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Subject: IAVA Daily News Brief- July 24, 2014
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:52:22 -0600
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IAVA Daily News Brief - Thursday July 24, 2014
The United States Air Force Honor Guard promoted the Air Force mission by showcasing drill performances during the 2014 Defenders of Freedom Open House and Air Show at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. | Military Times >> |
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| TODAY'S TOP STORIES |
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| AFGHANISTAN |
A Kabul court announced Wednesday that the Afghan police officer charged with killing Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus and wounding veteran AP correspondent Kathy Gannon has been convicted and sentenced to death. | Fox News >> Seemingly endless squabbles are interrupted by full-scale shouting matches. Campaign aides mutter suspiciously about what foreign visitors might be up to. And ballot boxes are piling up, waiting to be cracked open and examined for signs of fraud. | New York Times >>
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| IRAQ |
In hiding, targeted by drone strikes and unable to land a blow in the West, al Qaeda's ageing leaders are losing a power struggle with ultra-radical young militants in Iraq and Syria who see themselves as the true successors to Osama bin Laden. | Reuters >>
Iraqi Christians are begging for help from the civilized world after Mosul, the northern city where they have lived and worshiped for 2,000 years, was purged of non-Muslims by ISIS, the jihadist terror group that claims to have established its own nation in the region. | Fox News >> |
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| MILITARY AFFAIRS |
A veteran of the U.S. Marines says he was locked inside a central Florida community clinic operated by the Veteran's Administration. | Associated Press >>They're the four-legged veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - military war dogs, doing everything from sniffing out explosive devices on the battlefield to providing companionship to soldiers during wartime. | ABC News >>
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Little Rock Air Force Base went on lockdown Wednesday amid reports of a suspicious person, but military officials reopened the base several hours later, saying there was no credible threat. No one was allowed to enter or leave the base during the lockdown, which began at 11:45 a.m. People who live on base were urged to stay indoors, and visitors were asked to not come to the front gate. | CBS News >>
Those who have served in the military are more likely to have suffered childhood abuse or to have lived in homes where there was violence than their nonmilitary counterparts, a study says. The findings, released Wednesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggest that the military could serve as a refuge for those seeking to escape troubled home lives. The research also could provide the military with added insight into its struggle to curb suicide in the ranks, as people who have experienced severe childhood abuse are at a higher risk of attempting suicide. | Stars and Stripes >>
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| NEW GREATEST GENERATION |
One soldier's career: Ranger with eight deployments, lost his hand to a grenade while saving his buddies, pinned with the Medal of Honor, met presidents and celebrities, smiling in dress uniform as grand master at parades and speaker at university commencements. Now it's time for the next chapter. | Military Times >> An Army veteran who says his pet ducks help relieve his post-traumatic stress disorder is getting his day in court after being cited for violating an Ohio village ban, even though someone else already paid his fine. | Associated Press >>
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As Cynthia Williams was recovering from leukemia in 2011, she realized she didn't want to return to working in operations management. Instead, she wanted to open her own business. Franchising offered the former Marine the chance to hit the ground running while still independently managing her own business. Here's what she's learned as a Molly Maid house cleaning franchisee. | Entrepreneur >>
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| INSIDE WASHINGTON |
A push by Veterans Affairs Department officials for billions in new funding to hire more doctors may upend congressional efforts for a wide-reaching VA reform package that appeared all but finished just a few weeks ago. | Army Times >>
A Marine Corps officer who took on the top brass, and lost, has started a new career path in a legal job under the Pentagon's Joint Staff, not the Corps. | Washington Times >>
The Pentagon announced to congressional leaders that it supports Israel's request for $225 million in additional funding for the Iron Dome missile defense program. | Washington Free Beacon >>
The U.S. has increased surveillance efforts and sent additional military advisers to Iraq to better aid national forces and understand the expanding extremist insurgency there, officials told Congress on Wednesday. | Wall Street Journal >> |
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