Military sex abuse has long-term impact for vets

FILE - In this July 18, 2012 file photo, Ruth Moore of Milbridge, Maine, who was raped twice while serving in the Navy, testifies before the Veterans Affairs subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington. More than 85,000 veterans were treated last …

Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

President Barack Obama speaks about jobs, at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Despite controversies, Obama agenda marches on

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama talks jobs, says politics misplace focus

President Barack Obama attends a roundtable at the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". CFUF is a Baltimore non-profit whose mission is to strengthen urban communities by helping fathers and families …

On jobs trip, Obama tries to leave problems behind

President Barack Obama talks to a class of pre-Kindergarten school children at Moravia Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Md., Friday, May 17, 2013, during the his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

On jobs trip, Obama tries to leave problems behind

President Barack Obama greets a pre-Kindergarten class of children at Moravia Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: 'Our focus cannot drift' from jobs, economy

President Barack Obama talks to a class of pre-Kindergarten school children at Moravia Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Md., Friday, May 17, 2013, during the his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: 'Our focus cannot drift' from jobs, economy

President Barack Obama greets a pre-Kindergarten class of children at Moravia Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

General: sex abuse trend linked to respect issue

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting to discuss sexual assault in the military in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

General: sex abuse trend linked to respect issue

President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and the service secretaries, service chiefs, and senior enlisted advisers to discuss sexual assault in the military in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Wa…

General: sex abuse trend linked to respect issue

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, meets with President Barack Obama and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, as well as the service secretaries, service chiefs, and senior enlisted advisers to discuss sexual assault in the military in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washingto…

Editorial: Emails support Obama's version of Benghazi events

This email from David Petraeus, then CIA director, is among the 99 pages of emails regarding Benghazi released Wednesday by the White House. The documents undermine Republican assertions.

Obama vows sustained effort on military sex abuse

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, listens to President Barack Obama, next to Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, and Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark Ferguson, during a meeting of service secretaries, service chiefs, and senior enlisted advisers to discuss sexual assault in…

Obama vows sustained effort on military sex abuse

President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and the service secretaries, service chiefs, and senior enlisted advisers to discuss sexual assault in the military in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Wa…

Obama vows sustained effort on military sex abuse

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting to discuss sexual assault in the military in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US, Turkey project united front on Syria

As Marines hold umbrellas during a light rain, President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan participate in a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US, Turkey project united front on Syria

President Barack Obama adjusts his earpiece as he listens to a translation during his joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Thursday, May 16, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Badgered: Obama acts, but Republicans unsatisfied

President Barack Obama leans out from under an umbrella to check if it's still raining, during a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Thursday, May 16, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama calls on Congress to fund embassy security

President Barack Obama speaks under an umbrella held by a Marine as a light rain falls during a news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Thursday, May 16, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama calls on Congress to fund embassy security

An email from then-CIA Director David Petraeus is among the 99 pages of emails regarding Benghazi released by the White House Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Petraeus objected to the final talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic po…

Obama calls on Congress to fund embassy security

A portion of a page of emails that the White House released Wednesday, May 15, 2013, that document how the Obama administration crafted its public talking points immediately following the Sept. 11, 2012, deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, is seen at the White House i…

Obama calls on Congress to fund embassy security

A portion of pages of emails that the White House released Wednesday, May 15, 2013, that document how the Obama administration crafted its public talking points immediately following the Sept. 11, 2012, deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, are seen at the White House i…

Dems rally behind White House on Benghazi

An email from then-CIA Director David Petraeus is among the 99 pages of emails regarding Benghazi released by the White House Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Petraeus objected to the final talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic po…

Dems rally behind White House on Benghazi

A portion of a page of emails that the White House released Wednesday, May 15, 2013, that document how the Obama administration crafted its public talking points immediately following the Sept. 11, 2012, deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, is seen at the White House i…

Dems rally behind White House on Benghazi

A portion of pages of emails that the White House released Wednesday, May 15, 2013, that document how the Obama administration crafted its public talking points immediately following the Sept. 11, 2012, deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, are seen at the White House i…

