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October 31, 2017

US Military Now Classifying Key Data About Afghan Army Strength

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An oversight office charged with keeping tabs on reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan reported this week that the Pentagon is withholding from the public critical information about the US mission in the war-torn country. In a quarterly report released on Monday, The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said that certain data about the Afghan army and police was, for the first time, shielded from public view. “The newly classified or restricted data include important measures of Afghan National Defense and Security Force (ANDSF) performance…

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Appellate Circuit pick, a one-time advocate of electroshock punishment, to soon receive Senate confirmation vote

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The Senate will soon consider an appellate court nominee who once praised electric shock punishment as a law professor. Stephanos Bibas–picked by President Trump to preside over the Third Circuit–wrote a paper in 2009, claiming that mild electrocution would be an acceptable alternative to imprisonment. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is planning on holding a confirmation vote on Bibas later this week. Bibas is among four federal appellate circuit judges set to be considered in the next few days by the upper chamber. Sen.…

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