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In this image provided by the Army, Maj. Gen. Michael T. Harrison Sr., left, commander of U.S. Army Japan and I Corps (Forward), stands aboard a craft near Tengan Pier in Okinawa, Japan, during a tour of some of the 505th Quartermaster Battalion’s facilities on Chibana Compound. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Chip Steitz)

Army suspends general linked to sex-assault probe

Robert Burns, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - A two-star general who commands U.S. Army forces in Japan has been suspended from his duties for allegedly failing to report or properly investigate an allegation of sexual assault, the Army said Friday...
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In this Thursday, May 30, 2013 photo, University of Pennsylvania professor and PBS History Detectives host Tukufu Zuberi speaks about an Italian 1942 broadside matted on canvas by Gino Boccasile during an interview with The Associated Press at the Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster exhibit at the Penn Museum, in Philadelphia. The new museum exhibition presents 33 posters owned by Zuberi that were designed to mobilize Africans and African-Americans in war efforts, even as they faced oppression and injustice in their homelands. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

TV host's black war posters focus of US exhibit

Joann Loviglio, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A new exhibit created by a University of Pennsylvania professor and host of a popular public television show examines how wartime propaganda has been used to motivate oppressed populations...
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Former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) (L) speaks during a personnel announcement in the East Room at the White House as Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan looks on January 7, 2013 in Washington, DC.U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated Hagel for the next Secretary of Defense and Brennan to become the new director of the CIA. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Hagel has enough support for US defense secretary

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chuck Hagel secured the necessary votes for the U.S. Senate to confirm him to be the next defense secretary barring any new, damaging information...
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Photo caption: Image - Mortar Practice Grouping - of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Cleveland’s Public Square

Black Civil War vets finally honored in Cleveland

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - More than 100 black war veterans will finally be recognized at a site in downtown Cleveland that pays homage to men who fought in the American Civil War...
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In this handout from the White House, A soldier hugs U.S. President Barack Obama as he greets U.S. troops on May 1, 2012 at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)

Obama to announce 34K troops to return from Afghanistan in 1 year

Julie Pace, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address that 34,000 U.S. troops will be home from Afghanistan within a year, a senior administration official said Tuesday...
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In this handout provided by the White House, President Barack Obama holds a child after delivering remarks on the American Jobs Act beneath the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge September 22, 2011 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Obama appealed to U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to pass his jobs bill. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)

Black pride shouldn’t silence dissent on drones

David A. Wilson
OPINION - Our community's near solidarity in support of the president is probably only exceeded by our collective disdain for injustice; which is why the news of the Obama Administration’s drone policy made me stop and think...
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Obama expresses support for US women in combat

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Allowing women to serve in combat roles will strengthen the U.S. military's ability to win wars, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday, shortly before his official announcement of the landmark lifting of the ban...
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A member of the U.S. Navy salutes while lining the Presidential Inaugural parade route along Pennsylvania Ave during a dress rehersal January 13, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will be ceremonially sworn in for a second four-year term during the 57th Inauguration on January 21. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

US military to end ban on women in combat

Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war...
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Outgoing Africa Command commander US General William Ward (R) reaches out to shake hands with his successor US General Carter Ham taking part in the AFRICOM change of command ceremony on March 9, 2011 in Sindelfingen near Stuttgart, Germany. US Defence Secretary Robert Gates's cautious statements on possible military action against Libya do not reflect a rift inside the US administration, his spokesman said on March 9. (Photo by Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images)

Black general demoted for lavish travel, spending

Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has demoted the former head of U.S. Africa Command who was accused of spending thousands of dollars on lavish travel and other unauthorized expenses...
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Members of the 2010 graduating class of the United States Military Academy at West Point celebrate after graduating on May 22, 2010 in West Point, New York. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

Is obesity affecting diversity in the US military?

Dr. Terrance McGill
theGRIO REPORT - The percentage of age-eligible civilians exceeding the weight and fat standards for admission into United States Military Academies has more than doubled for men and more than tripled for women since 1959...
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