Obama ousts acting IRS chief

Pres. Obama

A timeline of the IRS's scrutiny of the right

President Barack Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday May 15, 2013. Obama announced the resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, the top official at the…

Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points

A portion of pages of emails that the White House released Wednesday, May 15, 2013, that document how the Obama administration crafted its public talking points immediately following the Sept. 11, 2012, deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, are seen at the White House i…

Obama tries to regain control amid controversies

President Barack Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday May 15, 2013. The president spoke after discussing the IRS matter with Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and his top…

Recent leak cases and First Amendment battles

FILE - In this April 13, 2011, file photo, shows former National Security Agency official Thomas Drake speaking at the National Press Club in Washington. Government information leaks and collisions with the media date back decades and decades. Think back to the Pentagon Papers. Drake, who ad…

Projected lower deficit could slow any budget deal

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 file photo, Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf is reflected on a table as he speaks about the office's annual Budget and Economic Outlook during a news conference at the Ford House Office Building in Washington. A Congressional Budget …

IRS chief: Agency lacked sensitivity in screenings

President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Monday, May 13, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, where they talked about various topics including Syria's civil war and the IRS. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Top IRS official didn't reveal tea party targeting

President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Monday, May 13, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, where they talked about various topics including Syria's civil war and the IRS. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Syria wants details about US-Russian initiative

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a joint news conference with President Barack Obama, Monday, May 13, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, where they talked about various subjects ranging from Syria's civil war to the IRS. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Tech sector pushing for immigration bill additions

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah

High-tech pushes for more in immigration bill

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. High-tech companies looking for an immigration bill to solve their shortages of workers skilled in mathematics and science press for more concessions this week through Hatch. Democrats desp…

Justices more diverse than lawyers before court

In this photo taken Jan. 19, 2011, Lisa Blatt is seen outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington before making her 30th argument before the court. Now in private practice after years of working for the Department of Justice, Blatt has written that over the years most women arguing at the c…

Police memorial wall comes with some tough calls

FILE- In an Aug. 18, 2009 file photo, Isaiah Sabounjian, 5, left, and his brother Tyler Sabounjian, 5, of Silver Spring, Md., make rubbings of their grandfather's name, Capitol Police Sgt. Christopher Eney, who was accidentally killed during a SWAT training exercise in Washington in 1984, af…

In entire court term, justices see 1 black lawyer

In this photo taken Jan. 19, 2011, Lisa Blatt is seen outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington before making her 30th argument before the court. Now in private practice after years of working for the Department of Justice, Blatt has written that over the years most women arguing at the c…

Obama calls on Congress to help more homeowners

President Barack Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Shouts of 'Harry!' greet prince in US

First lady Michelle Obama, Prince Harry and Jill Biden visit with children during an appearance at an event for military mothers at the White House.

Prince Harry opens weeklong US visit

First lady Michelle Obama gestures during a surprise visit from Prince Harry at an event in honor of military mothers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Prince Harry opens weeklong US visit

Prince Harry listens as first lady Michelle Obama, not pictured, speaks at an event in honor of military mothers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Prince Harry opens weeklong US visit

First lady Michelle Obama gestures during a surprise visit from Prince Harry at an event in honor of military mothers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Prince Harry opens weeklong US visit

Prince Harry listens as first lady Michelle Obama, not pictured, speaks at an event in honor of military mothers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Michelle Obama honors military mothers at tea

First lady Michelle Obama gestures during a surprise visit from Prince Harry at an event in honor of military mothers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Michelle Obama honors military mothers at tea

First lady Michelle Obama, center, with Jill Biden, introduces a surprise visit from Prince Harry at an event in honor of military mothers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama, in Texas, presses middle-class jobs agenda

President Barack Obama listens to a question during a news conference with South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour

President Barack Obama listens to a question during a news conference with South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

First lady honors outstanding libraries, museums

First lady Michelle Obama speaks about the nation's libraries and museums before handing out the 2013 National Medals for Museum and Library Service to recipients in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)