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Michigan lawmakers center stage in military sexual assault reform debate
Staff Writer -- bhubbard@petoskeynews.com Twitter: @BrandonHubbardThe U.S. Legislature is pondering how to address a growing problem of unreported sexual assaults in the military, and Michigan lawmakers could figure prominently into the reforms. Last year 3,374 cases involving sexual misconduct were reported in the...Tags: Dan Benishek, U.S. Department of Defense, Carl Levin, Politics, Military Justice
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General speaks from broken heart at memorial's dedication
CAMP PENDLETON — After writing scores of condolence letters, Marine Gen. John Kelly thought he knew something about the pain of having a son killed during war. Then his own son was killed in combat in Afghanistan in 2010 and Kelly found the pain...
Tags: Human Interest, Iraq, Afghanistan
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Lynchburg military support rally marks 600th week
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA weekly vigil in Lynchburg has reached a new milestone. The "Support our Troops" rally has reached its 600th week. Every Friday at noon, a group of veterans and military supporters gather at Monument Terrace. Participants stand guard for an hour,...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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National Doughnut Day: Sweet dough-raiser celebrates 75 years
National Doughnut Day is celebrating its 75th anniversary, so consider this your permission slip to eat a doughnut, guilt-free. (At least that's what we're telling ourselves.) National Doughnut Day is the first Friday in June, begun in 1938 as a way...
Tags: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Lifestyle and Leisure, Human Interest, Ceremonies, Foods and Beverages
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Korean War vet speaks at Joint Veterans Council's Memorial Day ceremony
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comSpeaking at the Joint Veterans Council of Washington County’s annual Memorial Day ceremony Thursday, retired Army Col. William E. Webber — who lost an arm and a leg in the Korean War — recounted how often American soldiers have been sent...Tags: Veterans Day, Korean War (1950-1953), U.S. Air Force, Human Interest, Memorial Day
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WRAPUP 4-Austria to quit U.N.'s Golan force over Syria violence
Reuters* Israel regrets exit of Austrian peacekeepers from Golan * U.N. Security Council to meet on Austrian withdrawal * Russia announces permanent Mediterranean presence (Adds U.N. Security Council statement, U.S. State Dept. comment) By Crispian Balmer...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vladimir Putin, Wars and Interventions, Russia, Religious Conflicts
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Family, friends greet soldiers returning home from Afghanistan
Six soldiers returning from Afghanistan got their first taste of life after deployment when their friends and relatives welcomed them home this week at the airport in Fort Lauderdale. "It's amazing," said Rodolfo Soto, of being home and seeing his...
Tags: Army National Guard, Iraq, Fort Lauderdale, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
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Assad backers reportedly make up 43 percent of dead in Syria
McClatchy Foreign StaffBEIRUT A new count of the dead in Syria by the group that's considered the most authoritative tracker of violence there has concluded that more than 40 percent were government soldiers and pro-government militia members. The new numbers from the London-...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Justice and Rights, Wars and Interventions, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bradley Manning's lawyer calls him young, naive, 'good-intentioned'
An Army prosecutor told a military judge Monday that Pfc. Bradley Manning drew on his military training to harvest hundreds of thousands of classified documents from military computers and dump them on the Internet, where he knew their release would...
Tags: Courts-Martial, FBI, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice, Security
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Feb. 11, 1863: Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in the rebellious South and allowed African-Americans to bear arms beside white soldiers in the Union Army, was met with repulsion on the front page of The Allentown Democrat. After a difficult...Tags: Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Unions, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Aug. 6, 1862: The Allentown Democrat, White vs. Black
While many men from the Lehigh Valley left their home towns to fight for the Union during the Civil War, some of their neighbors clearly did not embrace the cause that propelled thousands to enlist. Though Pennsylvania remained staunchly with the Union,...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Unions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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Brass seeks to temper military justice overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) — American military commanders wield substantial power to discipline the troops they lead. But an epidemic of sexual assaults roiling the armed forces has Congress about to rein in that authority. The only question is by how much?...
Tags: U.S. Military, Courts-Martial, Unrest, Conflicts and War, West Point, Martin Dempsey
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