tags: France, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bali (Indonesia), Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda
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|Column| South Bend Tribune
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Jan 10, 2013
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|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 15, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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