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        "uri": "/2013/12/13/hagel-all-states-complying-with-same-sex-benefits/",
        "title": "Hagel: All states complying with same-sex benefits",
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        "prettyDate": "December 13, 2013",
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        "summary": "The Pentagon says that all states are now complying with new rules allowing the same-sex spouses of military members to get ID cards in order to claim benefits.",
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        "uri": "/2013/08/08/same-sex-spouses-may-get-military-benefits/",
        "title": "Same-sex spouses may get military benefits",
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        "prettyDate": "August 08, 2013",
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        "summary": "Same-sex spouses of military members could get health care, housing and other benefits by the end of August.",
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        "title": "Pentagon insists high tech health records won’t help backlog",
        "byline": "Lolita C. Baldor, Pauline Jelinek",
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        "prettyDate": "May 23, 2013",
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        "summary": "The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs, but officials cautioned that it was part of a \"long-term modernization\" effort and would not help ease the backlog in VA disability...",
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        "summary": "The Defense Department announced plans to furlough about 680,000 of its civilian employees for 11 days through the end of this fiscal year.",
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        "uri": "/2013/02/12/military-benefits-extended-to-same-sex-partners/",
        "title": "Military benefits extended to same-sex partners",
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        "prettyDate": "February 12, 2013",
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        "summary": "The Defense Department is not extending some housing benefits to same-sex partners of service members even though it legally could because the complex issue requires more review and has triggered concerns among military leaders, senior Pentagon officials said Monday.",
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        "prettyDate": "February 11, 2013",
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        "summary": "The Defense Department is not extending some housing benefits to same-sex partners of service members even though it legally could because the issue requires more review and military leaders expressed concerns, senior Pentagon officials said Monday.",
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        "prettyDate": "January 11, 2013",
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        "summary": "The Pentagon will begin taking steps to freeze civilian hiring, delay some contract awards and curtail some maintenance to prepare for drastic budget cuts if Congress can't reach an agreement on a final spending plan, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday.",
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        "title": "Army launches PTSD review",
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        "prettyDate": "May 17, 2012",
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        "summary": "Army leaders are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder following recent complaints that some PTSD diagnoses were improperly overturned.",
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