A.M. Links: Military Suicides Down 22 Percent, Gonzaga to Review Anti-Gun Policy, Atlanta Cops Shoot Dog While Responding to Accidental 911 Call

  • liveSuicides are
    down
    22 percent across the military this year; defense
    officials are reticent to attribute the decline to new prevention
    programs or to the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, since many
    suicides have been of military personnel who have served in neither
    theater and the causes are still poorly understood.
  • One Senate Democrat is
    collecting
    signatures from other senators for a letter
    requesting an investigation of the Obamacare website roll out. Kay
    Hagan voted for Obamacare and is up for re-election in North
    Carolina, a state Obama won in 2008 but lost in 2012, next
    year.
  • She’s no Charles Curtis but Elizabeth Warren may run
    for the 2016 Democrat nomination for president.
  • Gonzaga University will
    review
    its anti-gun policy; two students are facing probation
    and other disciplinary measures after using a legally registered
    firearm in off-campus university housing to deter a would-be home
    intruder.
  • Police in Atlanta
    shot
    a dog in the head while responding to a 911 call placed
    accidentally.
  • North Korea
    held
    a round of public executions earlier this month for
    offenses including watching American films and reading the
    Bible.
  • Less than a week after being cleared of graft charges,
    hardliner Avigdor Lieberman was
    re-appointed
    foreign minister of Israel.

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