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Amended Senate NDAA closes prosecution gap for young sexual assault victims on military bases
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An amendment attached to the Senate version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act could help bring justice to young victims of sexual assault living on military installations.

The Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald, which was involved in a collision with a merchant ship Saturday, June 17, 2017, is seen at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Sunday, June 18, 2017.<br>Tyler Hlavac/Stars and Stripes
The Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald, which was involved in a collision with a merchant ship Saturday, June 17, 2017, is seen at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Sunday, June 18, 2017.<br>Tyler Hlavac/Stars and Stripes

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Lt. Gen. Austin S. Miller replies to a question from Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Miller's nomination as general and commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, June 19, 2018, on Capitol Hill.<br> Joe Gromelski/Stars and Stripes
Lt. Gen. Austin S. Miller replies to a question from Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Miller's nomination as general and commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, June 19, 2018, on Capitol Hill.<br> Joe Gromelski/Stars and Stripes

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Amended Senate NDAA closes prosecution gap for young sexual assault victims on military bases

An amendment attached to the Senate version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act could help bring justice to young victims of sexual assault living on military installations.

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The U.S. Capitol, in June, 2018.<br>Stars and Stripes

Amended Senate NDAA closes prosecution gap for young sexual assault victims on military bases

An amendment attached to the Senate version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act could help bring justice to young victims of sexual assault living on military installations.

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An aerial photo shows houses covered by blue sheets in preparation for torrential rain in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday. <br>The Japan News-Yomiuri

Gas, drinking water remain suspended after Osaka, Japan, quake

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An Afghan security official looks at blood on the walls of the Imam Zaman mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, a day after an Islamic State suicide bomber launched a deadly attack on the mosque.<br>Phillip Walter Wellman/Stars and Stripes

UN chief: Highest number of conflicts globally in 30 years

The number of countries involved in "violent conflicts" is the highest in 30 years, while the number of people killed in conflicts has risen tenfold since 2005, the U.N. secretary-general said Tuesday.

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Coalition troops in Afghanistan get training on spicy new weapons

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