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April 23, 2021 Share A Pentagon panel is recommending that decisions to prosecute service members for sexual assault be made by independent authorities, not commanders, in what would be a major reversal of military practice and a change long sought by Congress members, The Associated Press has learned. The recommendation by an independent review commission created by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin goes against decades of vehement Pentagon arguments to keep cases within the chain of command. It was among a number of initial recommendations delivered to Austin on Thursday, according to ...

Pentagon: take sex assault cases out of chain of command Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listens to a question as he speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Source: Alex Brandon) By Associated Press | April 23, 2021 at 12:55 PM EDT - Updated April 23 at 3:25 PM WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - A Pentagon panel is recommending that decisions to prosecute service members for sexual assault be made by independent authorities, not commanders, in what would be a major reversal of military practice and a change long sought by Co...

Sursa foto: Inquam Photos/ Octav Ganea The Minister of Internal Affairs, Lucian Bode, said on Thursday in western Zalau that a new and modern Road Code is needed, to be carried out after debates with all the factors involved. "Perhaps we manage to sit together with the Legislature to have a new, modern Road Code. I used to be, for three years, the chairman of the Committee for Transport and Infrastructure with the Chamber of Deputies and all the second initiative was linked to the Road Code. The Road Code changes in a year very, very often, which is why I think that a serious debate Executive...

Let's embed Rawlings' values in the national psyche — Parliament LISTEN 3 As the nation prepares for the funeral of late ex-Jerry John Rawlings from Monday, January 25, Parliament has insisted that his values of probity, responsibility, discipline and accountability be embedded in the national psyche. Eulogising the former President by the legislators on Friday, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Leader of the National Democratic Congress Side, set the tone by describing late President Rawlings as a “paradox or enigma,” with an enduring institution of values that would continue to define the pe...

The struggle for religious freedom — from Thomas Jefferson to Black Lives Matter Out of America's paradoxical history of religious liberty comes a great push for Black freedom and racial justice January 23, 2021 5:08PM (UTC) Thomas Jefferson | Black Lives Matter Plaza poster is seen on a building on the 16th Street NW next to the St. John's Episcopal Church (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) --