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2013/05/21 06:15
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Mark Bilton-Smith answered his cellphone shortly after 11 p.m. and heard the panic in his daughter's voice. She told him she'd been raped and was hallucinating. He struggled to make sense of her...
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2013/05/21 02:44
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The Army said Tuesday that it is investigating a sexual assault prevention and response coordinator at Fort Hood for pandering, abusive sexual contact, assault and maltreatment of subordinates. The...
2013/05/20 16:57
2013/05/20 16:57
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U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., painted a picture of progress after last weekend's fact-finding trip to Afghanistan, her fifth to the war-torn country. She was especially pleased to see that with...
2013/05/18 07:53
2013/05/18 07:53
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Getting tough on military sex assaults A Department of Defense survey showing a 35 percent increase in sexual assaults within the military ranks over the past two years shows how little Pentagon...
2013/05/16 22:31
2013/05/16 22:31
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Rep. Jackie Speier sounded pretty frustrated when I talked to her on Wednesday. The South Bay Democrat has been trying for two years to reform the way the military handles sexual assaults. Anu...
2013/05/16 16:55
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Massachusetts Third District Congresswoman Niki Tsongas returned this week from a bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CODEL) visit to Afghanistan with members of the House Armed Services Committee....
2013/05/16 11:04
2013/05/16 11:04
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U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas meets with Afghan women leaders over Mother's Day weekend during her fifth trip to Afghanistan. courtesy photo LOWELL -- When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, women could not...
2013/05/16 02:13
2013/05/16 02:13
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A rash of scandals discrediting the U.S. military's efforts to stamp out sexual assault is putting unprecedented pressure on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to consider options...
2013/05/15 02:19
2013/05/15 02:19
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The Army investigation comes just 10 days after a lieutenant colonel in charge of the Air Force’s sexual assault programs was arrested in Arlington County on charges that he groped and battered a...
2013/05/14 06:30
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Feeling outrage over the increasing prevalence of sexual assault in the military is understandable but too easy. How hard is it to become indignant when Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, the Air Force's...
2013/05/11 11:19
2013/05/11 11:19
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Feeling outrage over the increasing prevalence of sexual assault in the military is understandable, but too easy. How hard is it, really, to become indignant when Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, the Air...
2013/05/10 04:02
2013/05/10 04:02
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional efforts to combat sexual assault in the military secured the support of the Obama administration as senior White House officials met privately Thursday with a...
2013/05/10 01:42
2013/05/10 01:42
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional efforts to combat sexual assault in the military secured the support of the Obama administration as senior White House officials met privately Thursday with a...
2013/05/09 21:09
2013/05/09 21:09
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Imagine if American troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan were formally charged with raping 3,374 local women a year in places like Fallujah, Baghdad, and Kabul. The international outcry would...
2013/05/09 18:19
2013/05/09 18:19
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Two Obama administration senior advisers hosted a bipartisan group of more than a dozen members of Congress Thursday to discuss how to address the alarming rise in sexual assault within U.S. military...
2013/05/09 16:18
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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are pushing for several changes in how the U.S. military handles cases of reported sexual assault amid fresh data showing a sharp increase in the number of reported...
2013/05/09 10:53
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WASHINGTON — Days after the Fairfield, Ohio, native heading up the Air Force’s sexual assault and prevention unit was arrested and accused of groping a woman in a northern Virginia parking lot, an...
2013/05/08 21:55
2013/05/08 21:55
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By John Swinconeck, Globe Correspondent With the appointment of a new commander this week, Natick Soldier Systems Center announced that it would stay under the authority of the U.S. Army, instead of...
2013/05/06 16:04
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As the hacker group Anonymous called for an Internet blackout reminiscent of the online protest held last year against the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA), the Cyber...
2013/05/06 09:10
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Omni Hotels president to speak at FSU commencement May 18 Michael J. Deitemeyer, president of Omni Hotels & Resorts and a 1986 graduate of Fitchburg State University, will deliver the address at his...