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Snippet of Article: "...The government watchdog found VA officials were slow to investigate when concerns were raised about the performance of certain doctors. Further, in eight out of nine cases, the VA failed to report doctors who didn't meet health care standards ..."
Article Source: www.military.comSnippet of Article: "...The Russian jet crossed 50 feet in front of the Navy P-8 in full afterburner causing "violent turbulence," the official said. The provocation lasted 24 minutes ..."
Article Source: www.military.comSnippet of Article: "...A hidden video from 2014 showed nurses laughing as a World War II veteran repeatedly called for help and died while in their care. The family of James Dempsey, 89, of Woodstock, Ga., hid a camera in the late veteran’s room in the Northeast Atlanta Health and Rehabilitation Center which captured the night he died ..."
Article Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "...YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 18, 2017) The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) was participating in a scheduled towing exercise in Sagami Wan Nov. 18, when the tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the ship ..."
Article Source: Commander, U.S. 7th FleetSnippet of Article: "...photographs, taken at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., show the forearms of several test subjects after they were exposed to nitrogen mustard and lewisite agents during World War II experiments conducted at the lab. Naval Research Laboratory ..."
Article Source: www.npr.orgSnippet of Article: "...The missing watercraft -- the ARA San Juan -- is a German-built TR 1700 class diesel-electric submarine, the Navy said. It was on a routine trip from a base in Ushia, on the southern tip of the continent, to its home base of Mar del Plata ..."
Article Source: abcnews.go.comSnippet of Article: "...The Army’s decision to allow people with a history of self-mutilation, bipolar disorder, depression and drug and alcohol abuse to seek waivers to enlist in the service drew a sharp, bipartisan rebuke on Tuesday when Sen. John McCain said he was prepared to put a hold on nominations to Pentagon posts until the Army explained the policy ..."
Article Source: www.usatoday.comSnippet of Article:
"...Melgar confronted the two Navy SEALs after discovering their alleged scheme, where they reportedly took money for themselves from a fund used to pay informants, the Daily Beast reported.
The two men tried to get Melgar to join the racket, but he declined the offer, the report said. Melgar later ended up dead in what appeared to be a strangulation ..."
Snippet of Article: "...At the time, the Philippines was a U.S. commonwealth. During World War II, over 260,000 Filipinos fought in defense of the United States against the Japanese in the Pacific theater of military operations. They were promised full benefits for fighting under the American flag. But in 1946, President Harry Truman signed the Rescission Act of 1946 that retroactively annulled benefits ..."
Article Source: www.ktnv.comSnippet of Article: "... One of the black Air Force Academy cadets who claimed he was targeted by racial slurs scrawled outside his dorm room actually wrote the hateful messages himself, school officials said this week..."
Article Source: nypost.com
Snippet of Article: "...'I am unable, in good conscience, to enter an NFL stadium while this discourtesy prevails,' Wells wrote to executives of Peoples Health and the Saints.
Wells said the award was 'tainted with dishonorable actions' by the NFL and its players. He said accepting the award would be hypocritical, WDSU reported.
“I had hoped and prayed that the NFL would outlaw these disgraceful protests ..."Article Title: Homeowners choked up after delivery driver fixes, salutes American flag Article Excerpt: "Michigan couple, Amazon...
