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  1. Lt. Col. James B. Conway

    Retired commandant's son handled dead insurgents after urination incident: NCIS documents

    The son of a retired Marine Corps commandant told military investigators he handled the bagged remains of dead insurgents urinated on by scout snipers in Afghanistan, contradicting assertions from senior officers that he had no contact with those Marines.

  1. Stolen Valor Act on the way to White House

    The Stolen Valor Act that makes it a federal crime to profit from falsely claiming to have received a military medal for valor is on its way to the White House for President Obama's signature, thanks to the efforts of two Nevadans.

  2. Holder says 4 U.S. citizens killed in drone strikes

    Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged Wednesday that four U.S. citizens had been killed in counter-terrorism drone strikes since 2009.

  1. House panel approves changes to military's sexual assault laws

    A House panel passed sweeping changes in sexual assault prevention programs on Wednesday, with less command flexibility in reducing or dismissing rape and assault charges and wider support for victims.

    • May. 22, 2013
  2. GAO: VA should warn vets that GI Bill benefits may be delayed

    Student veterans applying to use GI Bill benefits would be better served by the Veterans Affairs Department if they were warned of how long it might take to receive those benefits, according to a new congressional report.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Group files lawsuit over former Marine's detainment

    A civil liberties group has filed a federal lawsuit against law enforcement and mental health officials on behalf of a former Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting strident anti-government messages on Facebook.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Pentagon to seek new vets record system

    A U.S. official says the Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system that will allow the department to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Sexual assault prevention workers will not be furloughed

    Hundreds of civilians who provide sexual assault prevention and counseling services will be exempted from the 11-day furloughs that most Defense Department employees will face later this year, a Pentagon official said.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, center, is escorted into a courthouse May 21 in Fort Meade, Md., before a pretrial military hearing. Manning, who is scheduled to face a court-martial beginning June 3, is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified records to WikiLeaks while working as an intelligence analyst in Baghdad. Patrick Semansky / AP

    Should you feel sorry for Bradley Manning? New film thinks so

    Julian Assange's reign as the star of the WikiLeaks story could be coming to an end.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Northwestern Health Sciences University chiropractor Zachary Zachman examines Patrick Nelson, a former Army paratrooper, May 6 in Bloomington, Minn. Thousands of Minnesota soldiers are returning from war with chronic pain from injuries that leave many of them impaired and even disabled. Jessica Mador / Minnesota Public Radio via AP

    Analysis: Chronic pain affects growing number of vets

    Thousands of Minnesota soldiers are returning from war with chronic pain from injuries that leave many of them impaired and even disabled, and there's been a steep increase in such injuries over the past decade.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    Officials say Benghazi suspects under surveillance

    Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison

    The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Obama wants to close.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    GOP lawmakers seek limits on missile defense cooperation with Russia

    Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    House passes bill giving disabled vets expedited airport screenings

    The House has passed a bill that would require the Transportation Security Administration to expedite security screenings for severely injured or disabled veterans and any family members or caregivers traveling with them.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    U.S. lawmakers seek Asia missile defense safeguard

    Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is eliminated.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    House passes automatic COLA for veterans

    Annual cost-of-living adjustments in veterans' disability and survivor benefits would become automatic — just like Social Security — beginning in 2014 under a bill passed by the House on Tuesday.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    VA closing in on mental health hiring goal

    The Veterans Affairs Department is 240 people shy of meeting a goal to hire 1,600 new mental health professionals by June 30, VA officials said Tuesday.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, center, is escorted into a courthouse May 21 in Fort Meade, Md., before a pretrial military hearing. Patrick Semansky / AP

    WikiLeaks prosecutor accepts plea to 1 count

    The government will accept an Army private's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he faces for sending more than 700,000 classified U.S.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    Mothers in uniform get room on base to nurse young

    Army civilian personnel specialist Tracey Leven recalls the time she tried to use a breast pump to express milk in a military office years ago. Instead of 'breast pump in use,' she was required to put a sign on the door reading, '

    • May. 21, 2013
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    A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. AP file

    Court: U.S. can keep bin Laden photos under wraps

    A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos.

    • May. 21, 2013
  3. VA partners with DAV, American Legion on faster claims

    The Veterans Affairs Department's latest initiative to try to reduce the backlog of compensation claims is a partnership with the American Legion and Disabled American Veterans to help veterans make sure their file has all the essential information.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    Wounded Iraq vet now says he will remain alive

    Tomas Young, the paralyzed Iraq war veteran who announced earlier this spring that he was ready to die, said that he has decided to live for now.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    Unclaimed veterans' remains buried

    The unclaimed remains of 35 military veterans, including some from World War I, and two military wives have been given formal military burials in Northern California.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    SBA starting new lending program for veterans

    The Small Business Administration says it has lined up pledges from more than 120 banks to increase lending to veterans.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands May 6 with his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, unseen, during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Xi will confer with President Barack Obama in June in California. Jason Lee / AP

    China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected

    China's new leader, Xi Jinping, will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than expected, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    6 months for contractor who stole Marine supplies

    A defense contractor at Camp Pendleton has been sentenced to six months in prison for his role in the theft of pricey medical equipment intended for overseas Marines.

    • May. 21, 2013
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    Humor or harassment? Marine Corps leadership targets salty Facebook sites

    The trouble for Lance Cpl. H started when she checked her Facebook account one day last year to find nearly 50 new friend requests from male Marines she didn't know.

    • May. 20, 2013
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    Draft report touts Reserves as bargain

    The Defense Department is preparing to send a controversial report to Congress that explains in detail how Reserve-component troops are substantially cheaper than active-duty members — an official analysis that is likely to fuel a growing debate about the

    • May. 20, 2013

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