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Pentagon Insists Live Animal Testing Saves Lives
Stars and Stripes | Apr 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon told Congress this month that more troops could die if it stops using live animals for battlefield medical training before medical simulation devices are up to snuff. According to the April 8 report submitted by Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, the Defense Department p... more
Pentagon Inducts Chaplain into Hall of Heroes
| Apr 13, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A day after President Obama presented the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army Chaplain Emil Kapaun, the Pentagon inducted the Kansas priest into its Hall of Heroes. The Army put its biggest names on stage Friday to honor the quiet man from Pilsen described as unique from the more than 3,400 other recipients of the nation's h... more
Congress Targets Contractors and Overseas Crimes
Associated Press | Feb 01, 2013
WASHINGTON -- With thousands of civilian contractors remaining in Iraq and Afghanistan, Justice Department officials want Congress to resolve a legal issue they say obstructs efforts to prosecute any such workers who rape, kill or commit other serious crimes abroad. Scofflaw Pentagon employees and contractors supporting the American war mission... more
Pentagon Front-Runner Has Strong Obama Ties
Associated Press | Dec 17, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel is a contrarian Republican moderate and decorated Vietnam combat veteran who is likely to support a more rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. As President Barack Obama's top candidate for defense secretary, Hagel has another credential important to the president: a personal relationshi... more
Court: Alleged Torture Victims Can't Sue Rumsfeld
Associated Press | Nov 09, 2012
CHICAGO - Two American whistleblowers alleging U.S. forces tortured them in Iraq can't sue former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, according to a federal appeals court in Chicago that found those along the military command chain enjoy broad immunity from such torture claims. Donald Vance and Nathan Ertel filed a lawsuit claiming they were det... more