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Jim LaPorta

@JimLaPorta

Verification Producer at @CBSNews Confirmed | Past: National Security & Investigative Reporter to @AP, @Frontlinepbs, @Newsweek | @USMC Afghanistan veteran

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The U.S. is considering blacklisting an Israeli Defense Force unit as it investigates allegations of soldiers accused of human rights violations in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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These 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) @Army Green Beret @Navy and U.S. Air Force families have to drive four hours a day for childcare even though their daycare, approved years ago, is unbuilt. Childcare is essential when many challenges of military family life are alleviated by spouse employment.

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I remember this proposal becoming a national debate after the Parkland shooting in 2018. x.com/CBSMornings/st…

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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday the remains of 2nd Lt. John E. McLauchlen Jr. of Detroit were identified in January and will be buried this summer at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.
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20 years ago today, Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Jason Dunham succumbed to wounds he sustained when he heroically dove on an enemy grenade – sacrificing his life for his fellow Marines.

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II MEF has identified the Marine killed during a training incident on Thursday: Sgt. Colin Arslanbas of Missouri.

The incident happened at night in a coastal county of North Carolina.

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When 7-year-old Emouree Johnson's mom died unexpectedly, her family couldn't afford a granite tombstone. That's when she started a lemonade stand to help her family pay for one, and when word spread to the community, she raised over $15,000. Steve Hartman is On the Road.

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A Court Watch scoop — authorities have arrested a North Carolina woman in Utah for alleging laundering 92 million dollars in drug money for cartels through a Chinese money laundering operation.

Sign up for CourtWatch.news/subscribe to get the details in the coming days.

A Court Watch scoop — authorities have arrested a North Carolina woman in Utah for alleging laundering 92 million dollars in drug money for cartels through a Chinese money laundering operation. Sign up for CourtWatch.news/subscribe to get the details in the coming days.
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After his wife Mary died, 82-year-old Dan Peterson said he fell into a deep depression and lost all sense of purpose.

Then on a trip to the grocery store, he was approached by a four-year-old Norah Wood who asked for a hug. That sparked years of friendship — and purpose.

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Emergency crews rushed away a person on a stretcher after a fire was extinguished outside the courthouse where jury selection for former Pres. Trump's trial is taking place. Witnesses say they saw a man setting himself on fire. This is a developing story.
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Emergency crews rushed away a person on a stretcher after a fire was extinguished outside the courthouse where jury selection for former Pres. Trump's trial is taking place. Witnesses say they saw a man setting himself on fire. This is a developing story. cbsn.ws/3vYbxsO
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Good example here that FOIA Exemption 5 'Deliberative Process' cannot be used for emails sent TO the gov by a non gov entity. Nice request, champ.

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“The lack of accountability, especially when you compare it to the devastation that it wreaked on the entire platoon … was probably the most eye-opening experience of this whole thing.'

It’s been twenty years since Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan.
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Watch Live: CBS News special report as Israeli missile hits Iran, U.S. officials confirm

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