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[audio: http://defensetracker.com/archives/milmin2142013.mp3]* Same-sex partners of troops will soon enjoy some of the military benefits of married heterosexual couples. But not all.
Theyāll get military ID cards, flying privileges and commissary access.
They wonāt get on-base housing, medical benefits or burial in veteransā cemeteries.
* Apparent government misconduct in the cases of five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks might derail their trials.
A senior officer at Guantanamo Bay testified the government disguised microphones as smoke detectors in a room where prisoners met their attorneys.
Lawyers for the accused want the proceedings stopped, fearing a violation of attorney-client privilege.
* The alleged improvement of Afghan troops to operate on their own might have more to with the grading than the student.
The Government Accountability Office says lower coalition standards made the Afghan military look somewhat more capable then they are.
Even under the lower standards, just14 percent of Army and 13 percent of police units achieved top scores as of late last year.
Rick Rogers, Military Headline News
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