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10,000 petition signers want congressional hearing on sex scandal at Texas base

by Tiffany Walden | Aug 16, 2012 | National Security

Investigators say dozens of female recruits were sexually assaulted or harassed by their male instructors at Lackland Air Force Base in Austin, Texas. Petitioners are demanding Congress get involved in the widening sex scandal.

Officers: Probe into Afghan hospital blocked

by Tiffany Walden | Jul 25, 2012 | National Security

Timeline of events at Dawood National Military Hospital on Dipity. WASHINGTON — Military officers told a House oversight committee Tuesday that a U.S. commander asked them to retract a request that the Defense Department investigate substandard conditions for...

AIDS specialist: Lack of knowledge in inner city spurs spread of HIV

by Tiffany Walden | Jul 23, 2012 | National Security

Come get tested from Medill Washington on Vimeo. WASHINGTON — HIV is more than a science term taught in an awkward high school sex education class.  In fact, in the 45 minutes it takes for such a lecture, more than four people in the U.S. become infected with...

TSA reveals that people on No-Fly list can attend flight school

by Tiffany Walden | Jul 19, 2012 | National Security

WASHINGTON — An Alabama congressman told TSA officials this week he’s shocked that people placed on the “No-Fly” list, a post-9/11 Transportation Security Administration initiative, can attend flight school and receive flight certificates. A...

Afghan official blamed for hospital problems

by Tiffany Walden | Jul 11, 2012 | National Security

WASHINGTON Afghan authorities are investigating former Afghan Surgeon General Zia Yaftali after reports of patient abuse at a U.S.-backed military hospital in Kabul, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday. David Sedney, deputy assistant secretary of defense for...
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