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Reports of sexual assault in the military increased 11% last year, according to a Department of Defense study released on March 16. While the study did not conclusively explain the increase, the Pentagon called the rise in reports "encouraging" and suggested that a 2005 sexual-assault-policy overhaul might be part of the reason more victims have come forward. The study also highlighted a 16% increase in sexual assaults occurring in combat areas. The typical case involved an 18-to-25-year-old enlisted male and a female victim (either military or civilian). The report estimates that only...
...March 15, President Obama unveiled his plan for reforming the nation's education system. The bulk of the plan, which looks to overhaul George W. Bush's frequently criticized No Child Left Behind law, advances the bold ideas with which this Administration has already become closely associated. The President wants to link billions of federal dollars to initiatives like ending the achievement gap between white and nonwhite students, evaluating teachers and awarding performance bonuses to principals and teachers who've earned them. On the basis of what we know has worked in New York City with our 1.1 million schoolkids...
...health care system, but it moves us decisively in the right direction," Obama said shortly after the historic vote. "This is what change looks like." With Democrats chanting the signature line of the Obama presidential campaign - "Yes we can!" - the House voted 219-212 to send a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system to be signed into law. "We tonight will make history for our country and progress for the American people," Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared shortly before the vote. "Today we have the opportunity to complete the great unfinished business of our country...
...latest attempt to win over congressional naysayers and push his signature policy initiative over the finish line, President Obama took to the stump March 8 to tout the Democrats' proposed health care overhaul with some of his signature "Yes, we can" fire. "They've argued now is not the time for reform," he said of his critics, slamming analysts who say a push for health care could come at the expense of the Democratic majority in the November elections. "My question to them is: When is the right time? If not now, when? If not us, who?" Obama also...
...March 15, President Obama unveiled his plan for reforming the nation's education system. The bulk of the plan, which looks to overhaul George W. Bush's frequently criticized No Child Left Behind law, advances the bold ideas with which this Administration has already become closely associated. The President wants to link billions of federal dollars to initiatives like ending the achievement gap between white and nonwhite students, evaluating teachers and awarding performance bonuses to principals and teachers who've earned them. On the basis of what we know has worked in New York City with our 1.1 million schoolkids...