The U.S. Coast Guard acknowledged it had failed for almost two decades to properly investigate sexual assault allegations at the service’s academy or hold perpetrators accountable.
Tag: United States Defense and Military Forces
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Conditions at Guantánamo Are Cruel and Inhuman, U.N. Investigation Finds
The report was the result of the first visit by an independent human rights investigator to the prison in its two-decade history.
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The Place Where Abortion Is Legal. And Nearly Impossible to Get.
The tiny U.S. territory in the western Pacific Ocean is thousands of miles from the nearest state, and has no resident doctors who perform abortions. Court decisions could cut access to pills, the only legal option left.
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With a Hand From the U.S. Military, Aid Finally Reaches a Syrian Camp
“I saw people eating plants that are usually only used to feed animals,” said one resident of a camp for displaced Syrians that sits in the shadow of an American military base but has been cut off from aid for years.
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House G.O.P. Uses Spending Bills to Pick Partisan Policy Fights
Republicans are tucking dozens of policy mandates into government funding bills, in an effort to use their majority to force politically charged votes over cultural war issues.