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Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, who admitted to inappropriate relationships with three subordinates, avoided jail in one of the military's most closely-watched court-martials. (Associated Press)

General’s lenient sentence in sex-assault case spurs talk of ‘officer discount’

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

COFFMAN: Women in the military should not be vulnerable to sexual abuse

By Mike Coffman

FILE - In this June 10, 2011 file photo, Lynn Tilton is seen in Gorham, N.H. The Justice Department is building a corruption case against a flamboyant Wall Street financier who won millions of dollars in military contracts and then hired the Army officer who steered the money her way. Interviews and documents obtained by The Associated Press portray entrepreneur Lynn Tilton and Col. Bert Vergez as being in unusually close contact for more than a year before Vergez retired from the Army in late 2012. Among the allegations is that Vergez provided Tilton with details about upcoming contracts to give her company, MD Helicopters of Mesa, Ariz., an advantage over the competition (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Feds probe colorful financier’s business dealings

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

General: Fort Huachuca might lose 2,700 positions

Associated Press

FILE - In this photo provided by the Broward County, Fla., Sheriff's Office is James Robert Jones, 59, who walked away from the famed prison at Fort Leavenworth nearly 40 years ago. Jones returned to Kansas Tuesday, March 18, 2014 and is being housed at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks where he is expected to serve out the remaining time on a 23-year sentence for murdering a fellow soldier at Fort Dix, N.J., in 1974. (AP Photo/Broward County Sheriff's Office, File)

Army fugitive back in Kansas prison after 37 years

By JOHN MILBURN - Associated Press

Fort Jackson general: More budget cuts hit jobs

By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER - Associated Press

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army, Pfc. Bradley Manning poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick. Manning, who was tried and convicted for leaking U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks, is petitioning a Kansas court for a name change, to Chelsea Elizabeth Manning. The Associated Press has referred to Manning as Chelsea since shortly after she announced in August her desire to be known by that name and treated as a woman. Manning has been diagnosed by at least two Army behavioral health specialists with gender dysphoria, or gender identity disorder. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, File)

Pvt. Manning seeks formal name change to Chelsea

By DAVID DISHNEAU - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Monday, March 17, 2014, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair embraces his defense attorney Ellen C. Brotman outside the Fort Bragg, N.C. courthouse. Lawyers for Sinclair, an Army general who admitted to emotionally harming a subordinate during an affair, will argue Tuesday, March 18, 2014, he shouldn't face jail time for a crime that civilians wouldn't be prosecuted for. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Johnny Horne)

Army general sex case adjourned until Thursday

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair shakes hands with his defense attorney Ellen C. Brotman outside the Fort Bragg, N.C., courthouse, Monday, March 17, 2014. Sinclair, who admitted to improper relationships with three subordinates, appeared to choke up as he told a judge that he'd failed the female captain who had leveled the most serious accusations against him. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Johnny Horne)

2nd day of sentencing in U.S. Army general sex case

By Jeffrey Collins - Associated Press

Gov. Deal to honor ex-congressman, Army secretary

Associated Press

Western NY vet among 24 to receive Medal of Honor

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 4, 2014, file photo, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair leaves the courthouse following a day of motions at Fort Bragg, N.C. A news release Sunday, March 16, 2014, from lawyers representing Sinclair said that he will plead to lesser charges in exchange for having the sexual assault charges dropped along with two others that might have required Sinclair to register as a sex offender. Sinclair was accused of twice forcing a female captain to perform oral sex on him during a three-year extramarital affair. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, James Robinson, File)

General chokes up as he details affair during plea

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

Vigilantes say Mexico government persecuting them

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 4, 2014, file photo, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair leaves the courthouse following a day of motions at Fort Bragg, N.C. A news release Sunday, March 16, 2014, from lawyers representing Sinclair said that he will plead to lesser charges in exchange for having the sexual assault charges dropped along with two others that might have required Sinclair to register as a sex offender. Sinclair was accused of twice forcing a female captain to perform oral sex on him during a three-year extramarital affair. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, James Robinson, File)

Defense: General’s deal drops sex assault charge

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

In this photo released by the U.S Army National Guard shows an AH-64D Apache Longbow with the South Carolina Army National Guard releasing flares during a test over Camp Tajo, Iraq, October 8, 2011. A Pentagon budget plan to strip the Army National Guard’s Apache attack helicopters from America’s citizen-soldiers doesn’t sit well with the newly-retired South Carolina National Guard general who commanded a chopper battalion and flew them for more than 1,500 hours. (AP Photo/U.S. Army National Guard, Tracci Dorgan)

Proposed Apache cuts worry former SC Guard leader

By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER - Associated Press

Former Georgia congressman Bo Callaway dies

Associated Press

Holy Cross' Brisje Malone, right, prepares to take a shot at the basket as Army's Jen Hazlett (1) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Holy Cross in the Patriot League Championship at Christi Arena Saturday, March 15, 2014, at West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Karl Rabe)

Gibbons reflects on tough season at Holy Cross

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

Army's Olivia Schretzman (12) blocks the shot of Holy Cross' Alex Smith (22) as Army's Brianna Johnson (41) also defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Patriot League Championship at Christi Arena, Saturday, March 15, 2014, at West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Karl Rabe)

Army women beat Holy Cross to win Patriot League

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Broward County, Fla., Sheriff's Office is James Robert Jones, 59. Authorities say Jones, who escaped federal custody more than three decades ago, was arrested Thursday, March 13, 2014, when he showed up for work in Pompano Beach, Fla. He had been listed as one of the U.S. Army's 15 Most Wanted for escaping from a federal prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in 1977. (AP Photo/Broward County Sheriff's Office)

After 37 years on lam, killer caught in Fla.

By CURT ANDERSON and SUZETTE LABOY - Associated Press